TREVOR TUTU, the son of Archbishop Desmond Tutu, appeared in the Johannesburg Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday for tax evasion between 1996 and 1997. Tutu (42) appeared in court on two charges of tax evasion after he allegedly failed to respond in time to local revenue office requests for summaries of his assets and liabilities. His […]
DARYLL CULLINAN said it was a dream come true to hit a marathon 275 not out in the first Test between South Africa and New Zealand on Tuesday, although it embarrassed him to eclipse a boyhood idol. The stylish right-hander, who turns 32 on Thursday, broke Graeme Pollock’s Test record for South Africa to complete […]
BANK Windhoek announced on Tuesday that it is to reduce its prime lending rate from 22,25% to 21,25% with effect from March 15. The bank will also drop its mortgage bond rate — from 21% to 20%. The bank’s announcement came after three of South Africa’s big four banks cut their bank rates. First National […]
THE Congolese Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo’s President Laurent Kabila and their allies have launched an offensive in the east around Kindu, a strategic rebel-held town, sources said in Kinshasa on Wednesday. Government forces are aiming in particular to take control of the airport, about 15km from the town, sources said. The […]
MOZAMBICAN health authorities said on Wednesday that 45 people have died of cholera and 2900 others were diagnosed with the water-borne disease over the past week. The latest fatalities bring to 1711 the number of Mozambicans killed by cholera since it struck in September last year. National deputy health director, Avertino Barreto, said the government […]
THE Confederation of African Football will hear an appeal by Zimbabwe to be reinstated as hosts of next January’s African Nations Cup finals, officials said on Tuesday. CAF president Issa Hayatou and members of his executive committee will meet a Zimbabwean delegation expected to include high-level government ministers in Accra, Ghana, on Saturday. CAF said […]
A DELEGATION of legislators from the European Union have begun a one-week visit to South Africa. The team will seek ways to overcome obstacles to cementing the free trade agreement between the EU and South Africa. Frene Ginwala, Speaker of the National Assembly, invited the team to the country. Italy’s Roberto Mezzaroma, leader of the […]
THE Carter Center and the National Democratic Institute for International Affairs has approved the outcome of Sunday’s presidential vote in Nigeria, but also urged that all “credible and documented” allegations of electoral violations be investigated. The two organizations sent a 66-member delegation headed by former United States president Jimmy Carter to Nigeria to monitor the […]
ANGOLA’S Unita rebels kept up their five-day bombardment of the key government-held city of Malanje on Tuesday, but regional analysts said the rebel movement was unlikely to try to capture the city. The rebels have had the city under siege since January but in the past five days have tightened their grip, increasing heavy shell […]
PRESIDENT Nelson Mandela has yet to decide whether to appoint a commission of inquiry into the National Intelligence Agency’s alleged involvement in urban terrorism, the president’s office said on Tuesday. It was reacting to a statement by Democratic Party leader Tony Leon, expressing dismay at what he said was Mandela’s decision to have Deputy Intelligence […]