THE Northern Province government hoped to reduce its 1999/2000 debt to R400-million from R680-million in 1998/1999, finance MEC Thaba Mufamadi said on Wednesday. The province also planned to cut down on its present wage costs Mufamadi said while tabling budget proposals in the legislature in Pietersburg. The budget of R11,9-billion was 5,9% higher than the […]

DAVID SHAPSHAK, Johannesburg | Wednesday 12.30pm. CATS’ coach Andre Markgraaff named his Super 12 squad of 22 on Tuesday, instead of his starting 15 despite warnings from rugby administrators to name the squad 48 hours before the clash with ACT Brumbies on Friday. Rian Oberholzer, chief executive of the South African Rugby Football Union (Sarfu), […]

PRESIDENT Sam Nujoma has appointed Zimbabwean-born Judge Simpson Mtambanengwe as chairperson of Namibia’s Electoral Commission. Prime Minister Hage Geingob informed the National Assembly on Tuesday that Mtambanengwe would be chairperson for an interim period of six months. The National Assembly will be asked to approve the appointment today. Mtambanengwe will take over from Judge Fonnie […]

THE European Union on Tuesday announced the imposition of punitive anti-dumping duties on imports of steel ropes and cables from China, Hungary, India, Mexico, Poland, South Africa and Ukraine. China was the hardest hit with duty of 74,8% imposed provisionally for six months. Hungary and South Africa got off lightest with a rate of 33,9%. […]

SOUTH African cricket manager Goolam Rajah was released from a New Zealand hospital on Tuesday having been given a clean bill of health. Rajah was admitted to Hamilton hospital in the early hours of Monday morning after feeling unwell during the night. Rajah said tests had revealed nothing serious. He rejoined the South African team […]

President Nelson Mandela met South Africa’s "Rain Queen", Modjadji V.

AFRICAN youth championship results for the first round held in Ghana: Group A matches held in Accra saw hosts Ghana down Mali 1-0, and Cameroon top Angola also 1-0. Cameroon will face Mali in the Second round, while Ghana will square off against Angola on February 24. Group B matches were held in Kumasi. First-round […]

THE Gauteng provincial government is budgeting for a surplus of R187-million, or 1.2%, for the 1999/2000 fiscal year, Finance MEC Jabu Moleketi announced on Tuesday. Moleketi said the provincial government is budgeting for a total expenditure of R15,709-billion. Revenue from all sources was expected to total R15,895-billion. The surplus will go towards redeeming the provincial […]

A SOCCER referee is due to appear in court on Tuesday after he allegedly shot and killed a player during a weekend game in South Africa’s North West Province. The Citizen reports that referee Lebogang Mokgethi (34) allegedly shot Isaac Mkhwetha (20) after the player lunged at him with a knife when the opposing side […]

CADBURY Schweppes (SA) will have a tough first half in 1999, but it should be offset by an upturn in the economy in the second half and restructuring, the company’s chairman said. “It was a tough year… There is no doubt in the second half that consumer demand fell off and it coincided with a […]