TWO people were killed and about 10 injured in last week’s crash of an Antonov-26 cargo plane in Angola and the Russian pilots, said to have been drunk, will be tried. Angolan aviation officials said on Tuesday that a pregnant woman was among those killed when the transport plane, owned by the Airangol company, crashed […]

THE Rhino and Elephant Foundation is involved in discussions over the possibility of shipping some of the Tuli elephants to zoos and parks in China and Japan. In a statement on Sunday, the foundation said it held a meeting recently with interested parties, including the Department of Environmental Affairs and Tourism and the Convention for […]

HUNDREDS of millions of rands are expected to be allocated to job creation projects by government next week. The projects are the result of last year’s Jobs Summit. Labour Minister Shepherd Mdladlana, who has replaced Trade and Industry Minister Alec Erwin as the main implementor of the summit’s agreements, said the funding will be phased […]

PRESIDENT Nelson Mandela’s spokesperson Parks Mankahlana faces arrest for failing to pay child maintenance for his eight-year-old daughter, The Sunday Times reports. The mother of his daughter claimed that he only paid once for the upkeep of their child and is seeking R40000 in back payments. Mankahlana confirmed that he was contacted at home in […]

VIGILANTE group People Against Gangsterism and Drugs on Monday accused President Nelson Mandela of undermining his own integrity by accusing Pagad of being involved in urban terror in the Western Cape “without producing any proof”. At a media conference in Crawford to respond to remarks by Mandela in his opening of Parliament speech on Friday, […]

THE treason trial of the 77 Zambia army men accused of attempting to overthrow President Frederick Chiluba’s government on October 28 in 1997 resumes on Monday after a three-week recess. Defence lawyers are expected to begin oral submissions for a “no case to answer”. After the defence close their case, the prosecution will also submit […]

THE Southern African Development Community (SADC) is considering the possibility of brokering talks on the Zambia-Angola conflict over the former’s alleged supply of arms to Unita rebels in Angola. SADC executive secretary Kaire Mbuende, speaking at a press briefing last Friday ahead of the Council of ministers meeting and the 1999 SADC consultative conference, said […]

THE International Monetary Fund has approved a $58,76-million loan for Tanzania to support the government’s 1998/99 economic programmes, the IMF said on Monday. The credit, known in IMF parlance as an enhanced structural adjustment facility, will be available in two semi-annual installments. The IMF said Tanzania aims to achieve growth of at least 4% in […]

President Nelson Mandela has paid homage to King Hussein of Jordan.

NASA engineers will on Sunday make their 13th attempt to send South Africa’s first home grown satellite into space. The ill-fated Sunsat — to be blasted off aboard the Boeing-built Argos spacecraft — was designed at built at the University of Stellenbosch. The 12th scheduled launch was aborted after one of the engines of the […]