TWO black executives of Rand Water have lodged a charge of racial discrimination in the Labour Court after an outside candidate was appointed over their heads as general manager of scientific services. Business Report indicates that the two, Moss Selala and Jacques Katabua, filed papers after an appeal to the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and […]

FORMER Lesotho military leader Elias Ramaema was charged on Monday with being an accessory to murder and robbery relating to the stabbing to death of an Irish national two weeks ago. Ramaeme, who was charged in the Maseru Magistrate’s Court along with his son and daughter-in-law, was not asked to plead and the case was […]

PRIVATE airline company Aero Zambia, accused last week of running guns to Angolan Unita rebels, was “cleared” by the Zambian government on Monday. Although transport and communications permanent secretary Xen Vlahakis refuted the claims, a national official said Aero Zambia has a subsidiary, not based in Zambia, who use the same colours on their aircraft. […]

REBEL soldiers loyal to General Ansumane Mane on Tuesday retreated north of Guinea-Bissau’s capital as loyalist troops and allies from Senegal and Guinea advanced, informed sources said here.Heavy fighting with artillery and small-arms moved north towards the airport of Bissau, and the sources said shelling no longer threatened the city center.Hospital and other sources earlier […]

FLOODS and rockfalls in South Africa’s Northern Province have killed at least five people following torrential rain, police said on Tuesday.Police divers had recovered five bodies by Tuesday afternoon after mud and water swept through villages situated on the slopes of the Drakensberg mountains.Bodies were swept downriver and five have been recovered so far, said […]

SUPERMARKET giant Pick ‘n Pay has pulled out a joint venture with oil group Shell to set up stores at service stations in the Philippines, the company announced Tuesday.Managing Director Sean Summers said that following the completion of a due diligence survey, which constituted the first phase of the agreement, it became clear that certain […]

THE Cape Town Metropolitan Council has set aside R50000 to support the World Offshore Powerboat championships, due to be held in Table Bay from February 17 to 21. In a statement on Monday, the council said allocation of the funds is in line with its policy to support and facilitate tourism growth and job creation […]

THE property management arm of steel giant, Iscor, has raised a lower-than-expected R360-million from the sale of its properties since June 1996. Yskor Landgoed has liquidated its property holdings in Pretoria, Vanderbijlpark and Newcastle in a bid to raise an estimated R350-million for its general investment programme. Iscor expected to raise an estimated R500-million — […]

AMNESTY hearings in Nelspruit were delayed by more than five hours on Monday when key witnesses got lost on their way to Nelspruit. The hearings had still not begun by 2pm but Truth and Reconciliation Commission officials were confident that the lost witnesses would arrive in Nelspruit in time to testify. The witnesses are supposed […]

THE critically injured commander of Mozambique’s navy, Rear Admiral Pascoal Jose Nhalungo, was flown to a Johannesburg clinic for emergency treatment over the weekend after he was ambushed and shot in Maputo two weeks ago. Nhalungo was being treated at Maputo’s central hospital but was transferred to an unnamed Johannesburg clinic for specialist treatment on […]