STAFF were back Tuesday at the Forcados oil terminal, Nigeria, owned by Anglo-Dutch oil group Shell four days after deadly clashes between soldiers and local youths, the company said.The company said assurances had been given on the safety of Shell staff at the site and its employees had returned. The Shell staff were withdrawn from […]

POLICE on Monday morning confirmed that 34 people were killed in a horror bus crash on Sunday night in the Free State. The bus was en route to Johannesburg from Kokstad in KwaZulu-Natal on the N3 highway between Villiers and Warden in the Free State when a tire burst around 7.30pm. The bus lost control […]

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 […]

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. […]

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 […]

TWO French diplomats were among five people killed in a three-car pile-up on the N4 toll road near Middelburg on Sunday night. Police report that F Millancourt (53) and his unnamed 54-year-old wife were killed after being struck by a car carrying a mother and three daughters. The mother, M Casmod, and her three daughters […]

STEEL prices are expected to remain in a slump until the end of the year — with the depression in the industry set to continue — according to predictions made by the Steel and Engineering Industries Federation of South Africa on Monday. Seifsa said that the local industry is largely hostage to foreign markets and […]

NIGERIA’S military rulers have agreed to a new constitution, the regime’s number two, Vice Admiral Mike Akhigbe, told newspapers on Tuesday. Akhigbe, Chief of General Staff, told reporters in Abuja after a meeting of the country’s top military body, the Provisional Ruling Council, that it has agreed to a constitution similar to that of 1979.The […]

MICHAEL METELITS, Johannesburg | Tuesday 9.30pm. STEVE ELWORTHY made his third catch of a bouncy delivery by Hansie Cronje, sending Keith Semple back to the pavilion, and a simple runout bagged Rawl Lewis. Cronje took his time in touching the ball to the wicket after quick fielding by Nicky Boje and miscommunication between the batsmen […]

FACTORY Ducati and Castrol Honda motorcycle teams slugged it out on day two of the Vodacom World Superbike Championship winter test sessions at Kyalami on Tuesday. Reigning world champion Carl Fogarty came out on top on a Ducati. Fogarty set the fastest time of the day on Monday and was fastest again in Tuesday morning’s […]