OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Tuesday 8.00pm. SOUTH Africa’s International Olympic Committee (IOC) member Sam Ramsamy said on Tuesday he is ashamed that four Africans were among the six IOC members suspended in the votes-for-favours scandal. “I view the IOC membership as a total entity – not a continental grouping,” Ramsamy said. “On the other hand, […]

ZAMBIAN President Frederick Chiluba on Friday cited a prolonged donor aid squeeze and declining foreign exchange earnings from copper as among factors that led to the country’s poor economic performance during 1998. Despite projections that the economy would grow by 5% in 1998, it only registered a 2% growth rate. Chiluba reported that inflation, which […]

FLIGHT problems on Monday forced the ministers of defence and foreign affairs to cancel a trip to Uganda, where they were to stand in for President Nelson Mandela. “First they had flight clearance problems with some countries to the north and then there was a major technical problem with the aircraft they had chartered. It […]

INVESTMENT banking group Investec Botswana is to launch Botwana’s first private bank on February 1, Investec Private Banking (SA) MD Steve Helibron announced on Monday. Investec established itself in Botswana in 1995 and is dual-listed on the Botswana Stock Exchange and the Johannesburg Stock Exchange. Helibron said in a statement that although the bank will […]

WORLD Bank President James Wolfensohn has proposed a global approach towards an improved and efficient development. ” … There is the need to adopt a vision beyond projects, a global approach aimed at improving the efficiency of development activities,” Wolfensohn said in Abidjan on Sunday at the end of a three-day official visit to Cote […]

THE army, police and traffic services on Monday patrolled the streets of Rustenburg in the North-West province after clashes between taxi operators and mine employees on Sunday night. Taxi operators reportedly assaulted and robbed a number of mine workers who were running lift clubs to work. Taxi operators claim that by charging for the rides, […]

JOHANNESBURG sprinter Wendy Hartman upstaged several bigger-name athletes at the Absa Permit meet held on Saturday afternoon in Bloemfontein. The 22-year-old athlete twice upset sprint darling Heide Seyerling, winning the 100m in a personal best 11,29 seconds. “I have done powerlifting as my second sport for some time now, and this has given me much […]

A HARDLINE Palestinian guerrilla group accused Libya on Monday of arresting members of the organisation and confiscating funds. Atef Zaki, a spokesperson in Lebanon for the Fatah Revolutionary Council of Abu Nidal, said members were arrested in August 1998 and funds of an unspecified amount seized. It said the moves came despite the fact that […]

THE claims of armed robber Collin Chauke that he was assaulted while being arrested last week will be investigated by the Independent Complaints Directorate, SABC news reported on Monday. Chauke had visible abrasions above his right eye when he was spotted by press outside the Pretoria Magistrates’ Court last Wednesday. Police, however, said he probably […]

TANZANIAN police and the United States Federal Bureau of Investigations are holding one person for questioning in connection with last year’s US embassy bombing Dar es Salaam, press reports said on Monday. Tanzania’s Criminal Investigations Department director Rajabu Adadi would not name the suspect and also refused to say whether the he was one of […]