CONGO (Brazzaville) government forces killed dozens of militia foes in fighting near the capital and prepared for a new offensive after losing at least four men and two armoured vehicles, army sources said on Wednesday. Forces backing President Denis Sassou Nguesso killed several dozen of the so-called Ninja militiamen in operations on Tuesday to flush […]
THE Tanzania Netball Association faces expulsion from the world netball governing body if it fails to remit some 300 in affiliation fees before the end of January. The association has been unable to raise the amount and is currently looking for well-wishers to bail it out.
ZAMBIA’S National Roads Board has released 25-billion kwacha for road upgrading projects in Kitwe and Ndola regions. The project marks the beginning of phase one of the World Bank-sponsored road rehabilitation project. NRB chairman Raymond Jhala said on Tuesday that successful bidders will start construction in March this year. 05
THE Kenyan government has instructed the state-owned National Cereals and Produce Board to immediately set up 26 new depots in the country to store maize, the state-owned KBC radio reported on Wednesday. The radio, quoting Agriculture minister Musalia Mudavadi, said famine is threatening some regions of Kenya because of drought, and that the government will […]
SURVIVORS of the 1986 air crash which killed Mozambican president, Samora Machel, met with government representatives in Maputo on Wednesday to finalise preparations for the inauguration of a monument at the crash site in South Africa. Machel’s widow, Graa, and her husband, President Nelson Mandela, will inaugurate the monument at Mbuzini in Mpumalanga on January […]
A NUMBER of large airlines thought to be interested in buying the Cote d’Ivoire’s national airline, Air Ivoire, have snubbed the deal and are refusing to commit to any proposals. Aviation source said on Tuesday that 19 major airlines which initially showed interest in buying the 51% shares at stake in Air Ivoire have not […]
THE outbreak of cholera in Mozambique which began in late November in northern Cabo Delgado province, has reached the central province of Manica. The first case was diagnosed on December 29. The local Noticias newspaper reported on Tuesday that the five cases identified so far are all from the locality of Vanduzi, although no deaths […]
MOZAMBIQUE’S Ministry of Mineral Resources and Energy has announced cuts in fuel prices with effect from Wednesday. The price of jet fuel is down 11,2% and petrol 2,5% while the price of diesel falls by 2,3%. The price of cooking gas has been reduced by 15,2% and kerosene by 13,1% a litre. The price cuts […]
MPUMALANGA’S provincial director general, Frank Mbatha, has resigned and will leave his post on January 15. The province has not yet begun interviewing a successor to the post, one of the most powerful in the administration. Mpumalanga Premier Mathews Phosa’s spokesperson, Oupa Pilane, confirmed the resignation on Wednesday. Mbatha stressed that his resignation was voluntary […]
KWAZULU-NATAL traffic police issued close to 400000 traffic fines last year, provincial traffic spokesperson Logan Maistry said on Wednesday. Traffic offences included: 242687 for speeding, 3442 for overtaking on barrier lines,17099 for driver’s licence offences, 24004 for not wearing seat belts, 6041 for overloading and 68187 for vehicle defects. Maistry said 1713 people were arrested […]