OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Tuesday 9.15pm. RWANDAN President Pasteur Bizimungu, whose country backs rebels in the Democratic Republic of Congo, said on Tuesday that he is prepared to “reach out the hand of peace” to DRC President Laurent Kabila during this week’s Franco-African summit in Paris. “I am absolutely prepared to meet President Kabila in […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Tuesday 7.45pm. Announcing the group’s interim results, Anglo chairman Julian Ogilivie Thompson said total net earnings, which include the surplus arising from the sale of a number of investments, including the Del Monte group, JCI and Consolidated Matallurgical Industries, fell to R3,076-billion from R3,864-billion last year. The group’s balance sheet at […]

SARAH BULLEN, Johannesburg | Monday 5.20pm. SOUTH AFRICA’S real Gross Domestic Product fell a weighty annualised 2,3% during the third quarter of 1998, compared with the second quarter of 1998, according to the latest figures released by Statistics South Africa on Monday. The figures surprised even the most pessimistic economists, falling way below the market […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Harare | Monday 1.10pm. POLICE in Zimbabwe have arrested 12 villagers for failing to comply with court orders to vacate white-owned farms they have invaded. The villagers were last week served with eviction orders to leave the farms they had seized and occupied in recent weeks. The Herald reported on Monday that on […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Tipoli | Sunday 5.30pm. ZIMBABWEAN President Robert Mugabe and his wife arrived in Libya on Saturday aboard a private aircraft in violation of the United Nations air embargo in effect against Tripoli since 1992. Radio news reports that Libyan leader Moamer Gaddafi commended Mugabe for his “courage”. Shortly after his arrival Mugabe met […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Sunday 1.00pm. ORLANDO Pirates suffered a disappointing defeat on Saturday at the FNB Stadium when they went down 2-1 to Mamelodi Sundowns in a somewhat one-sided Castle Premier League Soccer match. The Buccanneers took an early lead when striker Steve Lekoelea, who interchanged passes with Dumi Ngobe, scored in the eighth […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Sunday 5.00pm. THE widow of Alan Paton, the champion of black rule and renowned author of Cry, the Beloved Country, said on Sunday that she is leaving South Africa because she is too terrified to live in such a crime-ridden environment. Anne Paton, 71, said in an article published in Britain’s […]

SHARON HAMMOND, Secunda | Sunday 6.30pm. MANAGERS at Sasol’s Middelbult Colliery near Secunda in Mpumalanga, could face criminal charges after their alleged negligence cost the lives of 53 miners in an underground explosion in May 1993. In a report released by the department of mineral and energy affairs last week, the mine’s manager, the shaft […]

DICKSON JERE and SAM MUJUDA, Luanda | Monday 2.45pm. Angolan rebel leader Jonas Savimbi is still receiving arms from the international community, his former secretary general and leader of the Unita splinter group, General Euginio Manuvakola, has charged. Manuvakola, speaking at the celebrations to mark the 4th anniversary of the stalled Lusaka Peace Protocol on […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Bloemfontein | Monday 2.00pm. SOUTH African captain Hansie Cronje handed down a warning to the West Indies just three days ahead of the first Test here on Monday when he led his Free State provincial side to a remarkable two wicket win over the tourists. Cronje, who was unbeaten on 158, and fast […]