DUDUZILE NKOMO, Harare | Monday 11.00am. THE Zimbabwean fuel price has been increased by 67% with effect from Friday night, President Robert Mugabe’s government announced at the weekend. Leaded petrol now costs about US$0,28, from 17c per litre, while the price of diesel now costs 23c, an increase of nearly 68%. Additional increases are expected […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Sunday 5.45pm. THE Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration on Saturday presented Edgars and its two labour unions with a settlement proposal in a bid to end a protracted strike. CCMA spokesman Sithembele Tshwete said that negotiations concluded on Saturday morning with parties preparing to take the proposal to their respective […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Pretoria | Monday 7.00pm. RUTH First had turned away from active involvement in the African National Congress to concentrate on her academic career at a university in Maputo in Mozambique some time before she was killed by a letter bomb sent by the apartheid security forces, Transport Minister Mac Maharaj said on Monday. […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Maseru | Monday 9.30pm. LESOTHO’S Prime Minister has been accused by opposition parties of victimising civil servants after claims that over 30 alleged mutineers would be court-martialled instead of receiving a general amnesty as demanded. The 11 opposition parties, in a letter to South African Safety and Security Minister Sydney Mufamadi, said that […]

JOE KAUNDA, Luanda | Monday 7.15pm. ANGOLAN police announced last week that all Unita-aligned members of the national police service will be demobilised. This comes after the Angolan parliament two weeks ago passed a resolution to strip rebel leader Jonas Savimbi of his special status. In announcing the demobilisation, National Police commander Fernado dos Santos […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Monday 10.10pm. DIAMOND conglomerate De Beers may be considering offering rival diamond producer Russia a loan to help the financially stricken government, officials at Russia’s State Treasury said on Monday. De Beers chairman Nicholas Oppenheimer is due to visit the Russian capital Moscow this week, and is scheduled to meet Prime […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Monday 1.00am. VAAL Professionals earned three valuable log points when they beat Moroka Swallows 1-0 in a Castle Premier League soccer match at Iscor Stadium in Sebokeng on Sunday. The was not exciting by any stretch of the imamgination, but it was tough and physical enough to see the first half […]

SARAH BULLEN, Johannesburg | Monday 5.30pm. LOCAL markets had a strong day across the board on Monday, bouncing off stronger international markets that found touch with news of US support for an International Monetary Fund relief package. Dealers said the announcement that the United States Senate has passed an IMF plan to assist ailing economies […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT and AFP, Cape Town | Monday 7.45pm. FINANCE Minister Trevor Manuel on Monday announced a revision of South Africa’s estimated budget deficit for the 1998/1999 financial year to 3,9% of gross domestic product, up from the 3,5% deficit projected in March. Manuel said, however, that the government remains committed to reducing the budget […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT and AFP, Johannesburg | Sunday 5.00pm. WEST African leaders ended their summit meeting in Nigeria late on Saturday night after failing to to find a negotiated settlement to the conflict in Guinea Bissau. The two-day leaders’ summit of the 16-member Economic Community of West African States (Ecowas) had been dominated by the crisis […]