Is it time to junk your video cassette recorder or CD player now that there is the new digital video disc? Jack Schofield advises caution It’s the next big thing since the last big thing, which might have been Sony’s MiniDisk or Philips’s digital compact cassette or DAT audio tape, or CD- interactive (CDi) or […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, New York | Friday 9.00pm. THE United Nations said on Friday that an ”immediate re-adjustment” of the its observer mission in Angola will start in early December if all hopes for peace have collapsed by then. UN Secretary General Kofi Annan said the 1,100-strong UN force would pull back to six main regional […]
Wonder Hlongwa Residents of the township of Mpuma- langa in KwaZulu-Natal are living in fear of an alleged serial killer who they believe is being protected by the authorities because he is a police informer. Sbusiso ”Sbra” Makhaye (22), who has been implicated in nine murders in the past four years, was mysteriously released from […]
OWN CORRESPONDENTS, Johannesburg | Thursday 11.00pm. THE Democratic Republic of Congo rebels have warned South Africa not to become militarily involved in the conflict. During a meeting with the Democratic Party’s Tony Leon, Congolese Democratic Coalition representative Thomas Nziratimana said he was concerned that there is pressure within the Southern African Development Community for South […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Cape Town | Thursday 9.00pm. THREE important pieces of legislation brought forward by the South African Department of Justice were approved by the National Council of Provinces on Thursday. The bills related to witness protection, give more powers to the Public Protector and stipulate conditions under which children below the age of 18 […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Maseru | Thursday 9.00pm. LESOTHO civil servants who took part in the recent mass protests are to lose their jobs. The government, in what is seen by some as a heavy-handed measure in the middle of delicate multi-party negotiations, has indicated that those any did take part in the mass actions should resign. […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Thursday 10.00am. THE MTN Champions tennis tournament got off to an exciting start at the University of Pretoria on Wednesday when Australian John Fitzgerald ousted top-seed Henri Leconte 6-7 (1-7), 6-3, 12-10 in one hour and 36 minutes. Fitzgerald, struggling with a sore knee, let Leconte lead the opening set until […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Windhoek | Wednesday 10.00pm. THE Namibian government has introduced a bill to parliament to alter the constitution to allow President Sam Njoma a third term in office. Controversy has surrounded the mooted legislation. Prime Minister Hage Geingob, introducing the Namibian Constitution Amendment Bill to the national Assembly on Wednesday, was greeted by a […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Wednesday 10.45am. GOVERNMENT has facilitated the delivery of some 600000 low-cost houses since 1994, a move which is starting to get South Africans housed “in earnest”, Housing Minister Sankie Mthembi-Mahanyele said on Tuesday night. Speaking at a Gauteng housing awards dinner, Mthembi-Mahanyele called for even more innovation in building homes for […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Wednesday 2.30pm. SEVERAL thousand Iscor workers who downed tools on Wednesday morning in protest at a management bonus returned to work by midday. It is thought the unions involved have instead chosen a legal route to resolve the dispute. The National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa, National Union of Mineworkers, […]