ROB DAVIES, Johannesburg | Wednesday 9.45PM. KWAZULU-Natal agriculture portfolio committee chairman Maurice Mackenzie on Wednesday night accused the African National Congress of gross political irresponsibility and inciting racial hatred in its response to an anti-poaching operation on a farm in Muden in the KwaZulu-Natal midlands on Sunday. This follows an ANC statement calling for the […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Kampala | Wednesday 4.45pm. TRUCKS full of Ugandan troops were spotted heading for the Democratic Republic of Congo border on Sunday and Monday night, reports in Kampala said on Wednesday. The troops were thought to be on their way to back rebels fighting to overthrow DRC President Laurent Kabila. Reports described eight to […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Wednesday 6.45pm. A BI-NATIONAL consortium of South African and Swazi construction companies, led by Grinaker and Wilson Bayley Homes, was on Wednesday awarded a R342,4-million contract to construct the Magugu Dam in Swaziland. Magugu is the second of seven planned dams on the Komati and Lomati rivers in Swaziland and Mpumalanga […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Nairobi | Wednesday 10.30AM. INVESTIGATORS from the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation on Tuesday raided a downtown Nairobi hotel, where the massive bomb that blew up the American embassy two weeks ago is believed to have been assembled. The Daily Nation reports that Mohammed Saddiq Howaida (also known as Mohammed Saddiq Odeh), […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Kampala | Tuesday 10.30PM. FORTY Ugandan volunteers will try a French-manufactured AIDS vaccine when trials start in Kampala, Ugandan Health Minister Crispus Kiyonga announced on Tuesday. Kiyonga told the Ugandan parliament that the vaccine was already in the country and that his ministry had received permission to start the trials from the National […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Tuesday 10.00PM. STRIKING chemical workers may be back at work later this week, following agreements in principle between unions and employers in most of the industry’s seven sectors. According to Commission for Conciliaton, Arbitration and Mediation senior commissioner Kaizer Thibedi, settlement is near, but representatives must now get final approval from […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Mafikeng | Monday 10.00PM. ARGUMENT in mitigation of sentence in the trial of former Bophuthatswana president Lucas Mangope started in the Mafikeng High Court on Monday. SABC television news reported that sentencing was expected this week. Mangope has been found guilty on 102 counts of theft involving R3,5 million, including mining royalties paid […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT in Johannesburg | Monday 4.30pm. POST and Telecommunications Minister Jay Naidoo on Monday expressed concern at the slow response of small and medium-sized businesses (SMMEs) in addressing the Millenium Bug, warning that, should the Year 2000 problem not be addressed in a holistic way, “society as we know it could disintegrate”. Qualifying his […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Kimberly | Tuesday 10.30PM. THE trial of right-wing extremist Willem Ratte and 10 co-accused, which opened in Kimberly on Monday, moved to the Pomfret infantry base in the Northern Cape on Tuesday for an inspection of the site where the men allegedly tried to steal weapons. The 11 accused are charged with trying […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Cairo | Tuesday 10.30pm. SUDANESE opposition leaders on Tuesday rejected Sudan’s new constitution, based on Islamic law, saying they plan to continue to fight for democracy. The Sudanese opposition is largely based in the Christian, animist south of the huge country, a region which has long resisted what it perceives to be enforced […]