OWN CORRESPONDENT, Goma | Wednesday 11.15PM. THE government of the Democratic Republic of Congo has cancelled the passports of up to 20 former members of President Laurent Kabila’s regime because they have gone over to the rebels, DRC state radio has reported. Former foreign minister Bizima Karaha and former army chief Deogratias Buguera were among […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Durban | Thursday 11.00PM. THE chief bodyguard of KwaZulu-Natal premier Ben Ngubane assisted the Inkatha Freedom Party’s secret Caprivi strike force in attacks on African National Congress strongholds, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission amnesty committe heard on Thursday. IFP member Phillip David Dhlamini, 31, told the hearing that he had operated in the […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Wednesday 10.00am. THE Reserve Bank is sticking to its laissez-faire policy of leaving the rand to find its own level, having not intervened to protect the currency during its latest difficulties this week, Reserve Bank GM Bertus van Zyl said on Tuesday. Van Zyl confirmed that the Bank has not intervened […]
SARAH BULLEN in Johannesburg | Tuesday 5.30pm. THE Johannesburg Stock Exchange went in to a tailspin on Tuesday, losing 5,12% of its value as R1,7-billion volume changed hands — most flooding out of the market. “The selling just did not stop,” a dealer said. By early afternoon the JSE all share index had lost 4,87% […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Wednesday 10.00AM. SOUTH Africa will return to Headingley to face a Counties Select XI in a limited-overs warm-up match ahead of Friday’s opening triangular shoot-out against Sri Lanka at Trent Bridge. The South Africans will be fielding a near international strength side, with only Allan Donald not making the line-up. His […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Cape Town | Wednesday 9.00pm. PALESTINIAN leader Yasser Arafat has accused Israel of bringing the Middle East to the brink of “violence, anarchy, war and destruction” and called on the United States, the European Union and the international community to help break the Middle-East deadlock. Adressing a a joint sitting of the South […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Luanda | Wednesday 7.30PM. ANGOLAN troops in the enclave of Cabinda are on alert in case the conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo spills over the border. Cabinda Governor Amaro Taty said the situation was likely to become “complicated” in the DRC, where Tutsi-led forces have mounted a rebellion President Laurent Kabila. […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Nairobi | Wednesday 10.30pm. KENYAN authorities have arrested a number of people in connection with the devastating car bomb attack on the United States embassy in Nairobi, President Daniel arap Moi said on Wednesday. The announcement followed the declaration by rescue workers that the search for survivors was over. “A number of persons […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Wednesday 9.30AM. BAFANA Bafana skipper Lucas Radebe was on Tuesday named as the captain of the English Premier League club Leeds United for the 1998/99 season, taking over from Scottish international midfielder David Hopkin. Leeds manager George Graham’s vote of confidence in the 29-year-old defender comes less than two weeks after […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Durban | Monday 12.15PM. UNITED Democratic Movement national secretary Sifiso Nkabinde has denied that a man arrested during violence in Richmond at the weekend is one of his bodyguards. He conceded, however, that the man, who was arrested for being in possession of 85 rounds of ammunition normally used only by police and […]