Staff Reporter
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/ 3 December 1997

Eat right to beat the drought

WEDNESDAY, 11.30AM DEPARTMENT of Agriculture director-general Bongiwe Njobe-Mbuli says farmers continue to plant crops unsuited to drought areas — such as maize — in response to consumer demand. The only solution, she told a drought workshop in Pretoria on Wednesday, will be to work on changing the public’s eating habits. Njobe-Mbuli called on farmers to […]

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/ 3 December 1997

KWV converts to company

WEDNESDAY, 10.00AM: WINE and spirits co-operative KWV on Tuesday formally converted itself to a company after 80 years as a co-operative. The co-operative, which also acted as a state-appointed regulator of the industry, first made a high court application for the conversion last December 12, but this was opposed by Land Affairs Minister Derek Hanekom, […]

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/ 3 December 1997

Nzo signs landmine treaty

WEDNESDAY, 3.30PM A SOUTH African Foreign Affairs Minister Alfred Nzo formally signed an international convention banning anti-personnel mines in Ottawa, Canada, on Wednesday. Nzo, who came under criticism last year for hedging over the landmine ban, has since become a convert, praising those who lobbied to make the landmine convention a reality. South Africa was […]

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/ 3 December 1997

Malawians bury Banda

WEDNESDAY, 10.30PM THOUSANDS of Malawians converged on the capital, Lilongwe on Wednesday to bury the country’s founding father and former dictator Hastings Kamuzu Banda, who died last week aged 99. The five-hour funeral started in the grounds of State House with a speech by President Bakili Maluzi, followed by a religious ceremony attended by African […]

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/ 3 December 1997

JCI buys new exploration rights

WEDNESDAY, 11.00AM: SOUTH Africa’s first black-owned mining house Johannesburg Consolidated Investments on Tuesday signed a three-year mining exploration deal with the Ethiopian governemnt. In terms of the agreement, JCI subsidiary JCI (Ethiopia) acquires exclusive exploration rights in the Borena region, according to the Ethiopian ministry of mines, which added that JCI will pay up to […]

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/ 2 December 1997

Rassie back to face Scots

TUESDAY, 10.30AM: The only change to the Springbok squad to face Scotland in Saturday’s Test at Murrayfield is the return of injured flanker Rassie Erasmus to replace Andrew Aitken. Aitken returns to the bench in place of Bobby Skinstad. Erasmus missed last weekend’s 29-11 defeat of England after suffering a head injury during the second […]

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/ 2 December 1997

SA set target of 268/6

TUESDAY, 10.00AM: SOUTH Africa set a target of 268/6 on Tuesday in their 50-over match against a Prime Minister’s XI at the Manuka Oval in Canberra. Captain Hansie Cronje slipped right back in to one-day cricket with a sterling 42 not out after facing just 26 balls in 34 minutes at the crease. His tally […]

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/ 2 December 1997

‘Spy’ row over ANC amnesties

TUESDAY, 3.30PM A NEW ROW has blown up over the Truth Commission’s amnesty for 37 ANC leaders, after National Party leader Martinus van Schalkwyk marched on the Truth Commission offices and demanded to see the amnesty applications. ANC acting secretary-general Cheryl Carolous said that as a former Military Intelligence agent — van Schalkwyk was an […]

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/ 2 December 1997

Pahad to lay Armscor’s US ghost

ANC WOMEN MAY DUMP WINNIE THE ANC Women’s League issued a surprise statement on Monday criticising its own president, Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, for her attack on the ANC in a newspaper interview last week, which was made “without consultation or mandate”. The national working committee also said the league would meet this weekend to ‘evaluate its […]

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/ 2 December 1997

Pathologist confirms stab wounds

TUESDAY, 6.00PM: A SECOND Mandela name was dragged into the Truth Commission’s hearings yesterday. Gift Ntombeni, a former Mandela United Football Club member confirmed claims by previous witnesses that the club had carved the letters ‘ANC’ and ‘WM’ into the flesh of victims, and burnt their feet. But he said Zinzi Mandela-Hlongwane, daughter of Nelson […]