NO DNA TEST FOR CHILUBA ZAMBIA’s High Court on Tuesday dismissed an opposition petition to order President Frederick Chiluba to undergo a DNA test to determine whether his is really Zambian-born. The opposition claims that Chiluba was not rightfully elected as president, saying he was born of a father, 74-year-old Luke Kafupi Chabala, from the […]

TUESDAY, 12.30PM A SOUTH African developer of financial analysis software has unveiled the first local trading system to run over the Internet, offering Johannesburg Stock Exchange and SA Futures Exchange trading information in real time to subscribers anywhere in the world. BFA-NET says it offers full information on bids, offers, trades, prices and volumes, updated […]

TUESDAY 3.30PM: DESPITE 55 submissions to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission from business groupings, TRC chairman Archbishop Desmond Tutu said there are nonetheless some glaring absences. Speaking at the opening of the special commission hearing on business and apartheid, Tutu said no submissions were received from white workers’ organisations, organised agriculture or oil companies. On […]

TUESDAY, 12.30PM: SOUTH African cricket coach Bob Woolmer and skipper Hansie Cronje said the victories in Pakistan are now history and are concentrating on beating arch-rivals Australia in the tour Down Under. Speaking on the team’s arrival at the Johannesburg international airport on Monday, Cronje said: “The emergence of some of the young players like […]

SOMALIA FLOOD AID UNITED Nations agencies and the Red Cross on Tuesday launched the first stages of an emergency relief operation to bring aid to an estimated 200 000 people at risk from drowning and disease after the heaviest flooding in Somalia in living memory. The UN has appealed for funds for the operation, estimated […]

MONDAY, 11.00AM: A LEADING labour consultancy has estimated that the Basic Conditions of Employment Bill, if enacted in its present form, could lead to an 18% escalation in labour costs in SA. The prediction was made by Andrew Levy & Associates, published at the weekend in the Ecometrix Bulletin. The employment Bill was overwhelmingly voted […]

MONDAY, 12.30PM: SOUTH Africa and Poland shared the spoils after they drew their sixth and final men’s hockey international at Epson Queensmead in Durban on Sunday. Poor finishing by South Africa cost them the game. Sunday’s game had all the ingredients of an explosive clash after the two teams played to a 2-2 draw at […]

MONDAY, 3.30PM: ASLAM TOEFY, chief commander of People Against Gangsterism and Drugs, resigned at the weekend, Pagad executive member Cassiem Parker confirmed on Monday. Parker declined to give reasons for Toefy’s resignation, which followed a Pagad demonstration in Sea Point on Saturday, but it is understood his resignation will be discussed at a meeting of […]

MONDAY, 11.00AM: GOVERNMENT has put on hold the proposed sale of its Alexkor diamond mine pending establishment of the value of the enterprise. Confirming the postponement at the weekend, public enterprises ministry spokesman Wandile Zote said that a private company may be appointed to manage the mine in the interim. Zote said government has revised […]

MONDAY, 3.00PM ZIMBABWEAN war veterans became rowdy at Monday’s hearing of the Chidyausiku Commission probing fraudulent claims from a war victims’ compensation fund, leading to an abrupt suspension of proceedings. The 250 veterans packing out the court house were angered by cross examination of their leader, Dr Chenjerai Hunzvi, who was being questioned on alleged […]