WEDNESDAY, 3.00PM TWO elephants have been killed in Namibia since the signing of the Convention on the International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) agreement on resuming the ivory trade last month. Conservation officials in the West Caprivi Game Park suspect local villagers, because the elephants appear to have been killed for their meat, not their […]
WEDNESDAY, 1.30PM: THERE are two changes to the Free State side to play North-West in a Currie Cup match in Potchefstroom on Friday. Naka Drotske and Werner Swanepoel are in the South African squad to tour Australia and New Zealand and will be replaced by Charl Marais and Kat Myburgh respectively. Free State :Christo Potgieter, […]
WEDNESDAY, 3.00PM NAMIBIAN authorities on Wednesday denied claims made a fornight ago that security forces have killed 1 768 people, mostly Angolan refugees, in the north-east of the country, but confirmed that seven deaths are being investigated. The Windhoek-based National Society of Human Rights in June 1994 said that 376 people had either been shot […]
WEDNESDAY, 11.00AM TELECOMS parastatal Telkom’s plan to provide millions of new telephone lines before the end of the millennium was set in motion on Tuesday with the award of a R2-billion contract to Alcatel Altech Telecoms and Lucent Technologies for radio systems involved in the provision of 400 000 new lines over the next two […]
RULING PARTY WINS IN MALI The ruling Alliance for Democracy in Mali (Adema), according to returns from 50 of the 55 electoral districts, has won 110 of the 147 legislative seats in the national elections held on Sunday. The elections were boycotted by most opposition parties. Adema won all the districts in the capital Bamako. […]
WEDNESDAY, 1.30PM: SPRINGBOK rugby coach Carel du Plessis said on Wednesday that fullback Andre Joubert should “have a rethink” about his rugby career, and should “maybe start planning” his retirement”. Joubert was not named in the squad that will tour Australia and New Zealand later this season, though Du Plessis said he had been considered. […]
WEDNESDAY, 1.30PM: TWO South African under-20 soccer stars left for Holland on Sunday — Orlando Pirates’ Steve Lekoelea and School of Excellence’s Lucky Maselesele joined PSV Eindhoven for three months. They stand a chance of clinching contracts with the club if they impress during their stay. This move comes after their performances in the World […]
WEDNESDAY, 11.00AM DIAMOND cartel De Beers said on Tuesday it is to begin a $30-million development in the Angolan capital Luanda to house sorting facilities for its Angolan diamond production, following an agreement with Angolan national diamond company Endiama. De Beers said the plans entail constructing a 12-storey building on Ediama-owned land in Luanda’s central […]
TUESDAY, 4.00PM AS peace talks between Congolese President Pascal Lissouba and his rival and predecessor Denis Sassou Nguesso in the Gabonese capital Libreville bogged down on Tuesday, Lissouba’s supporters, emboldened by Monday’s extension of the president’s mandate, called for a “general mobilisation” against the militia of Sassou Nguesso. A representative of Lissouba’s 16-party support base […]
TUESDAY, 11.00AM WOMEN’s empowerment group Nozala Investments is to acquire 10% of listed private education and personnel group Educor in a two-phase deal. The first phase of the deal will see Nozala acquire 17,8-million new Educor shares (6% of the group’s enlarged equity) at 412c a share, a total of R73-million. The price represents a […]