FORMER Western Cape Premier Hernus Kriel is in a stable condition in the Panorama Medi Clinic near Cape Town after undergoing heart bypass surgery on Wednesday morning. He will remain in the hospital’s intensive care unit for the next few days. Kriel (57) suffered a heart attack at his holiday home in Kleinmond on Monday.

President Nelson Mandela will unveil a memorial to Mozambican President Samora Machel on January 19.

ZIMBABWE’S Department of Civil Aviation (DCA) has been replaced by a Civil Aviation Authority from January 1 as part of a privatisation programme, transport and energy minister Enos Chikowore said Monday. “The DCA has ceased to exist and all posts are abolished,” he said when launching the Civil Aviation Authority’s first board meeting. Chikowore said […]

POLICE have arrested suspects in two serial killer cases. Gauteng police commissioner Sharma Maharaj and Safety and Security Minister Sydney Mufamadi announced the breakthrough on Tuesday, saying a suspect who was arrested in Orlando, Soweto, on rape and hijacking charges has been linked to 14 of the Nasrec serial killings. Maharaj added that Pretoria police […]

FORMER Japanese premier Ryutaro Hashimoto flew into Johannesburg on Wednesday at the start of a four-day visit that will focus on establishing a partnership between his country and South Africa. Hashimoto, who became a senior foreign adviser to Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi after resigning in July, arrived in the country from Kenya where he was […]

FIVE Zimbabwean troops deployed in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) were killed when an air force plane crashed on the outskirts of Kinshasa, Zimbabwean defence authorities announced on Monday.”[The] Ministry of Defence regrets to announce that a ZDF (Zimbabwe Defence Forces) CASA 212 transport aircraft crashed a few kilometres outside Kinshasa killing all five […]

CO-OPERATION between the Mpumalanga taxi industry and Trans Africa Concession, the company building the toll road between Witbank and Maputo, paid off during the festive season, said Trac chief executive officer, Trevor Jackson, on Monday. He said 360 minibus taxis stopped at rest areas along the N4 Toll Route after pamphlets were distributed at taxi […]

FORMER Anglo American Corporation of South Africa chairman Gavin Relly died on Sunday after a short illness, the company said in a statement on Monday. Relly, who was 72, was chairman of South Africa’s largest company and the world’s largest bullion producer from 1983 to 1990. He succeeded Harry Oppenheimer and led Anglo through the […]

CHAD’S economy grew by 7% in 1998, helped by good rains which pushed up food production, according to a bulletin published by the presidency’s economic service. The Bank of France’s Franc Zone secretariat has estimated Chad’s 1997 economic growth at 6,5%, the bulletin said. A clear improvement was noted in state revenues, payment of civil […]

FORMER Western Cape premier Hernus Kriel, who had a heart attack at his holiday home in Kleinmond in the Western Cape on Saturday, is recovering in the Panorama Heart Clinic in Cape Town. Kriel (57) is reportedly feeling much better. SAAF TO MARION’S RESCUE THE South African Air Force is to dispatch a C-130 transport […]