Six municipal by-elections are to be held in South Africa on January 22, four in African National Congress strongholds, one in an Inkatha Freedom Party stronghold and another in a more marginal seat vacated by a Democratic Alliance councillor.
The 128 000 member Solidarity trade union has asked the US government and the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) to ban the listing of South African telecommunications utility Telkom on the NYSE.
Train services on Zimbabwe’s busiest railway line have been closed for the past three days after illegal gold miners in central Zimbabwe dug large tunnels underneath and right next to the railway line, railway authorities said on Friday.
Pledged financial aid from the international community started to pour in to the Middle East this week as Arab states brace for a US-led war on Iraq.
South African economic policy makers will be faced with a dilemma over interest rates in 2003 — whether to lower them as quickly as possible to support economic growth or to cut them more slowly to maintain capital inflows to support the rand.
The South African government has confirmed that it has received a request to assist in an investigation into alleged irregular funding by a South African citizen of Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon’s election campaign.
Computer vendor Beachware Computers CC has been ordered by the Durban magistrate’s court to pay the Microsoft Corporation R243 620 in damages after Microsoft filed claims against the vendor during the middle of last year for infringing copyright laws.
Zambia’s founding president Kenneth Kaunda hit out on Wednesday at ”globalisation with slave trade”, accusing western financial institutions of exploiting Africa.
While the road death toll since December 1 mounted to 1 236 by Monday, the Democratic Alliance demanded the resignation of Transport Minister Dullah Omar, or his removal from office.
The government authorities in Ivory Coast have arrested a French journalist working for the Reuters news agency, accusing her of spying for rebels in the west African state, official Ivory Coast radio said on Tuesday.