Johannesburg | Tuesday A US-based company, Shaw Group Inc., has signed an agreement with two South African firms to help build this country’s second nuclear plant, using a pioneering technology dubbed “safe and economical”. The deal among Shaw, South African nuclear technology firm PBMR Pty Ltd and engineering company Murray and Roberts was announced late […]

FORTY-one top officials of the state-run Commercial Bank of Ethiopia (CBE) and 13 businessmen were Wednesday charged by Ethiopia’s anti-corruption commission in the High Federal Court. CBE Chairman Tilahun Abay and six vice-chairmen as well as 24 other officials were among those charged. They were accused of abuse of power for self-enrichment and for having […]

TWO women were killed and 37 fishermen are still missing after violent storms hit Senegal in the past few days, government officials said on Saturday. As many as 110 of a total 147 fishermen missing at sea since Wednesday were recovered alive, the fisheries ministry said. A number of them were found in Gambia. The […]

Pretoria | Friday AN agreement under which South Africa’s arms manufacturer Denel will get about R300-million per year for producing helicopter parts for AgustaWestland, an Italian company, was signed in Pretoria on Monday. The licence production agreement provides for a phased multi-year programme for the manufacturing of 30 complete airframes, onboard systems, rotor blades and […]

SECURITY officials of the Dusi canoe marathon have arrested three men who were allegedly involved in a number of hold-ups at Ibis Point in the Myini area on the Dusi route. The area is just above Marianney-Foley which paddlers go through on the second day of the Dusi. ”We have arrested two of the three […]

SUE BLAINE, Johannesburg | Tuesday PERLEMOEN poaching on the South African shores has increased threefold over the past two years, scientists and the SA Police Service say. ”The general feeling is that (perlemoen) poaching is virtually out of control, huge amounts are taken out of the sea every day,” says Rob Tarr, scientist at the […]

SEVENTEEN people were killed and 70 others hurt on Saturday in road accidents linked to the heaviest rains and coldest weather Egypt has experienced in six years. Several streets in Cairo were flooded because of a lack of storm drains, provoking traffic jams. Light rains usually hit Egypt two or three times a year, in […]

ROB LEVER, Washington | Tuesday AMID a weakening US economy, the number of bankruptcies filed by US companies and individuals soared to a record in 2001, and experts warn that more firms could go the same way. A total of 251 publicly held US firms filed for bankruptcy in 2001, well above the prior record […]

SANI UMAR, Sokoto, Nigeria | Monday EXPRESSING gratitude for growing international support, a 35-year-old woman who is due to be stoned to death for adultery by Islamic authorities in northern Nigeria said this weekend she will be seeking ‘justice’ when she launches an appeal on Monday. “I am grateful and appreciative of all the support […]