AN unidentified man burnt to death early on Tuesday morning and 15 people were left homeless when shacks in Claremont caught fire, Johannesburg Emergency Services said. Representative Hennie Botha said a man also sustained superficial burns to his back, shoulder and hand and was admitted to the Helen Joseph Hospital. He said residents of the […]

NEDCOR will announce ”a substantial investment” in unlisted IQ Business group it has been reported. Business Report said Nedcor would outline its continued investment in Dimension Data at a news briefing and quoted IQ Chief Executive Johan Roets as saying Nedcor would take a more than 20% stake in IQ for more than R100m. Roets […]

A CASE of attempted murder has been opened after a policeman and another man fired shots at each other outside a shebeen on Sunday night, injuring a bystander, North Rand police said on Monday. A police inspector from Edenvale and Lucas Ledwabe are to be investigated in connection with the charge, Sergeant Nomsa Sekele said. […]

London | Tuesday A BRITISH firm is bidding to sell an expensive military air traffic control system to Tanzania, prompting a row at the centre of Prime Minister Tony Blair’s government, the Guardian reported on Tuesday. The 28-million pound ($40-million) deal with one of Africa’s poorest countries was reported to have divided the Cabinet between […]

JAMES HALL, Mbabane | Tuesday THE consumption of marijuana is such a well-entrenched part of Swazi culture that the small log enclosure where the headman of a traditional homestead escapes the burdens of life to enjoy a pipe has been lovingly recreated at Mantenga Cultural Village. ”My job is to sit here and smoke my […]

TOTAL trading income of retailers in motor vehicles and accessories for the first six months of 2000 increased by 23.8% compared with the first six months of 1999, Statistics South Africa announced. ”This increase of 23.8% in the total motor trading income during this period, was mainly due to increases in the income from sales […]

Harare | Tuesday ZIMBABWE’S year-on-year inflation jumped to 103,8% in November, almost six percentage points above the 97,9% recorded in October, the Central Statistical Office (CSO) said on Friday. The latest figure means prices in Zimbabwe have more than doubled between November 2000 and November 2001, and confirmed economists’ fears that inflation would reach 100% […]

THE Nigerian government on Wednesday approved 25,5-billion naira ($228-million) for the expansion of the National Assembly complex in Abuja. The expansion will involve the construction of hundreds of offices, rest rooms and car parks for parliamentarians, Information Minister Jerry Gana told reporters after a cabinet meeting. The construction, to be completed in 30 months, will […]

THE British firm International London Limited (ILL) has paid 10% of the $1,3-billion it bid for a majority stake in the Nigeria’s telecoms firm Nitel, officials said on Wednesday. “We received confirmation this morning from the New York branch of Standard Chartered Bank that ILL paid 10% of the bid yesterday (Tuesday),” said Bureau of […]

CLAIRE KEETON, Vlakplaas | Sunday SOME 600 South African traditional leaders, wearing animal skins and beating drums, gathered on national reconciliation day on Sunday for a healing ceremony at Vlakplaas, once the secret base of apartheid-era hit squads infamous for torture and executions. “I feel this place has now been transformed and belongs to the […]