ZIMBABWE’S president vowed yesterday to return the country’s crippled economy to a socialist command system, telling businesses opposed to the move to ”pack up and go”. Robert Mugabe said his government would strictly enforce the price freeze on basic foods imposed last week and threatened to seize any companies that shut down because the new […]

ANTOINETTE KEYSER, Nigel | Tuesday FORENSIC evidence submitted to the Nigel Regional Court on Monday showed that a 66-year old grandfather had almost certainly committed incest with his 33-year-old daughter. Robert Fedder and his daughter Breggie Kamffer went on trial on charges of incest on Monday after they were arrested on a farm in the […]

Johannesburg | Tuesday THE JSE was trading higher at midday on Tuesday in line with firmer European markets and positive US futures, as investors sought bargains following Monday’s global sell-off. Tradek’s Julian Henrey reported that strength was prevalent across the board, with all major indices higher. Resource counters, however, were the star performers of the […]

THE Medical Research Council is expected to release its report on the impact of HIV/Aids on adult deaths in South Africa on Tuesday. MRC representative Merle May said last week that the release of the document — entitled ”The Impact HIV/Aids has on Mortality in South Africa” — was delayed because the council needed more […]

Pretoria | Tuesday THE University of South Africa (Unisa) has urged Education Minister Kader Asmal not to withhold the subsidy of the institution. ”It is of vital importance that the university continue unhindered in the delivery of its service to students during this crucial time of examinations and registration,” Unisa acting principal and vice-chancellor Simon […]

ZIMBABWE has accused its former colonial master Britain of failing to play its part in implementing an agreement reached last month in a bid to end the land crisis. “There is room for the British to come back into Zimbabwe’s land reform programme. But if they squander this chance then it will take them time […]

SAAMBOU said on Thursday it expected headline earnings for the six months ended 30 September to amount to about R65 million, equating to 40,7 cents per share, down from the headline earnings for the six months ended 30 September 2000 of R76-million, equating to 52,0 cents per share. Further, to comply with amended regulatory requirements, […]

Harare | Monday SOUTH Africa has begun deporting some 15 000 Zimbabweans as part of a recent decision to rid the country’s farms of legal and illegal immigrant workers, state radio said on Monday. Three trucks loaded with some 400 deportees arrived at the southern border town of Beitbridge on Sunday, the radio said. South […]

AUGETTO GRAIG, Windhoek | Monday THE ongoing dispute about the border between Namibia and South Africa at the Orange River came under investigation again this week after an article, published in a leading South African daily alleged that Namibia does not hold any mining rights in the Orange River and that the border on the […]