GUINEA-Bissau President Kumba Yala has sacked three supreme court judges in an ongoing battle between the country’s executive and judiciary. The dismissals were made by a secret presidential decree on Monday, an official source said. Among the three sacked judges was deputy president of the supreme court Venancio Martins. Last Friday Martins declared that the […]

DUMISANE LUBISI, Marble Hall | Tuesday FIVE farm attackers poured boiling water into a woman’s face while her paraplegic husband watched helplessly and stole R30 000 cash early Monday morning. Gawie and Marie-Claire Crevitz were asleep when unknown men broke the lock on a sliding door to enter the house on plot H206B in Marble […]

Johannesburg | Wednesday DEPARTMENT of Defence procurement agency Armscor said on Tuesday that air defence missile manufacturers had until December 3 to revise their proposals to sell the South African army a battery of the weapons because the original response was unsatisfactory. The original cut-off date for tenders was April 23 but was pushed back […]

INTERNATIONAL rating agency Fitch said on Thursday it had affirmed its national insurer financial strength (IFS) rating of AA+ to South African insurer Santam Limited. Fitch said it had also upgraded Santam’s international IFS rating to BBB+ from BBB. The rating outlook was stable, it said. ”The rating reflects Santam’s excellent underwriting record, its strong […]

A 16-year-old Pretoria boy who was injured in a chemical explosion at his home on Monday had both legs amputated above the ankle in a two-and-a-half hour operation later in the day. Christelle Augustyn, representative for the Willows Hospital in Pretoria, said on Tuesday that Waldo van der Westhuizen was recovering in the institution’s intensive […]

Kwanobuhle | Tuesday GANGS of race-hate thugs went on a rampage in a black township bordering Port Elizabeth on Monday, targetting shops belonging to Somali migrants, a report said on Tuesday. At least 25 shops were looted and one set ablaze in Kwanobuhle township as police fired tear gas and fought running battles with the […]

Johannesburg | Tuesday SOUTH Africa’s Chamber of Business said on Monday its business confidence index (BCI) was unchanged in August at 109 points, with components equally split between positive and negative moves during the month. Sacob chief executive Kevin Wakeford said positive trends in bond yields and inflation countered negative trends in exchange rates, precious […]

Johannesburg | Tuesday AN initial public offering (IPO) of domestic carrier South African Airways (SAA) will be postponed for at least two years because of its shaky finances and poor market conditions, a leading newspaper said on Tuesday. Leslie Maasdorp, head of restructuring in the public enterprises department, told a business conference in Stellenbosch on […]

A MILESTONE is in the offing at the end of the week for East London’s multi-million rand vehicle terminal berth when the Mitsui OSK Lines car carrier, ”Cosmos Venture” docks on Friday to discharge the first 97 fully imported DaimlerChrysler Sprinter minibusses for the local market. The vehicles form part of a shipment of 248 […]

LESOTHO was on the right track in its developmental efforts until the devastation caused by political riots in 1998, United Nations General Assembly president Harri Holkeri, said in Maseru on Tuesday. Holkeri, formerly Prime Minister of Finland, paid a two day official visit to Lesotho after three days at the World Conference Against Racism in […]