MALAWIS magistrate court has cleared former public works minister Abdul Pillane of all 10 graft charges against him. Pillane is the second official in two months to be cleared of corruption charges, which have riled President Bakili Muluzi’s administration for two years. The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB), which was prosecuting the case, will appeal the decision, […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Tuesday SEVERAL of South Africa’s top black empowerment companies will be forming a consortium to re-capitalise Sekunjalo Investments, the listed empowerment group hit by the liquidation of Leisurenet last year, says Sekunjalo CEO Iqbal Surve. The groups would be pooling their resources to provide Sekunjalo with enough funds to become a […]

EMPLOYEES of state-owned Telkom Kenya have asked a court to stop the sale of a 49% stake of the company to a foreign strategic investor. The union of Posts and Telecommunication Employees of Kenya (PTEK) said it was concerned the welfare of its 11 500 members will be violated if the sale is allowed to […]

THE African National Congress (ANC) MP sacked from a key post for demanding a probe into the government?s multi-billion rand arms deal says the way his party is handling the probe is “very stupid.” Andrew Feinstein, who played a leading role in getting parliament to back the probe, told the Afrikaans-language Sunday newspaper Rapport: “We […]

THREE people were killed and 30 others injured on Sunday when a vehicle was driven, apparently deliberately, into a crowd of supporters of a candidates in Uganda’s presidential elections, police said. A pick-up truck ploughed into the throng of people who had gathered to welcome presidential candidate Kizza Besigye to their area east of Kampala. […]

THE SA Post Office is expected to ask government to continue its subsidies beyond March, having indicated that it will report another loss this year, Business Day reports. The organisation’s continuing financial plight is also reflected in a request to renegotiate the management contract signed last year with New Zealand Post International, now called Transend […]

A PAKISTANI civil court has summonsed former South African cricket chief Ali Bacher to appear next month in a $1.7m libel suit filed by former umpire Javed Akhtar. An ex-parte decision will be taken if Bacher fails to appear or contest the case. Bacher, now head of South Africa’s 2003 World Cup committee, told the […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, East London | Monday SOUTH Africa’s medical watchdog body, the Health Professions Council (HPCSA), has launched a probe into kickbacks after an ethics survey confirmed widespread unethical behaviour in the medical profession. The survey, by the Ethics Institute of South Africa, found that more than half of doctors had observed misconduct by a […]

UNITED States President George Bush called his South African counterpart Thabo Mbeki at the weekend and the two leaders are planning to meet. Mbeki’s office says the two touched on the conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) as they spoke about “matters of mutual interest.” SABC public radio reported that Bush acknowledged the […]