OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Monday BOBBY Godsell has taken over the chairmanship of AngloGold in a move intended at bringing in-house understanding of the company to the role of chairman, Business Day reports. Godsell will not leave his position as CEO of AngloGold, and will combine the role with that of executive chairman, the newspaper […]

FORMER Nigerian military ruler Ibrahim Babangida has secured a court order so that he does not have to testify before the country’s human rights panel probing abuses. The High Court in Lagos granted an order restraining the panel from compelling Babangida to appear before it in connection with the 1986 parcel bomb death of journalist […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Monday SOUTH Africa’s Department of Agriculture has slammed “misleading” media reports suggesting that a Rustenburg woman died of a form of the so-called “mad cow” disease, saying they could further harm the country’s beleagured beef industry. Departmental representative Moses Mushi said there was no evidence linking the death of Ronel Eckard, […]

A 24-year-old man has died in KwaZulu-Natal’s cholera outbreak, bringing the death toll to 39 since August, health authorities said. Another 107 new cases were reported at the weekend. Health authorities have treated 7 096 people for the disease, including 234 people still in hospital. The government’s health department is working with its water affairs […]

BRIAN LIGOMEKA, Blantyre | Monday THE home of the Malawi Cob – a type of marijuana enjoyed by dagga connoisseurs worldwide – is under pressure from Rastafarians to legalise the intoxicating herb. There’s only one problem. Statistics at Zomba Mental Hospital, Malawi’s only mental asylum, indicate that six in every ten mentally deranged people admit […]

THE World Bank has announced two credits worth $400.6m for Ethiopia to help it rebuild following its two-year conflict with neighboring Eritrea. With one credit worth $170.6m, Ethiopian authorities will design programs to reintegrate some 150 000 veterans into the civilian society and economy. A second credit for $230m will be used to rehabilitate health, […]

FOREIGN direct investment (FDI) into South Africa amounted to R700m during the third quarter, the same level as in the second quarter, the central bank said in its quarterly bulletin. This was much lower than the R4.9bn of FDI which came into the country during the first quarter and compares with R9.1bn during the whole […]

SOUTH Africa’s state-owned transport group Transnet has reported a R1.7bn profit in the half year to end-September as key divisions posted strong results. The group said this strong recovery enabled it to pay the government a dividend of R1.7bn, the first time it has done so in eight years. In the half year to end-September […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Pretoria | Sunday UNITED States Secretary of State Madeleine Albright on Saturday reaffirmed the United States’s commitment to uplifting Africa, saying the next American president had an responsibility to create a better life for all the continent’s people. “Africa is not optional to the United States. We have a responsibility and national interest […]