AN Ethiopian delegation will head to Algiers to sign a ceasefire agreement brokered by the Organisation of African Unity on Sunday. An Ethiopian government official said that the delegation would likely be at the ministerial level. After claiming further military gains Wednesday, Ethiopia officially accepted the OAU plan which Eritrea had already agreed to in […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Thursday 12.00pm. REMBRANDT Group said on Thursday it is considering splitting its underlying investments into two separate listed units as part of a restructure which will remove its pyramid structure. Remgro said in a statement the one company will represent its established investments while the other the technology-oriented interests. ”Implementation will […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Pretoria | Thursday 2.30pm. IN line with expectations, the Reserve Bank kept interest rates steady on Thursday, saying that the country’s inflation outlook remains positive despite the effects of external shocks. ”Taking the above circumstances into account, the Monetary Policy Committee has decided to maintain the current monetary policy stance,” the bank said […]
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THE Springbok line-up which beat Canada 51-18 last week has been kept intact by coach Nick Mallett for Saturday’s first of two Tests against England in Pretoria. The only changes in the side are on the bench, with Ollie le Roux replacing Willie Meyer and Albert van den Berg replacing inside-centre Japie Mulder. Mallett said […]
THE national government has allocated R91 million to Mpumalanga to rebuild roads, schools and other public infrastructure damaged during heavy flooding in the province earlier this year. Premier Ndaweni Mahlangu said the funds would complement existing reconstruction programmes already underway by the national departments of water affairs and agriculture. Provincial departments were, he said, still […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Wednesday 2.30pm. DISGRACED former South African cricket captain Hansie Cronje has won the sympathy of someone catching as much flak as he is – Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe. The Star on Wednesday quoted Mugabe as saying: “I’m heartbroken by what the chap is going through. I never thought he would be […]
TELEPHONES began ringing in Northern Province premier Ngoako Ramatlhodi’s office on Wednesday. This was the first time in 12 days that the phones rang after Telkom suspended the service on June 2 to force the province to pay an allegedly outstanding bill of R39 million. Government spokesman Jack Mokobi confirmed that most phones in the […]
IN developments outside the King Commission, papers have been served to challenge Judge Edwin King’s decision last week not to allow television cameras to record evidence given to the Commission. Last week e-tv and Live Africa Network News had asked Judge King to allow cameras into the hearings in an effort to make proceedings more […]
A REPORT released by the Southern African Rivers Association has found that it was a contravention of its code not to ensure that 13 tourists who died in a rafting disaster in March were wearing life jackets. The disaster victims, who were all connected to a Port Elizabeth law firm, died when a tributary of […]