CABINET may amend legislation to recognize the Orania community’s claim to self-determination in the terms of reference of the Municipal Demarcation Board. Following a meeting with a delegation from the Northern Cape Afrikaner settlement in Kimberley, Provincial and Local Government Minister Sydney Mufamadi said Orania’s concerns over its proposed new municipal status will soon be […]
STORMERS flyhalf Braam van Straaten who faced a New Zealand Rugby Union judicial hearing on Monday after being cited for foul play in Sunday’s Super 12 clash with the Chiefs came off with only a warning. Van Straaten, who scored 13 points with the boot in the Stormers’s 28-25 victory in Pukekohe, was involved in […]
THE country’s wine crop is expected to dip 5,4% this year due to fires and unusually hot weather, but the percentage of sought-after reds is expected to increase, industry officials said on Monday. Yvette van der Merwe of the South African Wine Industry Information and Systems said she expects an 8,5% increase in the red […]
POLICE in Tanzania’s semi-autonomous islands of Zanzibar and Pemba on Monday briefly detained opposition leader Seif Shariff Hamad. The privately-owned Alasiri tabloid reported that Hamad, secretary general of Zanzibar’s main opposition party, the Civic United Front, was detained shortly after the high court here adjourned the trial of 18 CUF members charged with treason. It […]
DEPUTY President Jacob Zuma is attending the opening of the 17th world congress of the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions’ in Durban. The confederation, with its 125 million members, has drawn over a 1000 trade union leaders for the congress titled “Globalising Social Justice in the 21st Century”. The participants will spend the week […]
LIFE assurer Sanlam plans to establish an online health insurance business. The company said in a statement that its new 100%-owned business unit, Cura, will offer insurance cover for medical risks over the internet. It said it is a first for SA. “The nature of the product will be of strong interest both to the […]
THE member states of the Economic Community of West African States plan to create a regional airline in the near future, a senior official said. The new company will be called Eco Air, Ecowas Executive Secretary Lassana Kouyate said on Sunday after meeting Malian President Alpha Oumar Konare, the current president of the economic bloc.
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Cape Town | Tuesday 10.45am. NCHANGA Rangers of Zambia snatched an early goal to defeat Domoina Soavino Atsimondrano 1-0 in Madagascar and reach the second round of the African Football Confederation Cup at the weekend. The intriguing clash was staged before a capacity 40000 crowd at the National Stadium in Antananarivo and settled […]
METEOROLOGISTS have warned that tropical cyclone Hudah is heading for Mozambique, still battling to recover from the devastating floods of February. Mussa Mustafa, spokesman of the National Institute of Meteorology, said that although the cyclone is weakening “it could intensify after reaching our channel (between Madagascar and Mozambique) due to high water temperatures”. The cyclone […]
THE gold price fell on Tuesday after Austria’s central bank announced that it has sold 30 tons of gold and is planning further sales. Prices are around their lowest levels since December 1999 when the Dutch central bank announced plans to sell part of its gold reserves and following Bank of England gold auctions. On […]