POLICE have ruled out the possibility that arson was the cause of the blaze which gutted the Pinelands home of former anti-apartheid cleric Allan Boesak. Police said they have found no firm evidence of foul play and there were no traces of solvents, flammable liquids or incidiary devices. Shortly after the fire, which happened early […]
THE total turnover of institutions increased by 3,0% in fourth quarter 1999 to R362,62-billion from the fourth quarter 1998 level of R351,99-billion, according to figures released Tuesday by Statistics South Africa. However, Stats SA said fourth quarter 1999 turnover was 12,8% down on the R416,07-billion recorded in third quarter 1999. It said Gauteng contributed 44,7% […]
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OWN CORRESPONDENT, Nelspruit | Tuesday 3.10pm. MOZAMBIQUE, Malawi and Zimbabwe are jointly planning an oil refinery at the Mozambican port of Beira to meet growing regional energy needs. Malawi’s vice-president Justin Malewezi said a fully functional Nacala corridor will save his country about US55-million a year. News reports in Blantyre on Tuesday said Iran and […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Sharjah | Tuesday 4.35pm. PAKISTAN have been dismissed for 168 in the sixth Sharjah Cup one-dayer against South Africa as their batsmen failed to fire and good bowling and fielding by the South Africans took its toll. Yousuf Youhana was the only batsman who really contributed, scoring 65 runs before being run-out in […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Sharjah | Tuesday 7.45pm. PAKISTAN ripped South Africa apart by 67 runs in the sixth Sharjah Cup match with the Pakistani seamers blowing away eight South African batsmen for 27 runs. The South Africans were set a target of 169 runs after bowling out Pakistan for 168. Gary Kirsten and Herschelle Gibbs (59 […]
SOUTH Africa’s Hendrik Ramaala finished twenty-five seconds behind Kenyan Paul Tergat who bettered his own half marathon world best time on Sunday in Lisbon. Tergat clocked 59 minutes six seconds to beat the mark of 59:17 he set in Milan on April 4, 1998 and claim a win-bonus of $100000. Tergat pulled ahead just after […]
ZIMBABWEAN businessman Billy Rautenbach has been removed as chief executive of the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s mining giant Gecamines, his spokeswoman said on Tuesday. Rautenbach had been in talks with Gecamines and other parties after the country’s mining ministry revoked a joint venture between the state-owned company and Rautenbach’s firm, Ridgepoint Overseas Development. He […]
ANGLICAN Archbishop Desmond Tutu will meet Norway’s King Harald and its new prime minister while a guest of the Lutheran Church in Oslo next month. Tutu, the 1984 Nobel peace prizewinner and former Chairman of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission which has investigated crimes under Apartheid, will be visiting Norway from April 1 to 4. […]
UGANDAN forensic experts extended a gruesome investigation on Tuesday into a doomsday sect which appears to have murdered more than 500 people in a church blaze and other mass killings in Uganda. Police in Mbarara in the south west of the country said that doctors and criminal investigators are to inspect three new sites on […]