UGANDAN and Rwandan troops resumed fighting in Kinsangani in northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo early on Wednesday. Sporadic gunfire was heard in the centre of the town at about 5am, less than 24-hours after the United Nations Observation Mission to the DRC announced it has brokered a ceasefire in the town. Early skirmishes were followed […]
LONMIN, South Africa’s third biggest platinum producer, on Wednesday reported a 121% surge in half-year pre-tax earnings and forecast a major expansion in platinum production. Lonmim reported pre-tax profits of $135-million for the six months ended March 31 and proposed a 16% increase in the interim dividend to 14 cents per share. The sterling equivalents […]
STEVEN MANN , Cape Town | Thursday 12.30pm. EVIDENCE that Hansie Cronje was involved in more than just providing information to bookmakers mounted on Thursday, the second day of hearings staged by the King Commission which is probing corruption in cricket. Derek Crookes, the second player to testify, told of his surprise at being told […]
ERIK DE CASTRO, Jolo | Thursday 12.30pm. A PHILIPPINE government negotiator said Manila will not give in to Muslim rebels holding 21 mostly foreign hostages, dashing hopes of an early release of the captives, four of whom need hospital treatment. Sulu governor Abdusakur Tan said the government wanted to end the seven-week drama peacefully rather […]
EMELIA SITHOLE, Johannesburg | Thursday 2.40pm. TELECOMS, media and entertainment group Johnnic said on Thursday it is sitting on a cashpile of close to R3-billion, which it plans to use. Finance Director Jacob Modise said the group is mulling several options, including clearing an almost R1,5-billion debt in Johnnic Communications. He said an announcement will […]
EMELIA SITHOLE, Johannesburg | Thursday 12.00pm. TELECOMS company M-Cell has reported a sharp rise in headline earnings for the year ended March 31, 2000 and says it is confident of strong growth in the current year. It also says it is braced for the issue of a third mobile phone licence and that it is […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Harare | Thursday 6.00pm. A WAVE of ”state-sponsored terrorism” against opponents of President Robert Mugabe is threatening free and fair elections in Zimbabwe, Amnesty International said on Thursday. Amnesty’s Africa Director Maina Kiai has accused the government of using liberation war veterans to intimidate the electorate before the parliamentary elections on June 24-25. […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Cape Town | Thursday 10.30am. FORMER Springbok skipper Joost van der Westhuizen could return for South Africa in Saturday’s one-off Test against Canada if scrumhalf Werner Swanepoel fails to recover from injury. Swanepoel turned his ankle in training on Wednesday and has been given until 6pm on Thursday to get over the injury. […]
TODD PITMAN, Kisangani | Thursday 5.00pm. RWANDA has told its troops fighting Ugandan forces in the northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo city of Kisangani to stop hostilities. ”I have just received a very clear instruction about the ceasefire and I relayed it to commanders in Kisangani,” Colonel Karenzi Karake said. Karake said the ceasefire is […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Cape Town | Thursday 3.00pm. SPORTS Minister Ngconde Balfour will meet Moroccan World Cup bid officials in Rabat on Sunday to discuss the possibility of Morocco withdrawing from the 2006 race, officials said on Thursday. South African World Cup 2006 Bid Committee officials said Balfour has been invited by the Moroccans, although no […]