BILLITON has announced that it has entered into a joint venture with the LanPing Nonferrous Metals Company company to develop zinc deposits in China’s western Yunnan province. Billiton said the deal is the first commercial joint venture between the Chinese authorities and an international mining company. In terms of the agreement, Billiton will eventualy hold […]
Former president Nelson Mandela, chief mediator in Burundi’s peace process, is to meet Burundian President Pierre Buyoya and Defence Minister Cyrille Ndayirukiye on Wednesday.
MARIAM ISA, Johannesburg | Tuesday 12.00pm. LIFE assurer Liberty Group says it will not be able to dip into its R3,5-billion cashpile until the outcome of a hostile bid for its controlling shareholder is clear. ”The so-called war chest is now R3,5-billion,” Liberty Chief Executive Roy Andersen said. He was speaking after the company announced […]
THREE men have been convicted by the Port Elizabeth High Court for raping two Belgian tourists in April this year. John Tee, 35, Benjamin Dirk, 29, and Donovan van Rooyen, 32, will be sentenced on Wednesday. Judge Frank Schoon said although only Tee had committed the rapes, Van Rooyen and Dirk were found guilty of […]
THE most senior correctional services official in the Western Cape has threatened to stop accepting new inmates from the end of June, saying the province’s prisons are already packed to capacity and nothing is being done to alleviate the situation. Stephen Korabie, the Western Cape provincial commissioner, says the problem is largely due to a […]
LUCIA MUTIKANI, Johannesburg | Tuesday 12.00pm. NEW vehicle sales accelerated nearly 19% in May as fixed investment levels improved, but manufacturers warn that an ailing rand and political turmoil in Zimbabwe could erode confidence. The National Association of Automobile Manufacturers of South Africa said in a statement on Monday that vehicle sales rose to 29292 […]
ROSALIND RUSSELL, Asmara | Tuesday 11.30am. ERITREA claims it has recaptured its western town of Tesseney from Ethiopian forces after a day-long battle which sent hundreds of refugees scurrying across the Sudanese border. The Foreign Ministry said one Ethiopian division and two brigades had been ”totally routed” in Monday’s fighting, which continued well past nightfall. […]
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SENEGALESE living in Mauritania have been given 15 days to leave the country. The secretary general of the Senegalese Association in Nouakchott, Ibou Badiane, said on Monday that he had been advised by police of the decision to kick Senegalese citizens out of Mauritania. However, had pledged that Senegalese citizens could leave “in all safety […]
HICHAM Zerouali scored in the 60th minute to give Morocco a 1-0 win over Jamaica on Sunday, earning his side a place in the final of the Hassan II tournament. In front of 70000 fans in Casablanca, Zerouali made the most of a fine cross by Salaheddine Bassir to rocket in a 15-metre strike and […]