OWN CORRESPONDENT, London | Monday 12.45pm. FORMER South African politician Finnish President Martti Ahtisaari and former South African politician Cyril Ramaphosa met British Prime Minister Tony Blair on Monday at the start of an IRA arms monitoring mission crucial to peace in Northern Ireland. The two men met Blair in his Downing Street office before […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Friday 2.00pm. LEGISLATORS said on Friday they expect to move quickly on the formation of a new telecommunications and broadcasting regulator to replace the existing often criticised organisations. President Thabo Mbeki on Thursday signed into law an act allowing for the creation of the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (Icasa), […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Monday 9.30am. ALL eyes will be on the rand on Monday, after the currency touched fresh lows against the dollar last week. It was trading around R7,03 to the US currency in early trade on Monday. But Reserve Bank governor Tito Mboweni said on Friday it is important for the bank […]
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OWN CORRESPONDENT, Mwanza | Sunday 4.00pm. PRESIDENTS Paul Kagame of Rwanda and Yoweri Museveni of Uganda reaffirmed on Sunday a commitment to demilitarise the northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo city of Kisangani. In a joint statement, read to the media by Tanzanian President Benjamin Mkapa at the end of a one-day summit in the Lake […]
SALARY increases of more than 12% are on the cards for the president, deputy president, Cabinet ministers and long-serving MPs. The commission charged with regulating public representatives’ salaries has proposed a three-tier remuneration structure for parliamentarians and ministers according to their length of service, the highest of which will allot a 15,5% increase. MPs who […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Jolo | Sunday 3.30pm. FEARS that a dozen foreign journalists have been captured by Muslem rebels on a Philippine island subsided on Sunday after the bulk of them returned to base in the regional capital. Eleven out of the original 13 reported missing were back in Jolo town on Sunday, and officials said […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Harare | Sunday 3.00pm. FORMER Rhodesian prime minister Ian Smith said on Sunday that his cattle and maize farm in central Zimbabwe has been invaded by a group of about 50 people, who have pegged out plots. He however told journalists that he is not concerned about the situation. Speaking outside his house […]
KURT SCHORK, Makolo | Sunday 3.30pm. BRITISH forces in Sierre Leone say the capital Freetown has been secured, despite rebels retaking the strategic town of Masiaka on the main highway to the capital on Sunday. “We have withdrawn and we have taken up defensive positions,” a major in the Sierre Leone Army said. Revolutionary United […]
SUDANESE Foreign Minister Mustafa Osman Ismail urged Eritrea and Ethiopia on Sunday to show “self-restraint” in their border conflict, saying he fears its effects will spread across east Africa. “The effects of this war will not be confined to the two states, but will spread to affect neighbouring countries including Sudan,” he said. He called […]