LESS than half of Botswana’s 900000 voters have registered for upcoming general elections, confirming fears of widespread voter apathy. The secretary of the country’s electoral commission, Gabriel Seeletso says that, while officials are still counting, he expects the final registration figure to be no higher than 430000. In South Africa, where there are 40000 Batswana […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Harare | Tuesday 3.45pm THE Zimbabwean government on Tuesday expressed its condolences to Britain over the death of a tourist mauled by lions and said it will take measures to ensure no others are killed by wild animals in its national game parks. David Pleydell-Bouverie (18) was mauled by about 14 lions at […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Tuesday 8.00pm RANDGOLD RESOURCES, citing the lower gold price, on Tuesday posted an after-tax loss of $6,03-million dollars for the quarter ended June 30. The figure marks the second successive quarter in which the company has been in the red, having posted a $8,06-million-loss in the March quarter. The group, which […]
THE Oceana Fishing Group is to purchase a 45% stake in Namibia’s Etosha Fisheries Holding Co (Pty), effective from October 1, 1999, from the Premier Group. Etosha’s operations comprise a fish cannery and fishmeal plant in Walvis Bay, five pelagic fishing vessels and quotas amounting to 29% of the Namibian pilchard Total Allowable Catch. Oceana […]
PETER DICKSON, East London | Tuesday 1.30pm. DISGRACED Border and South African cricketer Makhaya Ntini has discharged his legal team ahead of his October appeal in the Grahamstown High Court against a six-year prison sentence for rape. Ntini, who faces termination of his R19000 a month contract with the United Cricket Board if the appeal […]
KENYA needs to import 180000 metric tons or seven million bags of maize to prevent massive hunger by the end of this year, the Sunday Standard newspaper reported. Another 450000 tons of maize and a similar amount of wheat will have to be imported again next year because experts predict this season’s produce will not […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Washington | Tuesday 10.30am. THE International Monetary Fund on Monday approved a $193-million credit for Zimbabwe after authorities there pledged to curb inflation and provided details on military spending. Zimbabwe Finance Minister Herbert Murerwa, in a letter to the IMF outlining 1999 government economic policies, disclosed that the country’s military campaign in the […]
THE Daily Mail & Guardian’s increased sports coverage now brings you all the weekend Currie Cup action. Province win, barely WESTERN Province ended their run of three sucessive defeats but they were as convincing as a Bill Clinton denial on Monica Lewinsky as they grimly clung on for a one-point win over the Falcons. Textbook […]
THE Public Works Department has a 10% “leakage” of funds because of possible fraudulent activities, acting director-general Sivi Gounden said on Monday. Gounden announced that steps are being taken to root out fraud in the department as he revealed the figure at a news conference in Durban. At least one official has been suspended and […]
AT least four people died and five were seriously injured and hundreds left homeless after a veld fire ravaged through their homes in the Mount Frere and Tsolo areas of the Eastern Cape on Monday, police reported. Superintendent Nondumiso Jafta on Tuesday said about 600 houses in the area had been burnt down. More than […]