THE Cabinet has approved the appointment of advocate Wallace Mgoqi as the country’s new Chief Land Claims Commissioner. Mgoqi is the former regional land claims commissioner for the Western and Northern Cape, and replaces Joe Seremane, who was fired and has subsequently been elected a Democratic Party member of the National Council of Provinces. Announcing […]
TROUBLED Air Namibia has finalised an agreement with South African Airways to lease a Boeing 747-SP to replace the Boeing 767-300 used on its intercontinental routes. The aircraft is scheduled to arrive at Windhoek’s Hosea Kutako Airport tomorrow. Since its inception until March last year, Air Namibia had leased a similar aircraft, the popular ‘Etosha’, […]
FIVE opposition parties are to meet the Cabinet on Wednesday to discuss what they are claiming is an abuse of taxpayers money by the African National Congress in a publicity campaign. New National Party, the Democratic Party, the Freedom Front, the African Christian Democratic Party and the Pan Africanist Congress have claimed that a recent […]
OLD Mutual Unit Trusts temporarlity suspended its R2,9-million Global Equity Fund on Wednesday, and will not accept new investments. MD Pieter van Niekerk told a press conference in Johannesburg that the move follows a decision by the Reserve Bank to limit offshore investment to 15% of financial institutions’ South African-based assets, rather than total assets […]
FOREIGN Minister Alfred Nzo on Tuesday announced the appointment of Ambassador Dumisani Shadrack Kumalo as the permanent representative to the South African Mission at the United Nations in New York, with effect from April 5 1999. Kumalo (52), has been the director of the United States desk since joining the Department of Foreign Affairs in […]
SOUTH African batsman Daryll Cullinan, who scored a record-breaking 275 not out in the drawn first test at Eden Park, was named as New Zealand’s international cricketer of the year winning a luxury car worth NZ$32000. According to team policy, half of the value of the vehicle will go into the team pool and half […]
THE state and prosecutors’ unions struck a deal on Wednesday that will see prosecutors receive another 9% pay increase, in addition to the 6% paid to them in December. “I hope [the rise] will boost the morale of prosecutors and that we see an immediate change in service delivery,” said National Director of Public Prosecutions […]
HEIST suspect Collin Chauke and two others on hunger strike in Pretoria’s C-Max prison are refusing medical attention, the correctional services department said on Wednesday. Department spokesperson Rudi Potgieter said the three claimed to have stopped eating on Friday, although they only received official notification of the hunger strike a few days later. “We arranged […]
A FIRST-HALF goal from Hazem Emam gave Egypt a 1-0 win over Belgium in a friendly international in Liege on Tuesday. Emam struck after 14 minutes to hand the Belgians their fourth straight defeat although they had the lion’s share of chances. The Belgians’ poor form — they have not scored in their past four […]
A DISPUTE between tertiary educational institutions and the National Educational Health and Allied Workers Union (Nehawu) has led the Nehawu executive to threaten a strike by 220000 members on April 28. If the dispute over delaying tactics on the part of the institutions is not resolved, the national strike is set to go ahead. Nehawu […]