ORGANISED crime, drug abuse, domestic violence and corruption are the most serious non-political threat to the political stability of nations, United Nations under secretary-general Pino Arlacchi said in Pretoria on Monday. Arlacchi, who is on a five-day visit to South Africa, said in a speech in Pretoria that these problems threaten to undermine nation-building and […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Kigali | Monday 1.30pm RWANDA’S people gathered on Monday in schools, stadiums and other public places to take part in the first elections since the 1994 genocide, a poll seen by authorities as a key step towards democracy. Between Monday and Wednesday, voters are due to elect 116000 officials in Rwanda’s 154 communes, […]
WINNIE Madikizela-Mandela upstaged her former husband President Nelson Mandela and African National Congress president Thabo Mbeki at the launch of the ANC’s 1999 election campaign in Soweto on Sunday. Mbeki kick off the campaign with a promise of accelerated change before some 2000 people in the Orlando soccer stadium. But Mbeki was drowned out halfway […]
UGANDAN troops killed 18 Rwandan Hutu extremists and captured four others, including one believed to have taken part in the murder of eight foreign tourists on March 1, the state-owned New Vision reported on Monday. The paper reported that Lieutenant Colonel Benon Biraro, the overall commander for western Uganda, said a clash between the troops […]
THE United Nations Rwandan war crimes tribunal on Monday freed an ex-army officer accused of killing Rwanda’s prime minister in 1994 and currently wanted for trial in Belgium on murder charges. The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, sitting in Arusha Tanzania, rejected a demand that Major Bernard Ntuyahaga, who is charged with the murder of […]
THE world’s largest gold producer, AngloGold, has predicted that 1999 will be a difficult year for the gold industry. Writing in the company’s 1998 annual review released on Monday, chairman Nicky Oppenheimer and chief executive officer Bobby Godsell cited gold prices as one of the hurdles facing the industry. However, Oppenheimer and Godsell forecast a […]
CASH-in-transit heist suspect Collin Chauke and four of his fellow prison inmates embarked on a hunger strike in Pretoria’s C-Max prison over the weekend. Correctional Services spokesperson Rudi Potgieter says that Chauke is dissatisfied with both the quality and the quantity of the prison’s food. Asked whether prisoners were adequately fed, Potgieter said that all […]
WINNIE MADIKIZELA-MANDELA is suing her her ex-husband President Nelson Mandela in a dispute over ownership of a house they shared in Soweto in the 1960s, the president’s lawyer Ismail Ayob confirmed on Monday. Business Day cited on Monday court papers in which Madikizela-Mandela claims she is the rightful owner of the house in Vilakazi Street, […]
TECHNIKON SA has signed up to rent space in the deserted Carlton Centre in downtown Johannesburg. The school will take over an entire floor, improving the outlook for the centre with its learner support operation. The centre is a leading indicator for the Johannesburg Central Business District, and the five-year lease negotiated with Amlease will […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Cape Town | Monday 12.15pm. THE state’s debt burden has almost doubled over the past five years, Finance Minister Trevor Manuel told Parliament on Monday. Two of the main reasons are the rand’s devaluation and high interest rates, according to Sake-Beeld. Replying to a question in the national council of provinces, Manuel said […]