SOUTH AFRICAN arms manufacturer Denel on Tuesday denied claims by the anti-arms lobby group, the Ceasefire Campaign, that it is selling artillery shells worth R300-million to India. Denel spokesman Sizakele Kooma said the company has no intention of selling artillery ammunition to India and had not received any request from that country for such a […]
A DEADLOCK in talks in Lome between Sierra Leone’s government and the rebel Revolutionary United Front (RUF) has eased, Togo’s Foreign Minister Joseph Kokou Koffigoh said late on Sunday. He said the two sides agreed in a meeting on Saturday to consider each other’s positions, after pleas from Togo’s President Gnassingbe Eyadema and other mediators […]
THE troubled southern Nigerian oil town of Warri has been declared an official “disaster zone” by the governor of Delta State, James Ibori, an aide said on Monday. Ibori over the weekend declared the town a disaster zone to allow the state to provide relief for people made homeless by inter-communal fighting which had devastated […]
SOUTH African businesses have been hit on Friday morning with new virus called the “ExploreZip Worm” –causing a number of businesses to shut down their e-mail servers to contain it. The new infection can erase files from users’ computers, making it much more dangerous than the Melissa virus, which gained notoriety for its ability to […]
ARNOLD Mentz, the Commissioner of the Southern African Tour, announced he is to leave his current position and move into a facilitation role in the structuring of a new golf development body, which will focus on the previously disadvantaged. Mentz joined as Commissioner of the SA Tour in November 1996 at the request of Johann […]
DE BEERS Consolidated Mines, the world’s largest diamond producer, said on Thursday it has struck a two-year pay deal with the National Union of Mineworkers covering 5100 workers. The company said in a statement that it had agreed to increases of 8% per year on basic salaries, an additional 1% a year for service increments […]
NIGERIAN bank workers on Tuesday suspended a strike action launched two weeks ago over better pay and working conditions following the decision of employers to negotiate, union officials said.”The ongoing action is hereby suspended with immediate effect,” Princewell Ojeh, president of the Association of Senior Staff of Banks, Insurance and Financial Institutions said. Ojeh urged […]
THE African National Congress and the Inkatha Freedom Party on Thursday agreed to form a coalition government in KwaZulu-Natal. In a joint statement the parties said that they commit themselves to a need for the formation of a coalition government between the ANC and IFP. They said they hope “to finalise the talks in due […]
THE director of the Independent Complaints Directorate, Neville Melville, said on Friday certain individuals and organisations are creating a mischievous perception that the ICD is conducting a witchhunt against police officials. Melville said some of the misinformation being spread appears to be politically motivated. There are also people within the ranks of the police who […]
THE touring South African netball squad have kicked off their New Zaland tour with a 49-40 victory over the Wellington Club 49-40 in their first match in the Fisher & Paykel international series. The series is being contested by SA, New Zealand and Australia.The Proteas’ next match is against Western Flyers in Palmerston on Saturday.