MOZAMBIQUE registered minus 1,3% inflation in 1998, according to the Bank of Mozambique. Bank spokesman Adelino Pimpao, cited in Tuesday’s issue of the daily paper, Noticias, said the rate was much better than the government had expected, even in December. Prime Minister Pascoal Mocumbi had then told the Mozambican parliament that the government expected 1998 […]

BAFANA Bafana had a scare on Tuesday when captain Lucas Radebe suffered a knee injury at the squad training at Esselen Park in Johannesburg on Tuesday. South Africa face Mauritius in their second African Nations Cup qualifier at St George V Stadium in Curipe, Mauritius, on Saturday. Radebe went up to clear the ball from […]

CAPTAIN Bennie Lategan, who led the investigation by Western Cape police into the pipe-bomb explosions at the Cape Town Waterfront, was buried on Tuesday in Belville, Cape Town. Lategan was shot 11 times while waiting at a Cape Flats intersection last Thursday. Among those attending the funeral were Western Cape premier Gerald Morkel, MEC for […]

BOXING trainer Elias Tshabalala believes that the spirit of his late brother Ginger will bolster the performance of his charge Mweli Msomi who meets Soon Botes for the vacant national light heavyweight crown on Sunday. The title was last held by Ginger Tshabalala who was killed in Johannesburg in 1995. “It’s my brother’s title,” said […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Tuesday 9.00pm. Ernie Els’s victory in the Alfred Dunhill SA PGA on Sunday has moved him back up to fourth place in the latest world rankings issued on Monday. Els, newly-wed and refreshed after an injury-plagued 1998, is looking forward to 1999 and is aiming to get back on top of […]

MORTAR fire was heard Tuesday morning in Sierra Leone’s capital, Freetown, as intervention troops continued an offensive against rebels who stormed the city two weeks ago. The offensive by the Nigerian-led Ecomog force began Monday, southeast of Freetown, along the main road linking the peninsula to the interior. Ecomog intends to prevent the rebels escaping […]

IN its first foray into the Chinese market, the world’s largest gold firm, Anglogold, on Monday announced a series of initiatives to boost China’s gold market. The drive is co-sanctioned by the World Gold Council. Announcing the plan in Beijing, China, Anglogold CEO Bobby Godsell said he sees China developing as a major growth market […]

TWO women have won a prestigious South African boxing award, without ever fighting. Shona MacTaggart and Robbyn Segal are the joint winners of the 1998 King Korn/Boxing World special award — making them the first female recipients of an award in the 23-year history of the event. Boxing World magazine editor Bert Blewett said the […]

THE biannual Meridian Cup, an under-17 soccer tournament involving four teams from Africa against four teams from Europe, kicks off in Cape Town on January 28 when South Africa play Ireland and defending champions Nigeria play Italy. Spain, Portugal, Ghana and Egypt are the other four countries involved, the organisers said. “This is one of […]

MICRO-lending concern Theta’s buy-out of the African Bank has been finalised after the finance ministry and Reserve Bank approved the deal. Theta said 95% of African Bank shareholders have accepted its offer, with only 5% of minority shareholders yet to confirm acceptance. Once the offer period has expired, Theta said it will exercise its rights […]