SIZWE samaYENDE in Nelspruit | Monday 3.30pm SOUTH Africa’s second largest primary tobacco company, with an initial market capitalisation of R100-million and representing 35% of total production in the country, opened for business on Monday. Lowveld Golden Leaf was formally incorporated on July 28 but opened its offices in the Mpumalanga capital of Nelspruit on […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Tuesday 9.00PM. AN Umkhonto we Sizwe special operations unit commander on Tuesday described to the amnesty committee of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission how he watched as two men were killed by a bomb he set outside Ellis Park rugby stadium in 1988. Lester Dumakude (45), now a lieutenant-colonel in the […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Cape Town | Monday 3.30PM. PRESIDENT Nelson Mandela will meet with the head of Formula One racing Bernie Ecclestone on August 19 to discuss the future of a South African grand prix in view of the government’s proposed crackdown on tobacco sponsorship. Sports Minister Steve Tshwete said that the meeting is “quite critical”. […]
Sarah Bullen, Johannesburg | Monday 6.00pm LOCAL stock had a rough, abysmally quiet day on Monday as the Johannesburg Stock Exchange followed international markets lower. Weaker undertones dragged all indices down, with the all share index losing 1,89%, 133 points, to 6887. Key international tones, said Barnard, Jacobs, Mellett dealer Kevin Brady, were a negative […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Addis Abbaba | Tuesday 7.00pm CITING security reasons, Ethiopia has expelled 500 more Eritreans in ongoing tit-for-tat hostility bewteen the two countries. However a ceasefire has continued to hold along their disputed shared border, where fighting first broke out in May. The Organisation of African Unity is persisting with efforts to mediate the […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Cape Town | Monday 4.30PM. THE preliminary rounds of the African Nations Cup championships kicked off this weekend, and there were many surprises among the results. Namibia beat Malawi 2-1 in Windhoek on Saturday, while Burundi beat Tanzania 1-0 in their match in Bujumbura. Jean-Marie Mbuyi scored the only goal. Swaziland lost 2-1 […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Tuesday 7.00pm. THE Chamber of Mines on Tuesday condemned the draft National Environmental Management Bill, saying it is seriously flawed and unworkable. Chamber environmental adviser John Kilani said the draft Bill not only contravenes the Constitution while conflicting with other laws, but does not include sustainable development measures. He said it […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Tuesday 10.00am GOVERNMENT forces in the Democratic Republic of Congo have retaken the eastern town of Bukavu from rebellious ethnic Tutsi soldiers, Justice Minister Mwenze Kongolo said on Tuesday morning. Kongolo added that Bukavu’s airport had never been in rebel hands, contrary to news reports. “As I speak, the bandits are […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Tuesday 10.00am THE Mail & Guardian has agreed to settle the defamation claim of KwaZulu-Natal Attorney General Tim McNally for an article published in 1995. The newspaper said on Tuesday it will pay McNally R50000, but the settlement involves no concession, retraction or apology on its part. The article appeared in […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Monday 5.30pm SOME 8000 chemical workers in the rubber and plastic sectors were still locked in talks with management on Monday afternoon in a bid to end the Chemical Workers’ Industrial Union strike, which started at midnight on Sunday. At a number of factories, including Port Elizabeth-based pharmaceutical companies Pharmacare Lennox […]