THE Namibian government has vowed to take stiff action against Namibians who sell their ‘preferential’ fishing rights and quotas to foreign companies to make “a quick buck”. A number of offenders had already been penalised, Fisheries Minister Abraham Iyambo said, noting that the ministry is preparing legislation which would give it more control over fishing […]

THE controversial National Aids Council, which Aids activists have accused of being unrepresentative of any recognised Aids bodies, has been forced to change it’s name. The hoped for acronym, NAC, is already being used by the National Arts Council. The Health Department has renamed it the South African National Aids Council, or Sanac.

SOUTH Africa has emerged in 25th position of the World Tourism Organisation’s list of the 40 most popular destinations. Ten years ago it ranked 55th, and it is the only sub-Saharan country to make the top 40 in the latest report. The WTO says the country has six million foreign visitors a year, placing it […]

ESCAPE artists Tunisia are just one match away from reaching a second African Nations Cup final in five years. The North Africans tackle physically-imposing Cameroon at the 40000-seat Accra Sports Stadium on Thursday and the winners qualify for a showdown with Nigeria or South Africa. Most observers dismissed Tunisia as serious challengers, but says coach […]

UNEMPLOYED miners armed with knives and spears on Wednesday attacked a group of miners going to work near Johannesburg, injuring 21 of them, police said. The attack took place at the East Rand Propriety Mine (ERPM) east of Johannesburg. “There were 200 or 300 miners who we believe used to work at the mine and […]

SOME 20 United States business leaders are to arrive in South Africa at the weekend on a trade and investment mission, the US Embassy said in Pretoria on Thursday. It said the visit will form part of a tour of three African countries by the delegation, headed by US civic leader Jesse Jackson. The mission […]

ALMOST 700 Samancor Ferrometal workers in Mpumalanga face disciplinary action after staging a lunchtime picket in support of the Congress of South African Trade Union job loss campaign. Ferrometal spokeswoman, Ulandi Langhein, said on Wednesday the Witbank plant workers will appear before a disciplinary hearing on Thursday after allegedly embarking on protest action last week […]

PRESIDENT Thabo Mbeki will go to Zimbabwe on Friday to see President Robert Mugabe about issues including the conflicts in Angola and Democratic Republic of Congo. The visit to Harare is part of South Africa’s efforts to improve its relations with its neighbours, Mbeki’s spokesman Parks Mankahlana said.

A MAN was gored by a buffalo while walking through a sugar cane field near Hectorspruit on the southern border of the Kruger National Park this week. Pat Sambo, 28, of Dindela township, said from his bed at Shongwe Hospital on Thursday that he was on his way to visit his brother, who works for […]

SEVENTEEN people burned to death in a fuel pipeline fire in Nigeria. The fire erupted in the fuel pipeline after the victims, who were trying to illegally tap the duct, broke a valve on the pipe, company officials said on Wednesday. Fifteen people died on the spot and two more died later from burns received […]