No image available
/ 9 December 1999
THE World Bank has made a loan of $30-million to Sierra Leone under an emergency rehabilitation program. President Ahmad Tejan Kabbah announced the loan during a luncheon on Tuesday at the Freetown Chamber of Congress. UN agencies and the Sierra Leone government have listed 33 projects that need international financial aid in the west African […]
No image available
/ 9 December 1999
ABOUT 13000 people have been employed by small, medium and micro enterprises working on the construction of the R2-billion Maputo Corridor toll road since last year. A survey last month by Silulu Investment Services to gauge the success of the programme, found that 70% of the some 300 SMMEs on the N4 were based in […]
No image available
/ 9 December 1999
SWAZILAND has declared December 31 and January 3 special Year 2000 (Y2K) bank holidays to help a smooth transition into the new millenium. The two days will not be general public holidays but all banks in the small kingdom of roughly one million people will be closed. Finance minister John Carmichael said on Wednesday people […]
No image available
/ 9 December 1999
ZIMBABWE were beaten 1-0 by Zambia in their Cosafa Cup under-20 match at Vosloorus Stadium in Johannesburg on Monday. The Zambians scored through Gift Kambamba in the 77th minute when he struck home off a corner taken by Njofwa Chaswe.
No image available
/ 9 December 1999
ZAMBIA were merciless in their Cosafa Cup match against Namibia at Vosloorus Stadium on Tuesday, beating their hapless opponents 5-0. The Chipolopolo scored four goals in the first half to put the match out of the reach of the Namibians. Striker Solomon Banda drew first blood when he scored in the sixth minute beating goalkeeper […]
No image available
/ 9 December 1999
BORDER and former national strike bowler Makhaya Ntini created history when he became the first black South African to achieve a hat-trick in first-class cricket. Ntini captured the wickets of Gerard Brophy, Dewald Pretorius and Matthew Hoggard during the third day of the Super Eight cricket match against Free State at Springbok Park in Bloemfontein […]
No image available
/ 9 December 1999
MADAGASCAR beat Mozambique 2-0 in their Cosafa Cup match at Orlando Stadium in Johannesburg on Monday. Mozambique were unlucky to lose the match as four of their strikes hit the woodwork. Gaetan Brunnel, the Madagascan striker, made full use of his side’s two chances and scored the first goal in the 18th minute when he […]
No image available
/ 9 December 1999
FIRST National Bank and Nedcor’s stable of Nedbank, Permanent Bank and Peoples Bank on Wednesday announced a 0,5% cut in the mortgage rates to 22,75% from 23,25%. The new mortgage rates come into effect on Tuesday, December 15. FNB Properties said the continuing easing of rates in the money market has allowed the cut. SHELL […]
No image available
/ 9 December 1999
THE new Royal Bafokeng stadium near Rustenburg, one of the proposed venues for South Africa’s hosting of the World Cup finals, is expected to play host to the Rothmans Cup final. Mamelodi Sundowns, who were narrowly beaten on a penalty shootout in the last two finals, face Free State Stars. Stars beat Manning Rangers 1-0 […]
No image available
/ 9 December 1999
SOUTH Africa’s border gates with Mozambique and Swaziland will remain open an extra two hours over the festive season in an attempt to cope with the expected flood of holiday-makers. The Department of Home Affairs said on Wednesday it expects at least 250_ 000 vehicles to travel to through the border gates during December. An […]