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/ 11 November 1999
AVID hikers can explore six new hiking trails that will be opened to celebrate the festive season in the Kruger National Park. Called the Millenium Trails, the six routes will operate only over Christmas, from December 23 to 26, and over New Year, from December 30 to January 2. Head of the Kruger Park Trails […]
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/ 11 November 1999
MPUMALANGA’S growth rate is expected to beat the national average for the next two years, according to a research paper by the Independent Development Corporation on provincial sectoral prospects. Mpumalanga’s average growth rate is predicted to be 3,4% until 2001 because of its representation in fast-growing sectors like chemicals, stainless steel and electricity. Mpumalanga accounts […]
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/ 11 November 1999
THE public service commission has warned government to end its system of allowing public servants to accumulate leave over years after public servants accrued vacation leave payment of R11,6-billion in the 1998/99 year. They were paid nearly R1-billion for over-time work during the 1997/98 financial year, Business Day reports that the commission warned that costs […]
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/ 11 November 1999
THE Duke of Edinburgh, husband of Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II, presented peace awards on Wednesday to British defence advisers who are helping integrate former South African freedom fighters into the post-apartheid armed forces. Prince Philip, accompanying the queen on a state visit to South Africa, presented the Wilkinson Sword for Peace to the British Military […]
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/ 11 November 1999
MPUMALANGA’S first rural-based bank will be officially opened to residents of Schoemansdal tribal trust south of Malelane on Wednesday. The Schoemansdal Village Bank is the fifth rural bank opened in South Africa. Four other banks are already operating in North-West Province, while 25 others are still to established nationwide in the next 18 months. Chairman […]
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/ 11 November 1999
ZAMBIAN President Frederick Chiluba surprised political pundits on Wednesday by reshuffling his cabinet and dismissing two deputy ministers. Chiluba announced in a statement that Health Minister Dr Nkandu Luo has been transferred to the transport and communications portfolio, while Commerce Minister David Mpamba has been shifted to fill Luo’s seat in the health ministry. Chiluba […]
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/ 11 November 1999
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Harare | Thursday 7.00pm JUST under four and a half hours were lost as thunderstorms severely restricted play on the first day of the second cricket Test in Harare between Zimbabwe and South Africa. In the 94 minutes of play, Zimbabwe could only score 48-3, having been put in to bat by South […]
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/ 11 November 1999
A CONTINGENT of 10 Malawian soldiers left for the Zambian capital of Lusaka on Wednesday to begin training for peace-keeping duties in Kinshasa in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The Malawian contingent is part of an Organisation of African Unity peace-keeping initiative. Army spokesmen stressed that the Malawian soldiers are merely monitors and will not […]
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/ 11 November 1999
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Thursday 11.00am. JUDGE Willem Heath was named Newsmaker of the Year by the Johannesburg Press Club on Wednesday. Heath’s Special Investigating Uni has recovered over R1,5 billion in state assets and money since it was launched last year by former president Nelson Mandela last year, himself a former recipients of the […]