THE South African Men’s Wheelchair Basketball team has moved closer to qualifying for the Paralympic Games in Sydney 2000 by beating the host nation, Algeria 47-35 in the Afro Arab Paralympic qualification round. Top scorers for South Africa were Buntu Manyana, Richard Nortje and Joppie Victor with 12 points apiece. South Africa face a hectic […]

BOTSWANA’S President Festus Mogaestruck a blow for women’s rights at the weekend when he appointedsouthern Africa’s first female central bank governor. The 47-year-old Lena Mohohlo has served as one of two deputy Bank of Botswana governors since 1997 and replaces Baledzi Gaolathe, who was on Thursday appointed Minister of Finance in Mogae’s new cabinet. President […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Tuesday 8.45pm. ABOUT 50 percent of South African politicians and civil servants are perceived to be corrupt by the international community, the corruption watchdog Transparency International said in a report released on Tuesday. South African ranks as the 34th least corrupt country out of 99 in Transparency International’s (TI) latest Corruption […]

THE Zimbabwean government says it plans to introduce a 3% income tax levy on individuals and large corporation to raise money to fight HIV/Aids. The health and child welfare ministry said it plannsd to create a special fund for the tax, which will be automatically deducted from people’s pay cheques. The government estimates that 700 […]

ZIMBABWE said Sunday on it will go ahead with an ambitious project to build a railway line to the Democratic Republic of Congo via Zambia despite second thoughts about it by partners Botswana and South Africa. Transport minister Enos Chikowore said the multi-million dollar railway line, to provide a shorter and cheaper route to the […]

UNITED States risk management and insurance services giant Marsh and McLennan Companies Inc plans to use South Africa to consolidate its presence in the continent as a whole. The New York-based group, which employs more than 50 000 people worldwide, said late on Tuesday that SA will also serve as a launch pad for its […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, London | Wednesday 11.45pm. SOUTH Africa are safely into the semi-finals of the World Cup, but still coach Nick Mallett is having to deny reports of rifts in the Springbok camp. Mallett, whose side face Australia in the semis at Twickenham on Saturday, said the spirit among squad members was excellent, refuting earlier […]

HUNDREDS of Johannesburg municipal employees took to the streets in the centre of the city to protest against the Greater Johannesburg Council’s iGoli 2002 plans, which include privatising several of the council’s key assets. Congress of South African Trade Unions-affiliated South African Municipal Workers’ Union and Independent Municipal Allied Trade Union members, as well as […]

THE Food and Agriculture Organization will coordinate a project financed by Britain to revitalize the African fishing industry, the UN agency said in a statement Monday. The initiative, with a projected cost of $34-million dollars over five years, will target some 5,3-million people in 24 of the continent’s poorest countries, the agency said. In its […]

THE Department of Minerals and Energy said it expects retail petrol, diesel and paraffin prices to rise from November 3. Diesel is anticipated to rise by seven cents a litre, petrol by one cent and illuminating paraffin by four cents a litre. “… (The) international product price of diesel and illuminating paraffin has increased substantially […]