LISTENERS of the pan-African radio station Africa No 1 have voted Libyan leader Moamer Gaddafi the most notable African of 1999, the station announced on Saturday. He beat out former South African president Nelson Mandela. The station said 35 million listeners voted for either Gaddafi or Mandela, but did not specify how big the gap […]

MINISTER of Trade and Industry Alec Erwin on Friday released the names of eight manufacturers shortlisted to produce new purpose-built public transport vehicles. AMC, DaimlerChrysler, Iveco, QLS and Tata have all proposed to build either 18-seater or 35-seater configurations while GAZ, Kwoon Chung and Malandela have tendered to supply 18-seaters.

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Port Elizabeth | Sunday 8.00pm. PACEMAN Alex Tudor recovered from an early morning battering to lead an England revival in the afternoon session of the first day of their three-day match against a South African Invitation XI on Sunday. At the close, England had scored 16 without loss after the South African Invitation […]

THE South African road death toll is nearing the 900 mark, according to Arrive Alive. The traffic safety campaign said that 853 people have been killed in 602 road accidents since the start of December. Of these, 384 were passengers, 250 pedestrians and 219 drivers. KwaZulu-Natal has the highest number of road deaths with 131, […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Luanda | Saturday 6.00pm. ZAMBIA denied on Saturday that it had put its troops on high alert along the border with Angola in anticipation of Angolan soldiers chasing UNITA rebels across the frontier. Government chief spokesman and Information Minister Newstead Zimba and Defence Minister Chitalu Sampa both issued separate statements denying that the […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Bamako | Saturday 8.00pm. JAPAN’s Kenjiro Shinozuka and Spain’s Joan Roma won the third stage of the Paris-Dakar rally on Saturday to extend their overall lead in the car and motorbike sections. Shinozuka, in his Mitsubishi, slightly increased his advantage in this 670km stretch with 399km of specials between Nioro and Bamako in […]

THE government of the Comoro islands, established after a military putsch last April, said on Friday that a Christmas Eve coup in Cte d’Ivoire may have averted civil war in the west African country. “Coups d’etat, though they may be condemned, can in certain situations avert disasters and prevent populations facing situations of anarchy and […]

IRISH Prime Minister Bertie Ahern will visit South Africa and Lesotho next week in the first official visit by an Irish prime minister to southern Africa, officials said on Friday. Ahern, accompanied by a delegation of trade and aid officials, will visit Lesotho’s King Letsie III on Monday. The prime minister will also meet his […]