CANADIAN gold-mining company Barrick Gold, the world’s number two producer, announced on Tuesday plans to invest $280-million in a new site in Tanzania. Production will begin in early 2001 at the Bulyanhulu mine, whose site was acquired by Barrick when it took over Vancouver-based Sutton Resources in March. “We see Bulyanhulu making a strong contribution […]

SIXTEEN Thai sex workers working in the country illegally were deported on Thursday afternoon , SABC television news reported. The prostitutes, who worked in an exclusive hotel in Sandton north of Johannesburg, were deported by the police and the Department of Home Affairs. As many as 5000 Thai sex workers were working in South Africa […]

AN alliance of Malawi opposition political parties announced on Thursday it willusetop Britishor other foreign lawyers to challengethe country’s June 15 general election results. The alliance, comprised ofthe Malawi Congress Party (MCP) and Alliance for Democracy (AFORD) said on Thursday that they have alreadyheld discussions with foreign lawyers. Malawi’s Justice Minister and Attorney General Peter […]

THE South African Municipal Workers Union on Tuesday declared a dispute with Nelspruit’s transitional local council over its controversial R300-million water privatisation deal. Nelspruit signed the groundbreaking deal with British multinational, Biwater, in October 1998 but has been unable to implement the scheme because of objections by Samwu and other African National Congress-aligned unions. Samwu […]

SWEDISH vehicle manufacturer Volvo AB announced on Wednesday it plans to invest in Southern Africa as part of a globalisation strategy. The company is currently involved in talks with the South African-based Scandinavian Motor Corp, in attempts to increase Volvo’s presence in Southern Africa. Scandinavian Motor Corp said on Wednesday that advanced negotiations are underway […]

HUNDREDS of people fleeing fighting between government forces and Unita rebels in eastern Angola have been crossing into neighbouring Zambia since early September, according to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. A UNHCR official in the Zambian capital Lusaka said on Thursday that 200 refugees crossed over last month, while so far in October […]

LAWRENCE BARTLETT, Harare | Thursday 6.45pm ZIMBABWE presented a sweet and sour annual budget on Thursday as it tried to juggle conflicting demands from the International Monetary Fund and a restive population heading to the polls next year. There were tax concessions for the poorest members of society along with incentives for exporters, but increases […]

ANGLICAN Archbishop of Cape Town Reverend Njongonkulu Ndungane asked the government during an visit to Umtata on Tuesday to reassure him that the controversial Supermax maximum security prison under construction outside Kokstad will apply rehabilitation principles. “We cannot allow our Southern African prisons to become places for exacting revenge and retribution,” he said in asking […]

POLICE arrested a nineteenth suspect on Wednesday night for invading the Madimbo Corridor military base last month. Nkuzi Development Association fieldworker Shirhami Shirinda was held at about 5pm, when he was about to attend a meeting with farmers and two MECs. He has been charged with public violence, malicious damage to property, and trespassing after […]

AFRICA’s innovators converge on Addis Ababa next week to showcase how they are entering the global information age and using IT to meet development challenges. Technology for development will be examined by 600 delegates from governments, the private sector, civil society, and other groups from form Africa and the world converge on Addis Ababa from […]