SOUTH Africa is back at work and functioning on Tuesday after Y2K fears proved a total dud. The Johannesburg Stock Exchange opened without a hitch — mirroring markets around the world. The market surged in early trade in what dealers say is sheer relief that the much-feared Y2K was a no-show. In its round-up the […]
A 52-year-old single woman who is raising her 18 children was named as Cameroon’s mother of the year for 2000 in a contest organised by Cameroon’s social affairs ministry. Anne Oyoa, who also raises her own crops at Akono 70 kilometers south of the capital Yaounde, was chosen from more than 200 candidates who each […]
POLICE have arrested 170 members of two feuding Transkei clans after armed clashes on Sunday resulted in five deaths and five serious injuries. The feuding families, the Amevelas of Bizana and the Amadelas of Flagstaff, fought with rifles, handguns, home-made revolvers and knives in a dispute over the authority of the chief in Flagstaff, whom […]
TWO more of the eight prisoners who escaped from an East London prison last week have been captured, leaving four still at large. The two captured on Monday were a man facing rape charges and a teenager facing house breaking charges. The men will appear in court tomorrow.
AN envoy for the president of the Organisation of African Unity on Tuesday held what he called ”extremely positive” talks with Cte d’Ivoire junta chief General Robert Guei, who took power last month. The OAU has condemned the coup that brought the former chief of general staff to power on December 24, when mutinous troops […]
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TWO tourists died while scaling Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania as part of the new millennium celebrations, Tanzania’s tourism minister, Zakia Meghji, said. The minister identified the two as Werner Hein, 55, a German who died on Friday of heart failure, and US national Jennifer Steven, 54, who died on Sunday after collapsing on Sunday. on […]
A NEW Year’s party at Nongoma in northern KwaZulu-Natal turned into tragedy when a lone gunmen killed four partygoers and wounded two more. The six victims were celebrating at Zungu’s Tuck Shop in the Osutho area of Nongoma when a man arrived at five minutes past midnight and opened fire on them with an AK47 […]
FIVE people died and five suffered injuries on Sunday in clashes with guns and knives between members of rival tribes near Umtata, police said on Monday. Police arrested 170 people and seized rifles, handguns, home-made revolvers and knives after fighting between the feuding families, the Amevelas of Bizana and the Amadelas of Flagstaff.
A FIRE that razed a warehouse in Durban on Saturday shortly after midnight caused damage estimated at R30-million. According to a statement, police suspect a misdirected flare landed on the building, causing the fire to break out at five minutes past midnight. The fire department responded promptly and the flames were doused. However, the paper […]