THREE barges carrying a floating power station arrived in the Nigerian capital Lagos this week, under a deal reached earlier this year to boost chronic power supplies in the city. United States group Enron in September signed a deal with the Lagos State government to supply a 90 megawatt floating power station to be moored […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Tuesday 7.30am A GOVERNMENT-appointed team investigating the South African diamond industry urged Monday a thorough overhaul of the country’s diamond controls and its gem valuating system. A report released here by a task team appointed by the Cabinet earlier this year also called for a review of the composition, role and […]

SOUTH Africa signed the International Convention for the Suppression of Terrorist Bombings in New York on Tuesday. The convention was signed by South Africa’s permanent representative to the United Nations, Ambassador Kumalo. The purpose of the convention is to criminalise acts of terrorist bombings in the hope of strengthening the international legal framework for combating […]

THE Department of Correctional Services said on Tuesday it is considering a total ban on smoking in prisons as one way of complying with the government’s proposed tobacco regulations. The draft regulations, issued for comment on December 3, will allow prison authorities to set aside designated smoking areas or rooms in jails. However these rooms […]

PASSENGERS left stranded when their ship broke down off the French west coast in November have finally arrived on the remote South Atlantic island of St. Helena. St. Helena Line general manager Tony Bownes said a replacement ship, the Greek-registered MTS Jason, arrived on Saturday at St. Helena, a British overseas territory, with 223 passengers […]

FANYANA MABUZA, Mbabane | Monday 4.30pm. SWAZILAND’S Under-20 soccer team insisted this weekend that it cheated at the recent regional championships in South Africa purely for patriotic reasons. National Football Association of Swaziland secretary general, Mike Vilikazi, said at the weekend the team fielded over-aged players in an attempt to impress judges and boost the […]

ANNOUNCEMENT of final official results from Mozambique’s presidential and parliamentary elections was delayed Monday to allow time to verify the results with the political parties involved, the National Elections Commission (CNE) said. The CNE said it will try “its best to publish the results by Tuesday.” The results were billed to be released on Monday […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Cape Town | Tuesday 10.45am GOVERNMENT announced on Monday that it is to merge its gas exploration company Mossgas and oil exploration company Soekor into a commercial venture with an expected market capitalisation of over $2-billion. Announcing the restructuring, Minerals and Energy Minister Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka said that the new entity will focus on […]

MALAWI national coach Jack Chamangwana has been sacked and replaced by former international player Young Chimodzi, a Malawi football association official said on Monday. The national team lost 2-1 to Libya and twice drew 1-1 with Rwanda this month in home matches designed to prepare the Flames for their World Cup qualifiers against Kenya during […]

LAURIE Mains will not be leaving the Golden Lions and the Cats for a New Zealand coaching post, says his boss, Golden Lions president Jomo King. King said Mains, in New Zealand on holiday, has a three-year contract at Ellis Park and would be returning on Januray 17. “I’ve spoken to him again and there […]