ZAMBIAN police have shot and killed one murder suspect and arrested another in their enquiry into the killing of a son of former president Kenneth Kaunda, Home Affairs Minister Peter Machungwa said. The minister also said that a fifth suspect in the November 4 killing of Major Wezi Kaunda is still on the run. Machungwa […]

A GROUP of Mpumalanga women were arrested on Monday for walking naked along a road in protest against a local chief. Twenty-four unclothed women, carrying four babies, marched along the Jeppe’s Reef road to the kraal of Chief Matsam Shongwe, demanding land to grow mealies. Schoemansdal station commissioner Captain Magdarine Nel on Tuesday said the […]

TWENTY-FOUR women — four of them carrying babies — were on Wednesday hauled before the Tonga Magistrate’s Court in Mpumalanga for walking naked in protest against a local chief. The women, aged between 19 and 50, were from Buffelspruit near Malelane. They were arrested on Monday when they demonstrated against Chief Matsamo Shongwe, demanding more […]

LEADERS of the 71-member African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) grouping meet this week with crucial negotiations involving the European Union uppermost, yet not exclusively, on their minds. The summit, to be held in the Dominican Republic capital of Santo Domingo, is being viewed as a critical juncture in the negotiation of a successor agreement to […]

THE Bank of England has frozen several bank accounts belonging to Angolan Unita rebel leader Jonas Savimbi, in an attempt to prevent him from continuing to wage war in the country. The British government has called on the international banking community to follow its lead.

A PORT Elizabeth man has been kicked and punched to death for stealing a bag of carrots. The man, named only as Michael, was found dead on the pavement by ambulance personnel, police spokesman Johan Buys said. The murdered man was pursued by the owner of a vegetable stall and his son after he allegedly […]

THE Reserve Bank’s monetary policy committee meeting kicked off in Pretoria on Wednesday with a committment by Reserve Bank governor Tito Mboweni that the committee will provide more information later in the day on how it calculates its monetary policy stance. At its meeting last month, the first since it assumed its new form, the […]

CHINESE parliament chairman Li Peng on Tuesday pledged to continue assistance to Kenya, especially through joint ventures in exploiting natural resources. Speaking at a meeting with Kenyan President Daniel arap Moi, Li said that as soon as China becomes a member of the World Trade Organisation, it will work closely with other developing countries. Li, […]

IT group Dimension Data (DiData) has proposed dual primary listings on the London and Johannesburg stock exchanges for its international assets, estimated to be worth about $3,5-billion. Business Day reports that DiData chairman Jeremy Ord said this will be an interim measure pending greater clarity from government on moving DiData’s domicile offshore. Although a primary […]

AT least 200000 people are expected to converge on central Durban on December 31 to celebrate the new millennium, the sponsors of festivities in the city said in a statement on Wednesday. The Durban Port Carnival 2000, which will be televised worldwide, is expected to attract around 25000 revellers. “The Durban public can be assured […]