OWN CORRESPONDENT, Maseru | Sunday 10.00pm. RIVAL Lesotho political parties were are preparing for a fierce debate on Monday on whether or not Prime Minister Pakalitha Mosisili’s government should continue to rule the kingdom until new elections in 15 to 18 months’ time. The debate will take place at continuing Southern African Development Community-led talks […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Friday 7.45pm. ZIMBABWEAN President Robert Mugabe has shocked the coutry by awarding himself and his cabinet of 55 a 20% pay hike. The pay increases come at a time when Zimbabwe is strapped for cash, and coping with economic difficulties. A month ago Finance Minister Herbert Murerwa announced that the government […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, | Friday 4.00pm. THE Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration has not brought about a reduction in labour disputes, nor is it operating at optimum efficiency, CCMA senior commissioner Sarah Christie said on Friday. Christie told a South African Labour Law Society conference in Stellenbosch that the CCMA’s success is frequently measured by […]
MIKE METELITS, Johannesburg | Friday 6.00pm. WITH the Dow losing its early momentum to lose 74 points, the FTSE-100 down 100 and the DAX off 260 points, pressures on SA markets remained high Friday. A few Asian markets were closed due to China’s National Day and the Nikkei managed a small gain of 26 points […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Gauteng | Sunday 9.00pm. SOMEBODY is stalking Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, the Sunday Times has reported. Madikizela-Mandela, president of the African National Congress Women’s League, said intruders broke into her home in Orlando West, Soweto, on Thursday night and, for the third time, rifled through her bedroom, but took nothing. They sneaked over the wall […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Kisangani | Sunday 9.00pm. THE rebels in the Democratic Republic of Congo have announced that they have entered the strategic town of Kindu, the forward headquarters for troops supporting Presdient Laurent Kabila, after launching an attack on Sunday. A rebel spokesperson said: “Our forces have been fighting inside the town since 11.00am and […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Hoedspruit | Sunday 11.00pm. A STUDY of bovine tuberculosis has begun in the Kruger National Park, KNP director David Mabunda announced on Sunday. The survey aims to find out more about the disease, its geographic spread through the park and the risk to animals. Buffalo are the carriers of BTB and other animals […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Kampala | Sunday 11.00pm. AN aircraft which crashed into Uganda’s Ruwenzori Mountains late last month was heading for a gold-buying mission in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, the state-owned New Vision newspaper reported on Sunday. Earlier reports said the plane had crashed in the DRC, and had been shot down by Allied […]
CD of the week Adam Sweeting The idea that Brian Wilson could ever again approximate his own back- catalogue masterpieces has grown increasingly laughable. There was the critically-feted Orange Crate Art in 1995, but that was really a Van Dyke Parks project cunningly disguised as a Brian Wilson album. While it’s true that Wilson has […]
Bop Broadcasting’s latest audit has revealed major financial discrepancies, reports Mungo Soggot The Office of the Auditor General has rejected the Bophuthatswana Broadcasting Corporation’s 1997 accounts after uncovering possible fraud involving millions of rand, widespread mismanagement and a breakdown of its financial systems. In a report signed off on July 21, the finance watchdog said […]