OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Monday 7.00pm. SOUTH African business confidence fell to its lowest level in 12 years during August as the fragility of emerging markets was exposed in the global market instability, figures released by the South African Chamber of Business on Monday indicated. Business confidence fell 4,1 points during the 4,1 points over […]

LEWIS MACHIPISA, Harare | Monday 11.00pm. A CONFERENCE will be held in Zimbabwe this week to raise money from the donor community for its controversial land reform programme. The conference, to be held from September 9 to 11, was originally planned for July, but was postponed amid speculation that few donors are willing to subsidise […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Monday 11.00pm. THE United Nations special envoy to Angola, Issa Diallo, said on Monday that he would continue to negotiate with Unita leader Jonas Savimbi, even though the Angolan government has said it will arrest Savimbi and any of his supporters on sight. Diallo said on a UN daily radio programme […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Arusha | Monday 10.30PM. FORMER Rwandan Prime Minister Jean Kambanda has appealed against his life sentence for crimes against humanity handed down by the war crimes tribunal for Rwanda in Arusha on Friday. The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda registry in Arusha confirmed that the appeal was filed on Monday morning. Kambanda’s legal […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Kuala Lumpur | Monday 9.30PM. ATHLETES who test positive for cannabis may be tipped off in advance by Commonwealth Games organisers to give them time to flee Malaysia. Kuala Lumpur has some of the toughest drug laws in the world, punishable by the death. Dr Geoffrey Haigh, the Games’ honorary medical chief, said […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Sunday 11.30pm. GRIQUALAND West chalked up an impressive 36-16 win over the Golden Lions at Absa Park in Kimberley on Sunday, in a match that was marred by much directionless kicking in the first half. Griquas led 15-3 at half-time. Both teams defended superbly in the very physical encounter, but Griquas […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Kinshasa | Monday 11.00pm. AN Angolan air strike on the rebel-held town of Kalemi in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo has killed 25 people and injured 40 more, according to a rebel spokesperson. Rebel officer Jonas Taturu said the strike destroyed seven houses in the working-class neighbourhood of Four-Points. The rebels’ political co-ordinator, […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Sunday 7.00pm. WINNIE MADIKIZELA-Mandela and former President PW Botha are among 200 people who have received written warning that the final report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission could “damage” them. Deputy Defence Minister Ronnie Kasrils, President Nelson Mandela’s ex-wife and Botha were among those TRC notices about the potentially damaging […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Monday 10.15am. TWO South African athletes competing in the Commonwealth Games in Malaysia injured themselves on their first day of practice for the Games on Sunday. Gymnast Jana Kruger (14) twisted her ankle, but X-rays revealed no fractures and she will be treated over the next few days. Cyclist Simon Kessler […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Victoria Falls | Monday 11.00pm. THE summit held to resolve the conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo will run into a second day. The summit, in Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe, started later than planned on Monday because of a round of preparatory meetings in which officials attempted to find a way to broker […]