THURSDAY, 5.30PM ORGANISATION of African Unity special envoy to the troubled Indian Ocean archipelago of the Comoros, Pierre Yere, on Thursday proposed the deployment of 100 military observers on the secessionist island of Anjouan. Speaking from Matsumadu, the chief town on Anjouan, Yere said the task of promoting a peace conference between the hardline separatists […]

President Nelson Mandela on Wednesday declared Robben Island a national monument and museum to mark the country’s first Heritage Day holiday.

WEDNESDAY, 12.30PM A BARRAGE of negative factors ground down the Johannesburg Stock Exchange on Tuesday, with the declining all share and industrial indices ending off their lows. Analysts were emphatic that fundamentals were sound, but that a heavy sell-off in the futures market spooked investors. At the close, the all gold index had fallen 24,1 […]

WEDNESDAY, 2.00PM FOUNDATIONS are being laid for the first major downstream development of the R7-billion Saldanha Steel project. Duferco Steel Processing, a joint venture between the Industrial Development Corporation (IDC) and Swiss-based steel firm Duferco, will provide cold-rolled and galvanised steel products early in 1999. Total production is aimed at the export market, with the […]

WEDNESDAY, 11.30AM: PREMIER Soccer League defending champions Manning Rangers signed former Bafana Bafana midfield maestro Teboho Moloi from Orlando Pirates on Tuesday. Moloi, who has been training with the “Mighty Maulers” since Monday, is likely to make his debut against log leaders Mamelodi Sundowns in a PSL match at Chatsworth Stadium on Wednesday night. “We […]

TUESDAY, 4.30PM RETIRED security police general Nic van Rensburg, in testimony before the truth commission’s amnesty committee, on Wednesday admitted lying in an application to the Cape High Court last year to temporarily gag the mother of slain student leader Siphiwo Mtimkulu from testifying. Van Rensburg brought the court action to stop Joyce Mtimkulu from […]

WEDNESDAY, 12.30PM A DISPUTE between environmentalists and the minerals and energy department threatens to add sourcing and transport costs to the operations of Sasol subsidiary Sasol Chemical Industries (SCI). The unit stands to be affected if the fuel producer has to abandon plans to extend its Sigma mining operations. SCI’s coal requirements have traditionally been […]

BRAZZAVILLE FIGHTING CONTINUES RIVAL factions in the Congolese capital Brazzaville hammered each other with heavy weapons fire overnight, as forces loyal to President Pascal Lissouba and former dictator Denis Sassou Nguesso seem determined to find a military solution to the conflict. Bitter fighting between Lissouba’s troops the militia of Sassou Nguesso has continued despite increasingly […]

WEDNESDAY, 11.30AM: BAFANA BAFANA are scheduled to play a number of matches as part of their preparations for the World Cup finals in France next June. The South African Football Association (Safa) have also accepted invitations to play Austria and Denmark next year. They play Austria on May 31 in Vienna and Denmark in Copenhagen […]