THURSDAY, 2.00PM The special investigation team tracking the killers of five African National Congress members, including two newly elected councillors, in Richmond in the KwaZulu-Natal midlands have narrowed down their suspect list. Police spokesman Superintendent Henry Budhram said the investigators, headed by Director Bushy Engelbrecht, are now concentrating on finding only three suspects: Patrick “Bob” […]
THURSDAY, 11.00AM INVESTEC Securities said on Wednesday that the rand had been among the weakest currencies in the Southern African Development Community over the past 18 months. Between January last year and the end of last week, the rand lost 20% against he Malawi kwacha, 11% against the Mauritian rupiah, 17% against the Mozambican metical […]
THURSDAY, 5.00PM SIERRA Leone coup leader Major Johnny Paul Koroma said on Wednesday his military junta will not hand over power to a civilian government before 2001, effectively torpedoing peace talks in Abidjan. Regional foreign ministers who have been negotiating with Koroma’s envoys in Abidjan for a return to civilian rule slammed the announcement and […]
THURSDAY, 11.30AM THE Congress of SA Trade Unions is to go ahead with its threatened rolling mass action in support of demands on the Basic Conditions of Employment Bill, starting with a one-hour national work stoppage on Monday, but has opened the way for a resumption of talks between itself, government and business on the […]
ANOTHER MEGA-HEIST FIFTEEN armed robbers ambushed a security van on the N4 highway near Bronkhorstspruit, killed two security guards and stole R8-million in cash on Thursday morning. A massive manhunt has been launched to track down the culprits. Pretoria deputy fire chief Gordon Kuhn was shot while driving past the scene of the robbery and […]
THURSDAY, 5.00PM THE Malawi Supreme Court on Thursday threw out an appeal by the state in its attempt to reopen murder and conspiracy charges against former president-for-life Hastings Kamuzu Banda. The ruling ended a three-year-long judicial process that chief state prosecutor Kamudoni Nyasulu described as “a catharsis” for a young democratic nation that suffered three […]
THURSDAY, 1.00PM: SOUTH AFRICA’S Peter Malinga beat Alessandro Duran in the third round, to be crowned as the new World Boxing Union (WBU) welterweight champion in Sicily on Wednesday night. Malinga dropped Duran with an overarm in the second round. Duran tried to survive and came back for the third round where Malinga dropped him […]
THURSDAY, 5.30PM The two envoys dispatched to SA by Nigerian dictator Sani Abacha to smoothe the diplomatic rumpus caused when information minister Walter Ofanagoro descibed SA as a “white country with a black head” were arrested on arrival at Wonderboom airport near Pretoria on Thursday. Mandela denied the meeting with Nigerian envoys Rabu Dagari and […]
THURSDAY, 4.30PM The haemorrhage of members from the National Party continued on Thursday when nine black Nats from North-West province defected to Roelf Meyer’s New Movement Process. Making thwe announcement, leader of the group Stoffel Masebo claimed that a number senior local African National Congress figures might follow suit. Masebo said ANC members are disillusioned […]
WEDNESDAY, 11.00AM SOUTH Africa’s trade surplus last month hit a record R4,1-billion from May’s R1,8-billion as exports experienced strong growth while import demand slowed, according to the customs and excise department. Between the first and second quarters, exports increased by 20%, while imports were up only 6% over the same period. Total exports in June […]