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/ 31 December 1997
WEDNESDAY, 11.30AM: As vote counting began on Tuesday following Kenya’s chaotic general election, opposition parties accused the government of President Daniel arap Moi of rigging the vote in its favour, while Moi accused the Electoral Commission of rigging the poll in favour of the opposition. Five people died in political violence related to the election, […]
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/ 30 December 1997
MONDAY, 6.30PM: INVESTORS speculating that the Reserve Bank will cut interest rates quickly in the new year bought strongly into banking stocks on Monday, pushing the financial index up 115,6 points to 9 976,1. The same view on interest rates firmed the bond market by 13 points, with the yield on the R150 bond at […]
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/ 30 December 1997
TUESDAY, 11.00AM: SOUTH AFRICA beat the touring West Indies side by 19 runs on Monday to take the series 3-0. Scoreboard on the fourth and final day of the tour match between South Africa A and West Indies A at Newlands on Monday. South Africa A, first innings 129 West Indies, first innings 164 South […]
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/ 29 December 1997
MONDAY, 6.00PM: At least two Kenyan voters were killed on Monday, the day of elections, both involved in a political clash in the western Siaya district, 300 kilometres north west of the capital, Nairobi. No details are available about the incident, or the parties involved. On Sunday, three people were killed, bringing the death toll […]
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/ 29 December 1997
HOLIDAY ROAD DEATHS TOP 600 The road death toll since the beginning of Christmas holidays on December 1 stood at 609 by Monday morning, according to Drive Alive. The Eastern Cape recorded the most fatalities, with 109, followed by KwaZulu-Natal with 106, Gauteng 98, Western Cape 83, Free State 64, Mpumalanga 47, North-West 32, Northern […]
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/ 29 December 1997
TUESDAY, 8.30AM: JACQUES KALLIS and Hansie Cronje kept the South African flag flying on the last day of the first Australian test, to reach 226 for four, 77 runs short of their target. Scores at tea time on the fifth and final day on Tuesday were: Australia first innings — 309 South Africa first innings […]
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/ 24 December 1997
WEDNESDAY, 9.30AM: The SA Breweries-controlled Amalgamated Beverage Industries is to acquire Suncrush in a R1,9-billion deal payable in cash and equities that will see ABI controlling 60% of SA’s soft drinks industry. ABI is already the largest Coca-Cola bottler in SA, holding the franchises for Gauteng and metropolitan Durban. ABI’s acquisition of Suncrush, which holds […]
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/ 23 December 1997
Ferial Haffajee “All in all, a bleak year lies ahead for [the SABC] unless it vigorously evaluates its operations.” — Raymond Louw, Mail & Guardian December 24 1996. He was spot on: 1997 was the SABC’s annus horribilis. But with the help of that 20th-century engineer of capitalism — the management consultant — the broadcaster […]
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/ 23 December 1997
THE European Union will propose a complete revamp of the Lomé Convention, its long-standing trade deal with the former African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) colonies, when the treaty comes up for renewal next year. Recently released EU negotiating guidelines suggest that the ACP countries, which encompass nations in differnet parts of the world and with […]
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/ 23 December 1997
Looking good, spending money and having fun are what seem to interest most teens. But where they are from influences what they are into. Teenagers in 1997 were definitely down with sports labels like Nike and Reebok, Kangol clothes and hats, body piercing, platforms, the baggy hip-hoppy skater-boy look. There’s still a taste for expensive […]