WEDNESDAY, 3.00PM HOPES of an end to recent political violence in Kenya rose on Wednesday as President Daniel arap Moi met leaders of the parliamentary opposition after opening dialogue on reforms with religious leaders. The first meeting between the autocratic Moi and Christian and Muslim leaders came on Tuesday at State House in Nairobi as […]
CRIMINALS USING POLICE NETWORKS SAFETY and security minister Sydney Mufamadi says that international crime syndicates have penetrated South Africa, relying on the underground contacts built up by former police and intelligence agents. A Bulgarian syndicate that arrived in this country had complete South African papers including vehicle registation documents, which could only have been supplied […]
WEDNESDAY, 3.00PM AFRICAN National Congress acting secretary general Cheryl Carolus said on Wednesday that her party expects the Truth and Reconciliation Commission to use its powers to force National Intelligence Service head Niel Barnard to reveal the names of the apartheid intelligence agency’s informers. “We call on the TRC to insist that he reveals those […]
WEDNESDAY, 10.30AM SOUTH Africa’s reserves have been left largely untouched by the July 1 easing of restrictions on foreign exchange, according to Finance Minister Trevor Manuel, and instead there had been a turn for the better in business confidence. Speaking at Tuesday night’s launch of the local operation of Malaysia’s TA Bank, Manuel said SA’s […]
WEDNESDAY, 12.30PM: BAFANA BAFANA stars Mark Fish and Philemon Masinga left Johannesburg for Italy on Wednesday. Both players have changed clubs in Italy after playing there for one season. Fish, who joined Lazio from Orlando Pirates last season, joins Bologna. “The problem at Lazio is the club has accrued the maximum of five foreign signings […]
WEDNESDAY, 10.30AM GOLD’s recent downward spiral continued on Tuesday after a few days of consolidation, with the metal closing in London at $319,75/oz. Morning trade in London saw bullion trading at $319, before it climbed bask up to $320 for a while in the afternoon. Gold’s drop back below $320 has precipitated fears of a […]
WEDNESDAY, 3.30PM THE Truth and Reconciliation Commission has served subpoenas on three members of the former SA Defence Force’s notorious dirty tricks squad the Civil Co-operation Bureau, TRC investigative unit head Dumisa Ntesebeza confirmed on Wednesday. Ntsebeza said former CCB managing director Joe Verster, treasurer Wouter Basson, alias Christo Brits (not to be confused with […]
WEDNESDAY, 3.00PM THE Bushbuckridge Border Committee, the organisation which has been articulating the community’s demands in the acrimonious provincial border dispute in the area, on Wednesday refused to comment on a compromise proposal aimed at solving the border dispute, despite ostensibly being one of the parties to the agreement. On Tuesday Constitutional Affairs Minister Mohamed […]
WEDNESDAY, 8.30AM The education department has scaled down the launch of its ambitious “outcomes based” school curriculum, blaming staff and funding shortages for the delay. The new curriculum, which abandons learning by rote and external exams, will only be taught in grade one next year, with pilot programmes in grades two and seven at 270 […]
WEDNESDAY, 12.00NOON ZIMBABWEAN market analysts are confident that the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange will rise to new heights this year, thanks to the recent IMF decision to resume balance-of-payments support for Zimbabwe’s economic reforms and the budget, reducing the pressure on interest rates. The industrial index, which in 1996 rose by a whopping 121%, was on […]