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A SECOND senior official resigned from the Post Office on Wednesday, only a day after the resignation of the institution’s senior financial general manager. The Post Office said in a statment that Doug Smit, the general manager of Speed Services, will be temporarily replaced by Steve Gill. The senior manager of the Post Office’s communications […]

IN a Caste Premiership match at Athlone Stadium in Cape Town on Wednesday night, Orlando Pirates beat bottom-of-the-log Mother City 2-0. The first goal was scored in the 51st minute by Phumlani Mkhize. In the 90th minute Pirates sealed the game when striker Sibusiso Zuma dribbled past three defenders before unleashing the ball into the […]

THE majority of Australian gold producer Acacia Resources’ shareholders have accepted AngloGold’s offer of 3,5 AngloGold shares for every 100 Acacia shares following the SA company’s friendly takeover bid on October 12. By the close of business on Tuesday 58,2% of Acacia shareholders had accepted the offer.

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Lagos | Wednesday 5.50pm. NIGERIA’s two top football officials will be sacked if the country does not get to the semi-finals of next month’s African Nations Cup, Sports Minister Damishi Sango warned Wednesday. “It would be a disaster if the Eagles don’t get as far as the semi-finals of the championship,” being co-hosted […]

THE Nigerian stock exchange has approved the sale of government shares in two major groups under the first stage of a privatisation programme, exchange officials said on Tuesday. The shares are in the West African Portland Cement Company (Wapco), the largest cement company in the country and the fourth largest group on the exchange, and […]

OPPOSITION presidential candidate Afonso Dhlakama and his Renamo party had won five of Mozambique’s 11 provinces by Wednesday to four for incumbent President Joaquim Chissano and his ruling Frelimo party. Results being announced over state radio as counting continues from the elections held earlier this month show voters repeating the pattern of the Mozambique’s first […]

TASMIN Toubitt, the girlfriend of Springbok fullback Percy Montgomery, could face criminal charges after she broke into the home of her late ex-husband and removed a number of his possessions, The Star reported on Thursday. Toubitt, allegedly assisted by Montgomery, also removed her former husband’s car illegally from the car park at Cape Town International […]

MALAWI’s President Muluzi said in a statement on Wednesday that the small country of R10-million people had qualified for debt relief. He announced the good news after being officially assured of his country’s status at a meeting with British Secretary of State Claire Short. Britain also pledged to increase bilateral aid to Malawi to K5-billion […]

FORMER president Nelson Mandela left South Africa for Berlin, Germany, on Wednesday night to launch the “Cities without Slums” initiative. His spokeswoman Zelda la Grange said Mandela was invited by the World Bank and the United Nation Centre for Human Settlements. Mandela is scheduled to address a meeting on Thursday at a hotel in Berlin […]

AN Angolan journalist charged with defaming the country’s president appeared in provincial court on Wednesday and asked to have the case against him dismissed. Rafael Marques, a columnist for independent weekly newspaper Agora, was arrested and jailed six weeks ago for an article he wrote called The Dictator’s Lipstick, which compared President Eduardo dos Santos […]

GHANA drew 1-1 with Greece in a friendly played as part of Greece’s preparations for the preliminary rounds of the 2002 World Cup in Japan and Korea. The match is the first of three to be played in the week. The Greeks were more aggressive at the start of the game taking the lead with […]

SOUTH Africa plans to increase the capacity of the showpiece FNB Stadium in Johannesburg from 80000 to 110000 if South Africa are chosen to host the 2006 World Cup. A bid committee spokesman said minimal expansion and upgrading is needed at eight other venues and new stadiums are planned for Brakpan near Johannesburg, Cape Town, […]

THE head of Hyundai Motor Distributors in South Africa, Billy Rautenbach, was involved in the murder of Daewoo South Africa president Yong Koo Kwon in February, prosecutors alleged in the Pretoria High Court on Tuesday. An affidavit by senior prosecutor Thembakazi Burhali claimed that Rautenbach’s link to the murder had been shown during an investigation […]

MANOAH ESIPISU, Lusaka | day 11.00m. MINING giant Anglo American on Wednesday signed a deal to acquire several big copper mines in Zambia in a pact crucial for the country’s mine privatisation programme. “Our signing shows that Anglo is committed to the completion of this deal. We intend to keep to the January 31 deadline,” […]

SOUTH African Foreign Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma will travel to Rwanda on Thursday to sign a bilateral cooperation agreement between the two governments. Agriculture Minister Thoko Didiza will be in the delegation accompanying her, ministry spokesman Vincent Hlongwane said. Dlamini-Zuma will leave Rwanda for Tanzania on Friday for the two-day Ministerial Conference on Security, Stability, Development […]

PRIVATE companies in Zimbabwe have stepped in to raise finance for fuel imports to avert economic disaster as national supplies verge on drying up. The companies have raised $7-million for a further two-weeks’ fuel supply after the bankrupt National Oil Company of Zimbabwe (Noczim) said the country has a few days’ supply left. Noczim’s regular […]

Former president Nelson Mandela was the VIP victim of a BBC television show in which experts spring a surprise garden makeover.

MOFOLO Park in Soweto will soon boast a tartan athletics track after an International Amateur Athletic Federation grant of R18-million was secured by Johannesburg’s Southern Metropolitan Local Council. The track will comply with international stadards after it’s completion in December 2000.

Former president Nelson Mandela will leave South Africa for Berlin, Germany, on Wednesday night to launch the "Cities without Slums" initiative.

SOUTH Africa on Monday named a squad of 12 players for the third cricket Test against England at Kingsmead, Durban, over the Christmas holidays. All members of the side, who played to a draw in the second Test in Port Elizabeth have been retained, along with spinner Paul Adams. Boeta Wessels,official 12th man for the […]

SIERRA Leone will miss Wednesday’s deadline for disarming some 45000 civil war combatants but will consider new strategies to speed up the process, Information Minister Julius Spencer said. “This will not be accomplished due to delays and mistrust among parties involved in implementation of the peace process,” Spencer said on Tuesday. The July 7 peace […]

SOUTH African referees Andre Watson, Jonathan Kaplan, Mark Lawrence and Tappe Henning have been included in a panel of 34 referees chosen by the International Rugby Board on Tuesday for 2000. The panel, selected from a list of 60 names, includes the referees and touch judges for the 2000 Six Nations Championship, which starts in […]

INVESTIGATORS are probing the cause of a minor fire which broke out at Parliament on Tuesday. The fire started in a drum filled with sodium chlorite in a restoration room near Parliament’s main complex. The chemical ignited and triggered fire alarms, but it was quickly brought under control. The fire caused no damage and investigators […]

CORRECTIONAL Services minister Ben Skosana said on Tuesday that prison overcrowding will remain a problem well into the next millennium, and that by 2008 the numer of prisoners awaiting trial is expected to outnumber those serving sentences. Skosana said that prisoners awaiting trial will be a majority in Gauteng in 2002. According to Skosana, South […]

A NEW, 20-member, round-the-clock tourist protection police unit was launched in the Western Cape on Tuesday. The unit is tasked with protecting tourists in the CBD and other popular areas of the Cape Peninsula, and forms part of the Community Patrol Officers system. A white sleeve over the normal police uniform will make officers of […]

SCHOOL principals in Mpumalanga who witheld year-end exam results will face disciplinary action on Wednesday. According to education MEC Craig Padayachee, the department will take the principals to task as soon as possible. Earlier, Padayachee gave principals a deadline to issue results after parents complained about results being witheld. The deadline has expired an principals […]

THE England cricket team will have a guest of honour in the form of President Thabo Mbeki when they play a combined Border/Eastern Province XI at the Ntselamanzi ground near Alice in the Eastern Cape on Thursday. A large number of dignitaries are expected to attend the match, including Eastern Cape premier Makenkesi Stofile, Minister […]

ALAN FINLAY, Johannesburg | Wednesday 4.40pm. MARKETS kept low on Wednesday ahead of the futures close out and Thursday’s public holiday. The all share traded 30 points in the red by midday, only lifting its head slightly to close 0,02% or nearly 2 points up. By late afternoon industrials had made a slight comeback, the […]

AFRICAN Cup Winners’ Cup draw for 2000 made in Tunis at the weekend: Preliminary round Cotonchad (Cha) v JS Tenere (Nig) Wallidan (Gam) v Mogas 90 (Ben) Caf winners v Rayon Sports (Rwa) Djivan (Mad) v Sey winners Mogoditshane Life Fighters (Bot) v Linare (Les) Chief Santos (Nam) v Esperanca Sagrada (Ang) First leg: Jan […]

AFRICAN Champions League draw released in Tunis at the weekend: Preliminary round Port Authority (Gam) v LPRC Oilers (Lbr) Tusker (Ken) v Red Sea (Eri) Villa (Uga) v St George (Eth) Vital’O (Bdi) v Bata Bullets (Maw) Dragons Oueme (Ben) v Renaissance (Cha) Praia Cruz (Sao) v Caf champions Primeiro Agosto (Ang) v Akonangui (Geq) […]

BOWLING has gone professional. The executive of Bowls South Africa have endorsed and supported the formation of the Professional Bowlers Association of South Africa. The PBA has been formed primarily as a way to give players the chance to earn a living from the sport by generating more events, sponsorship and television coverage of top […]

ANGOLA issued a revalued currency on Monday, lopping six zeroes off the kwanza in a bid to control inflation and shed the number of bank notes required for transactions. The current notes, the readjusted kwanza, trade at around 5,5-million to the US dollar. The new rate will be 5,5 kwanza to the dollar. The resumption […]