THE son of a prominent member of vigilante group People Against Gangsterism and Drugs (Pagad) was shot and seriously wounded while he was playing soccer at the Tafelsig sports grounds in Mitchell’s Plain on Sunday. Police spokesman Captain Jacques Wiese on Monday said two men, allegedly members of the Americans gang, shot Moegamat Heuwel (17) […]
NORTHERN PROVINCE premier Ngoako Ramatlhodi warned on Monday that he would not re-appoint lazy or ineffective politicians to the provincial cabinet next week. Declining to name those accused of inefficiency, Ramatlhodi said he would only re-appoint MECs who had proven their integrity and who had a firm grasp of their portfolios. Anyone who failed to […]
MONDAY, 12.30PM: THE IRISH rugby team currently on tour in South Africa have a tough week ahead after losing a second tour match against Western Province at a wet and muddy Newlands on Saturday. Both sides found the conditions virtually unplayable, and the final score of 12-6 reflects the nature of the match. No tries […]
THE total of 1069 liquidations recorded for the three months up to April 1999 showed a 32,5% increase compared to the 807 in the same period last year. Statistics South Africa head Mark Orkin said on Monday the figure could largely be attributed to an increase in voluntary liquidations by 44%. Voluntary company liquidations increased […]
ZIMBABWE’S labour leaders Thursday warned that government’s decision to increase the price of fuel by up to 32% will hurt workers. Petrol price increased by 27%, diesel by 32% and aviation fuel by between 6% and 8%, on Thursday. It is the second hike in eight months. Further price rises will be effected after every […]
NAMPOWER, Namibia’s power utility, has successfully completed the first phase of its billion-dollar interconnector of 900km that extends from Aries near Kenhardt in South Africa to the Kokerboom sub-station near Keetmanshoop. The company says project teams diligently worked against time and other constraints to construct Africa’s first power line that supports not only the latest […]
MONDAY, 6.00PM: THE Receiver of Revenue has demanded more than R600000 in unpaid taxes from a computer company that handled R40-million worth of provincial contracts. African Eye News Service reports that Mayibuye Computer Services has laid off most of its technical computer staff, has failed to pay its remaining staff since January, and is attempting […]
NIGERIA’S fledgling petrochemical and natural gas sectors will be expanded to be on a par with the oil sector within four years, President Olusegun Obasanjo said on Friday. Setting out economic plans, Obasanjo told legislators at a joint sitting of the new Nigerian parliament that these two under-developed areas of the oil industry would be […]
HUGE deposits of minerals including potash and sulphur have been discovered in Ethiopia’s northeastern Afar state, officials in Addis Ababa said on Tuesday. Ethiopian and foreign prospectors have found “a huge deposit in the form of salt, potash, sulphur, marble, granite and limestone”, according to the regional office for development, mines and energy, which said […]
THE Boere Weerstandsbeweging on Monday warned Freedom Front leader General Constand Viljoen that a Boer council could order his elimination if he refused to disband his party. BWB secretary general Dries Kriel said Viljoen could be outlawed or declared an “enemy of the Boer volk” by the council. The BWB, supporters of the reinstatement of […]
The entire editorial, sales and supplements staff of De Kat magazine have resigned, citing financial problems at Penta Publications as the reason for their action. The group of 15 employees said although they were committed to producing a quality Afrikaans magazine, the current financial situation at Penta Publications make it impossible to meet that objective.
NIGERIAN President Olusegun Obasanjo Monday sacked the head of the state-run electricity company, National Electric Power Authority (Nepa), and three of the company’s executive directors, his office announced. Obasanjo ordered the dismissal of Hamza Ibrahim and approved the resignation of the executive directors of generation, transmission and engineering, finance and accounts, and distribution and marketing. […]
MONDAY, 12.30PM: WITH entries into the Comrades Marathon taking a dip for the first tome since 1994, officials have decided to allow athletes a full year to qualify for the Natal ultramarathon in an attempt to grow the race. Runners will now be able to qualify for the 1999 event in any race after June […]
MONDAY, 1.00PM: FOLLOWING an injury scare, South African soccer midfielder Brendan Augustine has been passed fit to take his place in South Africa’s line-up for their opening Group C encounter with World Cup hosts France on Friday. Augustine has been suffering with a groin injury and was examined by a specialist in Paris with national […]
The Nigerian stock market has adopted a wait-and-see attitude to the country’s new civilian government. The stock index has barely changed from last week. At the close, the All Share Index dropped 3,3 naira to 4916,21, a fall of 0,07% from last Friday. Brokers say business reaction to the return to civilian rule after years […]
FOR the second successive grand slam SA are assured of a player in the finals of the mixed doubles. David Adams and Mariaan de Swardt won the Australian Open mixed doubles title in January and today Grant Stafford and Nannie de Villiers will play Pietie Norval and Slovenian Katarina Srebotnik for a place in the […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Durban | Saturday 5.30pm. SOUTH Africa became the second country to qualify for the 2000 African Nations Cup when they defeated Mauritius 2-0 at Kings Park here on Saturday. Dreadlocked midfielder Thabo Mngomeni broke the deadlock in a tense Group 4 qualifying tie after 57 minutes with a close-range shot and substitute Benni […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Monday 10.50am. THE list of qualifiers for the 2000 African Nations Cup rose to eight on Sunday when Burkina Faso, Cameroon and the Democratic Republic of Congo clinched places. Tunisia sealed an invitation to the biennial showpiece during April and they were joined by Gabon, Morocco, South Africa and Zambia on […]
MPUMALANGA’S chief traffic inspector is back at work after being convicted of drunken driving and escaping from custody last month. Alpheus Mavela Ngwenya was fined only R2000, and KaBokweni Magistrate Ereskia le Grange said the sentence was lenient because he was going to lose his job. Former provincial traffic director Henry Brazier, who received a […]
A BLAZE on the weekend swept through Grahamstown’s historic Church Square, with some of the buildings destroyed by the fire national monuments dating back to the 1820s. The fire started Ackermans, directly opposite the city’s landmark Anglican St Michael & St George’s Cathedral and spread quickly through the nearby buildings. Damage is estimated at between […]
NIGERIAN police shot dead three members of a student gang after they broke in and killed the registrar of their university at Abraka, southern Nigeria, police said, cited in local press on Monday. The three were shot and killed at the weekend after breaking into the home of Delta State University registrar, one S Otulu, […]
RWANDA has released 143 more prisoners accused of involvement in the 1994 genocide of ethnic Tutsis, because of lack of evidence against them, according to a report from the public prosecutor in Kibungo. The prisoners were all set free on Friday in Kibungo, southwest Rwanda, the report said. More than 1900 prisoners accused of genocide […]
SHARES in Reunert Ltd lost ground on Monday after it said it had sought court help in its ongoing wrangle with a consortium bidding to buy the aerospace and weapons company. By 11.00am Reunert stock was off 15 cents or 1,62%. Reunert said in a statement on Monday that it has asked the high court […]
DAVID SHAPSHAK, Johannesburg | Monday 5.00pm. SPRINGBOK coach Nick Mallett on Monday named a side to bring “a style of play that will improve our attacking options without losing defensive options” in his line-up for a two Test series against Italy. His team, which excludes injured stars Joost van der Westhuizen and Henry Honiball but […]
ELEVEN people are feared drowned after an overloaded boat they were sailing in capsized in Lake Victoria early Friday, state-owned Radio Uganda reported on Sunday. The radio said the boat was carrying 16 people and a load of fish heading for Sii landing site in Mukono district, 60km east of the Ugandan capital, but capsized […]
SOUTH Africa’s Greg Emslie, 22, defeated Australian Luke Hitchings in classic one to two metre perfection in round two of the R750000) Quiksilver Pro at Cloudbreak, Tavarua Island, Fiji earlier today, breaking a spell of three 33rd place finishes in a row. The Quiksilver Pro, event six on the G-SHOCK Association of Surfing Professionals (ASP) […]
TWO men who jumped naked from bushes on a Zimbabwean golf course and did a war dance around two startled women golfers before robbing them have been jailed. The nudist thieves, who wore only painted faces and leaves in their hair during the ambush last month, were sentenced to six months imprisonment for theft and […]
SUSAN NJANJI, Harare | Monday 7.00pm The presidents of Zimbabwe, Namibia and Angola, which all give military backing to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) regime, on Monday rejected a unilateral ceasefire declaration by Rwanda. President Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe, speaking after a mini-summit here among the three, said they considered that Rwanda’s unilateral cessation […]
STRIKE bowler Glenn McGrath won his battle with Sachin Tendulkar here on Friday as Australia relaunched their World Cup campaign with a 77-run Super Six victory over India. India now face an almost impossible battle to reach the semi-finals. McGrath removed India’s top batsman for a duck with his sixth ball and also removed Rahul […]
ARMED dissidents ambushed and killed 63 people two days ago near Kinkala, the Pool regional headquarters, 75 km south of Brazzaville in the Congo, it was revealed on Saturday. The Congolese military spokesman, Colonel Jean-Robert Obargui, said three soldiers and children were among those who died in the ambush by the Ninja militiamen of former […]
THE World Food Programme has approved an emergency operation to provide food worth $40,5-million to people in drought-striken regions of Ethiopia. Nearly 1,2 million people in eight Ethiopian regions are estimated to be affected by the drought situation. WFP said in a statement on Friday that an extended dry spell has hindered crop planting, germination […]
AN alleged lack of transparency in the restructuring of the President’s office on Monday prompted a public service trade union to walk out of talks with government negotiators in Pretoria. National Union of Public Service and Allied Workers general secretary Success Mataitsane threatened to declare a dispute over the matter. He said moves to merge […]