Asia Africa Intelligence Wire articles from February 2002

Asia Africa Intelligence Wire archives from February 2002

MATLOHA TRIAL: RUGBY PLAYER TO BE CROSS-EXAMINED.
February 28, 2002... Cross-examination of Pietersburg rugby player Riaan Botha in the Tshepo Matloha murder trial is to start on Thursday. On Wednesday, Botha apologised to those wronged because he and co-accused Kobus Joubert had thrown Matloha's body in a dam...

ONE POLICEMAN KILLED, ANOTHER INJURED IN ROAD CRASH.
February 28, 2002... One policeman was killed and another seriously injured as they were attending to a road accident between Matatiele and Cedarville on Wednesday afternoon, police reported. Eastern Cape police said Sergeant ET Moabi and his colleague Sergeant...

TWO MEN ARRESTED FOR PE HOUSEBREAKING.
February 28, 2002... Two men were arrested on Wednesday after allegedly overpowering a 47-year-old man and robbing him at his Newton Park home in Port Elizabeth, police said on Thursday. Superintendent Johann van Greunen said the men allegedly arrived at Errol...

MBEKI OFF TO COMMONWEALTH HEADS OF GOVERNMENT MEETING.
February 28, 2002... President Thabo Mbeki will lead the South African delegation to the Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting which starts in Australia on Saturday. The President will be accompanied by his wife according to a Foreign Affairs Department...

POLICE SURPRISE WOULD-BE ROBBERS AT BENONI MALL.
February 28, 2002... Four men who were allegedly about to rob a Wimpy at the Benoni Lakeside Mall were "astounded" when undercover police officers arrested them on Wednesday, police said on Thursday. Superintendent Eugene Opperman said police received information...

STANDARD CORPORATE AND MERCHANT BANK FOREX OPENING RATES FOR FEB 28 2002.
February 28, 2002... Rates for amounts up to R 140 000 Bank Buying | Bank Selling Country Cur T/T Cheques Foreign | Cheques Foreign Notes | and T/T Notes QUOTATIONS ON BASIS RAND PER UNIT FOREIGN CURRENCY BRITISH STERLING GBP 15.9763 15.9348 15.9638 | 16.4071...

M3 GROWTH SEEN AT 13,5 PERCENT FOR JANUARY.
February 28, 2002... M3 was likely to have grown by 13,5% for January, on an annual basis, down from 17,0 percent for December, according to SCMB Securities. Previewing the release of money supply figures at 8am in Pretoria Friday, SCMB Securities said...

GAUTENG SETS TIGHT DEADLINE TO EXPAND MTCT PROGRAMME.
February 28, 2002... Gauteng has set itself a tight deadline for expanding the mother-to-child-transmission (MTCT) programme in the province, Premier Mbhazima Shilowa said on Thursday. Speaking at a seminar on quality health care, Shilowa said the provincial...

QUOTES OF THE WEEK.
February 28, 2002... A selection of quotes from and about southern and South Africa published in the media during the past week. This feature moves every Thursday. "Savimbi decided to rest. Confident, as always, he had nonetheless placed his units on alert. Too...

TWO SHOT DEAD IN APPARENT GANG-RELATED ATTACKS.
February 28, 2002... Two men were shot dead in Elsies River on the Cape Flats on Wednesday in what police believed to be gang-related attacks. Police spokesman Superintendent Wicus Holtzhausen said on Thursday that Peter Theys was walking in Buchurst Road when a...

ELDORADO POLICE FAILED TO SERVICE COMMUNITY: MEC.
February 28, 2002... The entire staff of Gauteng's Eldorado Park police station was being transferred elsewhere because they had failed to serve the community, provincial safety and liaison MEC Nomvula Mokonyane said on Thursday. "No member who had deprived the...

MAN, WOMAN FOUND SHOT DEAD, ANOTHER MAN WOUNDED.
February 28, 2002... The bodies of a man and a woman who were shot dead were found inside a car at Suiderberg, north of Pretoria, on Wednesday night, police reported on Thursday. A second man, who was shot and wounded, was found lying next to the car, Inspector...

CPIX RISES TO 7,1 PERCENT.
February 28, 2002... The CPIX measure of inflation stood at 7,1 percent last month -- up from 6,5 percent in December, Statistics SA reported on Thursday. It said the main contributors to 7,1 percent figure included annual increases in the price of food,...

BOTHA CROSS-EXAMINATION CONTINUES.
February 28, 2002... After apprehending Tshepo Matloha accused Riaan Botha beat him so badly that he could not walk by himself, the Pretoria High Court heard on Thursday. In cross examining Botha, Kobus Strydom, defence counsel for three of the accused, said his...

BULLET REMOVED FROM SUSPECT.
February 28, 2002... Police should know by next week whether Sizwe Gaqa was shot in the leg during a botched robbery that ended with the murder of a shebeen owner and his bodyguard. The truth should be revealed by ballistic tests on the bullet removed, by order...

INFLATION DATA HURT JSE.
February 28, 2002... The JSE moved south Thursday following the release on Wednesday of "alarming" producer price index figures. By noon the JSE overall index lost 1,6 percent to 10768. Losses ran virtually across the board with declining shares outnumbering...

FIRST NATIONAL BANK PUBLIC EXCHANGE RATES.
February 28, 2002... against the Rand on Thu 28 Feb 2002 for amounts up to R50 000 Bank Bank Bank Bank Currency Selling Buying Buying Buying Rate Rate TC's Notes Rand per Foreign Currency Unit USD US DOLLARS 11.5675 11.3229 11.2669 11.2419 GBP BRITISH STERLING...

JSE RENOVATES ONLINE SERVICE.
February 28, 2002... The JSE Securities Exchange South Africa on Thursday launched a new financial web portal to provide investors free access to delayed share prices, SENS announcements and key market indicators. Share tracking facilities and the prices of dual...

GAUTENG COMMITTED TO EXPANDING MTCT PROGRAMME.
February 28, 2002... Gauteng province is committed to expanding the mother-to-child-transmission (MTCT) programme to prevent the spread of HIV/Aids, Gauteng premier Mbhazima Shilowa said on Thursday. Speaking at a seminar on quality health care, Shilowa said a...

GAUTENG COMMITTED TO EXPANDING MTCT PROGRAMME.
February 28, 2002... (SUBS: CLARIFIES 2ND PAR TO SAY "CONFERENCE IN JOHANNESBURG", DROPS PREV EXPLANATION) Gauteng province is committed to expanding the mother-to-child-transmission (MTCT) programme to prevent the spread of HIV/Aids, Gauteng premier Mbhazima...

NO PROOF STAGGIE WAS MURDERED SAYS DEFENCE COUNSEL.
February 28, 2002... There was no proof that Hard Livings gang leader Rashaad Staggie was in fact murdered, it was contended in the Cape High Court on Thursday. Paul Eia, counsel for Abdus-Salaam Ebrahim, Mogamat Salie Abader and Moegamat Moegsien Mohamed, also...

LOVE YOUR HIV INFECTED CHILDREN: POPWHA.
February 28, 2002... Parents must learn that it is not a disgrace to be living with Aids and that giving love and support to infected children is of paramount importance, co-founder of Parents of People Living with HIV/Aids (Popwha) Dr Selma Browde said on...

ELANDS BAY CRAYFISH STAGE ANOTHER 'WALKOUT'.
February 28, 2002... About 600 tons of crayfish "walked out" of the sea onto the beach at Elands Bay on the Cape West Coast on Thursday -- the second such mass exodus within the last four weeks. Chief marine conservation inspector Andries Visser said the...

CONTINGENCY PLANS IN PLACE FOR ZIM: LEKOTA.
February 28, 2002... Defence Minister Mosiuoa Lekota said on Thursday although South Africa did not expect any major problems during the forthcoming elections in Zimbabwe, there were contingency plans in place in case of a crisis, SABC radio news reported. He...

PASO LEADERS MUST BE RELEASED AND SCHOOLS BE NORMAL.
February 28, 2002... The South African education system was "a time bomb waiting to explode", the Pan Africanist Congress said on Thursday. Addressing media in Johannesburg on the disruptions by PAC youths that have closed schools, PAC national organiser Themba...

ZUMA VISITS ZIMBABWE AHEAD OF COMMONWEALTH SUMMIT.
February 28, 2002... South African Deputy President Jacob Zuma visited Zimbabwe briefly overnight on Wednesday, the South African High Commission in Harare confirmed on Thursday. "We have no further information," an official said. Zuma's office on Wednesday said...

MATLOHA HURT SO BADLY HE COULD NOT WALK: COURT HEARS.
February 28, 2002... Riaan Botha, the former captain of the Noordelikes rugby club's first team, assaulted teenager Tshepo Matloha so badly he could not walk, the Pretoria High Court heard on Thursday. Botha denied the allegation, put to him by Kobus Strydom,...

FARMER ARRESTED, SHUCKED PERLEMOEN SEIZEDs.
February 28, 2002... A farmer was arrested and shucked perlemoen (abalone) worth almost R700000 seized when police raided a barn in the small town of Baardskeerdersbos in the Southern Cape on Wednesday. Police spokesman Inspector Eben Groenewald said a special...

POLICE RECOVER MEDICINE WORTH R200000, THREE ARRESTED.
February 28, 2002... Three people, including two Zimbabwean women, were arrested on Wednesday after police recovered stolen medicine worth an estimated R200000 at a house in Umtata, police reported. Superintendent Nondumiso Jafta on Thursday said the two women...

SENIOR REGAL BANK OFFICERS COMMITTED FRAUD: REPORT.
February 28, 2002... Former Regal Treasury Private Bank chief executive Jeff Levenstein and chairman Jack Lurie should be prosecuted for fraud, senior advocate Johan Myburgh recommended on Thursday. In a report on Regal's downfall, Myburgh said the bank was run...

SA WATER PROGRAMME IN LINE FOR INTERNATIONAL AWARD.
February 28, 2002... Government's success in working away more than half of the estimated 14-million backlog of rural South Africans without access to a basic supply of fresh drinking water, has put it in line for an international award. The department of water...

TEACHER AND PUPIL DIES IN UMTATA ACCIDENT.
February 28, 2002... Two people were killed and 11 others were injured when a minibus taxi they were travelling in overturned on the N2 at Gwatyubeni village in the Tsolo area on Thursday, Umtata police reported. Superintendent Nondumiso Jafta said a teacher...

P2: FARMER ARRESTED, SHUCKED PERLEMOEN SEIZED.
February 28, 2002... In Gordon's Bay, police arrested a 24-year-old man and confiscated 17 perlemoen and diving equipment after a brief chase. Inspector Herman Ras said the man "slammed on his brakes" when he saw a police roadblock and made a U-turn. He sped off...

IMPERIAL HOLDINGS LIFTS EARNINGS 17 PERCENT.
February 28, 2002... JSE-listed Imperial Holdings has lifted headline earnings per share by 17 percent to 273 cents for the six months ended December 25 last year. The group said on Thursday it expected a challenging second half but remained optimistic and would...

CPIX AT 7,1 PERCENT.
February 28, 2002... The CPIX measure of inflation stood at 7,1 percent last month -- up from 6,5 percent in December, Statistics SA reported on Thursday. It said the main contributors to the 7,1 percent figure included annual increases in the price indices for...

COURT HEARS OF DESPERATE PLANS TO FOIL MANDRAX BUST.
February 28, 2002... The Johannesburg Regional Court on Thursday heard of desperate plans that were made in an attempt to stop police and custom officials getting their hands on a massive consignment of drugs smuggled into South Africa from Indonesia. The drugs...

NORMALISED PORTS OPERATIONS CUT INTO TRADE SURPLUS.
February 28, 2002... South Africa's trade surplus has dropped to R0,3 billion for January from December's R5,5 billion surplus. Standard Bank's Economics Division said on Thursday a 37% m/m rise in imports in January largely reflected "the payback following the...

SABC, RAPPORTRYERBEWEGING SIGN AGREEMENT.
February 28, 2002... The SA Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) and the Rapportryerbeweging on Thursday signed an agreement to settle their differences with regard to payment of television licences fees, the public broadcaster said in a statement. The agreement came...

FOREX CLOSING RATES.
February 28, 2002... Rates for amounts up to R 140 000 Bank Buying | Bank Selling Country Cur T/T Cheques Foreign | Cheques Foreign Notes | and T/T Notes QUOTATIONS ON BASIS RAND PER UNIT FOREIGN CURRENCY BRITISH STERLING GBP 15.9180 15.8765 15.9055 | 16.3488...

SENIOR LAND BANK OFFICIAL ARRESTED FOR FAKE ID.
February 28, 2002... A senior Land Bank official was arrested at her Pretoria office on Wednesday after allegedly being found in possession of a fake identity document and passport, the Home Affairs Department announced on Thursday. The woman, corporate finances...

RUGBY CAPTAIN HURT MATLOHA SO HE COULDN'T WALK, COURT HEARS.
February 28, 2002... According to some of his co-accused, Riaan Botha, former captain of the Noordelikes rugby club's first team, assaulted Tshepo Matloha so badly after apprehending him that he could not walk, the Pretoria High Court heard on Thursday. Kobus...

THE REGIONAL FORECAST FOR TOMORROW:.
February 28, 2002... THE REGIONAL WEATHER FORECAST FOR TOMORROW: 2002-03-01. ISSUED AT 16:00 SAST BY THE SOUTH AFRICAN WEATHER SERVICE. GAUTENG: Partly cloudy and warm but hot in the north. The expected UVB sunburn index in Pretoria: Very dangerous. MPUMALANGA:...

GAUTENG COMMITTED TO EXPANDING MTCT PROGRAMME.
February 28, 2002... (SUBS: CLARIFIES 4TH PAR TO READ AS DURING THE NEXT FINANCIAL YEAR AND NOT AS PREVIOUSLY STATED) Gauteng province is committed to expanding the mother-to-child-transmission (MTCT) programme to prevent the spread of HIV/Aids, Gauteng premier...

THE TRAVELLERS FORECAST FOR TOMORROW:.
February 28, 2002... TRAVELLERS WEATHER FORECAST FOR TOMORROW: 2002-03-01 ISSUED AT 16:00 SAST BY THE SOUTH AFRICAN WEATHER SERVICE. PRETORIA: Partly cloudy. Minimum/Maximum: 16/31 C. The expected UVB sunburn index in Pretoria: Very Dangerous. JOHANNESBURG:...

INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC EXPEDITION IN NAMIBIA.
February 28, 2002... An international scientific expedition will be made to the Brandberg Mountains in Namibia in March to further investigate the discovery of a possible new insect order, the Namibian Press Agency reported on Thursday. The Namibian Basic...

STAGGIE TRIAL UNFAIR: DEFENCE TEAM.
February 28, 2002... The defence team in the Staggie murder trial in the Cape High Court claimed on Thursday that their four clients had not had a fair trial. Among the reasons given was the unethical conduct of the former prosecutor in the case, Willie Viljoen,...

KERSAF ANNOUNCE 27 PERCENT JUMP IN REVENUES.
February 28, 2002... Kersaf Investments Limited (Kersaf) announced on Thursday a 27 percent jump in revenues to R1759-billion for the six months ending December 31 2001. Company chairman Buddy Hawton said the results had been achieved against some of the...

POLICE CHIEFS FOCUS ON MONEY LAUNDERING.
February 28, 2002... African police commissioners have declared war on money laundering, and have formed partnerships against the crime. The formation by 11 members of the Regional Police Commissioners' Co-ordinating Committee this week followed their three-day...

TULI ELEPHANT HANDLER LOST TEMPER: NSPCA.
February 28, 2002... An elephant handler hit one of the 30 Tuli elephants imported from Botswana in 1998 when he lost his temper with the "fidgeting" animal, a NSPCA monitor testified in the Pretoria Regional Court on Thursday. The handler, Wayne Stockigt, has...

OMAR WARNS OF TAXI DISRUPTION BID.
February 28, 2002... People with financial interests at stake were trying to wreck the government's taxi recapitalisation process, Transport Minister Dullah Omar said on Thursday. Speaking at the inauguration in Cape Town of the Western Cape Taxi Council, he...

JSE, RAND, BONDS WEAKEN.
February 28, 2002... The JSE overall index closed 1,2 percent lower at 10814 Thursday as poor inflation data released this week raised the spectre of interest rate hikes. The furniture and appliances sector lost 6,6 percent. The banks sector dipped 0,9 percent on...

OPERATION TSIPA IN FULL SWING IN NORTHERN CAPE.
February 28, 2002... A total of 183 people were arrested in Kimberly, Galeshewe and Roodepan during the past week as Operation Tsipa moved into full swing in the Northern Cape, police said on Thursday. Superintendent Hendrik Swart said 88 people were arrested for...

EASTERN CAPE WOMAN DIES IN BLOEMFONTEIN CRASH.
February 28, 2002... A woman was killed and seven others, including two children, sustained minor injuries when a bus they were travelling in overturned on the N1 highway near Bloemfontein on Wednesday, police said. Inspector Samuel Makhele said on Thursday the...

SPUR BEEFS UP RESULTS.
February 28, 2002... The Spur group has again whetted investor appetites with a selection of sizzling results, boosting turnover 11 percent to R71,8 million for the six months ended December 2001 (2000: R64,9 million). Even with dilution due to conversion of 6,7...

FOUR GUNMEN SHOOT THREE EC PEOPLE.
February 28, 2002... Three people were injured, one seriously, during a shooting spree by four men in Mdantsane on Wednesday evening, police said on Thursday. Inspector Stephen Marais said the shootings took place in NU9, NU11 and NU12 between 8pm and 9pm. The...

PUPIL, TEACHER KILLED IN ECAPE ACCIDENT, 16 INJURED.
February 28, 2002... A pupil and a school teacher were killed while 16 other people suffered injuries in two separate road accidents in Tsolo and Qumbu in the Eastern Cape on Thursday, police said. Superintendent Nondumiso Jafta said children from Mbutho Senior...

THREE NABBED AFTER HOSPITAL THEFT.
February 28, 2002... Drugs believed to have been stolen from the Umtata General Hospital's medical store and possibly on the way to Zimbabwe were confiscated in Umtata on Wednesday, Eastern Cape police said on Thursday. Superintendent Nondumiso Jafta said three...

KZN PREMIER TO FILE AIDS DRUG COURT PAPERS.
February 28, 2002... KwaZulu-Natal premier Lionel Mtshali will file court papers on Friday in support of a case by the Treatment Action Campaign (TAC) to force government to provide the anti-Aids drug, nevirapine, to HIV-positive pregnant women. Mtshali denied...

THURSDAY'S QUOTATIONS FOR UNIT TRUST FUNDS:.
February 28, 2002... MISSING GROUPS : Brait Mcubed EFFECTIVE ANNUALISED NAME BUY SELL YIELD DISTRIB HIGH LOW ------------------------------------------------------------------- ABSA Fund Managers: Aggressive FoF 135,32 129,37 -- 2,58 150,10 119,81 Balanced A...

THURSDAY'S QUOTATIONS FOR UNIT TRUST FUNDS:.
February 28, 2002... MISSING GROUPS : Brait Mcubed EFFECTIVE ANNUALISED NAME BUY SELL YIELD DISTRIB HIGH LOW Fairheads Intl Asset Mgrs: Balanced 117,44 111,73 -- 0,00 112,53 100,00 Balanced FoF 131,99 126,18 -- 0,00 130,52 124,56 Cash Plus 100,87 100,04 -- 0,66...

THURSDAY'S QUOTATIONS FOR UNIT TRUST FUNDS:.
February 28, 2002... MISSING GROUPS : Brait Mcubed EFFECTIVE ANNUALISED NAME BUY SELL YIELD DISTRIB HIGH LOW Investment Solutions UTs: Pure Equity 131,43 123,41 -- 0,00 127,81 93,86 Pure Fixed Int 99,87 98,66 -- 0,00 106,97 91,56 Superior Cash 102,55 101,42 --...

THURSDAY'S QUOTATIONS FOR UNIT TRUST FUNDS:.
February 28, 2002... MISSING GROUPS : Brait Mcubed EFFECTIVE ANNUALISED NAME BUY SELL YIELD DISTRIB HIGH LOW Sage Unit Trusts: C Wisdom FoF 581,86 562,72 -- 18,50 590,28 465,69 Fincl Services 1011,61 949,43 -- 42,80 1246,98 949,43 Fund 6256,47 5873,84 -- 174,30...

THURSDAY'S QUOTATIONS FOR UNIT TRUST FUNDS:.
February 28, 2002... MISSING GROUPS : Brait Mcubed EFFECTIVE ANNUALISED NAME BUY SELL YIELD DISTRIB HIGH LOW Oasis Crescent Mgmt Co: Balanced 138,76 131,11 -- 0,00 132,23 100,00 Cresc Equity 183,72 173,59 -- 0,00 173,91 93,99 Cresc Intl FoF 143,75 136,64 -- 0,00...

THURSDAY'S QUOTATIONS FOR UNIT TRUST FUNDS:.
February 28, 2002... MISSING GROUPS : Brait Mcubed EFFECTIVE ANNUALISED NAME BUY SELL YIELD DISTRIB HIGH LOW Standard Bank UT Namibia: Nam Cashplus 101,01 100,00 -- 0,00 100,00 99,84 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Woolworths:...

POLICE, HOME AFFAIRS SWOOP ON ALIENS.
February 28, 2002... Police and immigration officials arrested 180 people in a six-hour operation in Berea, Johannesburg on Thursday morning, Sergeant Amanda Roestoff reported. She said 176 illegal immigrants were arrested while four others were taken into...

LEGAL PRACTITIONERS BILL TO BE INTRODUCED IN PARLY.
February 28, 2002... The Reinstatement of Enrolment of Certain Legal Practitioners Bill will be introduced in Parliament, chairman of the Portfolio Committee on Justice and Constitutional Development, Johnny de Lange said on Thursday. He said the bill would aim...

SIX ILLEGAL WOMEN GET FINES, IMPRISONMENT.
February 28, 2002... Six women of Nigerian origin were fined R5000 each or eight-months imprisonment after they were found guilty of being in the country illegally on Wednesday. The Pretoria Magistrate's Court found the six, aged between 20 and 57, guilty of...

RCD SUSPENDS THREE SENIOR OFFICIALS: MUHAMBO.
February 28, 2002... As efforts to remove stumbling blocks at the Inter-Congolese talks at Sun City continued behind the scenes on Thursday, one of the Democratic Republic of Congo's main rebel groups -- the Congolese Rally for Democracy-Original -- announced the...

JSE, RAND, BONDS WEAKEN.
February 28, 2002... (REPEATS FOR THOSE NEEDING) The JSE overall index closed 1,2 percent lower at 10814 Thursday as poor inflation data released this week raised the spectre of interest rate hikes. The furniture and appliances sector lost 6,6 percent. The banks...

AMAKHOSI CRITICISE HEALTH MINISTER.
February 28, 2002... Eastern Cape traditional leaders criticised Health Minister Manto Tshabalala-Msimang for excluding them from government Aids policies at the launch of the provincial amakhosi task team on HIV/Aids on Thursday. The 20 member task team will...

NO TREASON CHARGE AGAINST TSVANGIRAI, MUGABE TELLS SA.
February 28, 2002... Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe has assured South Africa that opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai had not been charged with treason, the presidency said in Pretoria on Thursday. This transpired during a meeting between South African and...

ILLEGAL ALIENS ARRESTED.
February 28, 2002... Fourteen illegal immigrants were arrested in Cape Town on Tuesday, the Department of Home Affairs said in a statement on Thursday. The department said the arrests came after a crime prevention operation conducted by Home Affairs' Cape Town...

COSAS, ANCYL, WINNIE TO ENSURE CLASSES RESUME.
February 28, 2002... African National Congress Youth League (ANCYL) said on Thursday they were committed to ensure that classes at seven schools in Tsakane on the East Rand resume on Monday following week-long protests. The ANCYL, the Congress of SA Students and...

DIDIZA TO LAUNCH NWEST AGRICULTURE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME.
February 28, 2002... A programme designed to assist people in the rural areas gain access to land specifically for agricultural purposes will be launched in Potchefstroom on Friday, the Department of Land Affairs and Agriculture said on Thursday. The Land Reform...

THE EXPECTED MIN AND MAX TEMPS FOR TOMORROW:.
February 28, 2002... EXPECTED MINIMUM AND MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES FOR TOMORROW: 2002-03-01. ISSUED AT 16:00 SAST BY THE SOUTH AFRICAN WEATHER SERVICE. MIN MAX Pretoria 16 31 Johannesburg 14 27 Vereeniging 14 26 Nelspruit 19 29 Ermelo 15 27 Witbank 16 28 Standerton...

ROADBLOCKS SET UP AFTER CRAYFISH WALKOUT.
February 28, 2002... Provincial traffic authorities set up road blocks at the three roads leading out of Elands Bay on Thursday to prevent people carting off crayfish that "walked out" of the sea and onto the beach. A senior marine conservation inspector Johan...

GOVERNMENT SEEKS LEAVE TO APPEAL NEVIRAPINE JUDGMENT.
February 28, 2002... The government would on Friday seek leave to appeal to the Constitutional Court against a Pretoria High Court order that it make the anti-retroviral drug nevirapine available to all medically suited HIV-positive pregnant women and their...

MULTI-MILLION RAND FRAUD UNCOVERED IN NWEST GOVT OFFICES.
February 28, 2002... North West Province police are investigating a suspected multi-million rand fraud operation tied in to alleged fraudulent tender contracts in a number of provincial government departments. SAPS commercial crimes unit detectives on Thursday...

Inter-Congolese dialogue stutters.
February 28, 2002... Sun City, South Africa (PANA) - More consultations were expected Thursday about the Inter-Congolese Dialogue, suspended Tuesday over representation dispute. The 45-day peace talks were suspended a day after the official opening and since...

UNHCR official wants increased co-operation with Algeria.
February 28, 2002... Algiers, Algeria (PANA) - UN refugee agency (UNHCR) delegate in Algiers, Athar Sultan-Khan has called for the strengthening of co-operation between his organisation and Algeria, in refugee management. Speaking at the opening of a seminar...

Fovu and Bamboutos still lead Cameroonian championship.
February 28, 2002... Yaounde, Cameroon (PANA) - Cameroon's Fovu Baham and Bamboutos football clubs Wednesday confirmed their supremacy, with 1-0 victories over Cintra and Canon Yaounde, respectively, in the sixth round of the first division matches. ...

DR Congo's "Gaborone Group" leaves for Sun City.
February 28, 2002... Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) - Fifteen members of the unarmed political opposition representing what is referred to as the "Gaborone Group" left Kinshasa Wednesday evening for Sun City, South Africa, to attend the Inter-Congolese Dialogue which...

Mauritania's opposition leaders fear for their lives.
February 28, 2002... Byline: Bory Seyni, On special assignment Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Leaders of Mauritania's dissolved opposition Action for Change (AC), now live under State surveillance, worried about their freedom and safety, one of them said....

NGOs find activity in Mauritania risky.
February 28, 2002... Byline: Bory Seyni, On special assignment Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Some ten associations not recognised by the authorities in Mauritania maintain that advocating human rights in the country carries high risks, hence their option to...