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1405 5 March 99
Unita blames Luanda for bombs,
1406 19 Mar 99
Anglo urged to stay on,
Humanitarian crisis warning,
1408 16 April 99
Budget gives priority to defence, sees 95 per cent inflation,
Focus now is on defence of cities,
Luanda launches diplomatic effort to cut Unita's arms supply,
Meeting agreed on arms charge,
Zimbabwe, Namibia troops to fight against Unita,
1410 14 May 99
Government has four months to start economic reforms,
Unita near Luanda and could threaten oil installations,
Zambian, Angolan officials meet,
1401 8 Jan 99
Diamonds and oil war rages,
1402 22 Jan 99
West stays silent as Cubans return,
1403 5 Feb 99
President takes over control of government, armed forces,
1404 19 Feb 99
Mandela backs Zambia against n accusations,
Military experts predict Unita will have the upper hand,
1407 2 Apr 99
Unita assault steps up internal pressure on Dos Santos,
1413 25 June 99
UN to return as internal refugee situation grows critical
Unita 'shifting bases back again'
1414 9 July 99
UN's sanctions man defines art of the possible in closing down Unita
1417 20 Aug 99
Aid corridors to be forced through
1418 3 Sept 99
Government ratchets up war effort as Unita threat grows
1419 17 Sept 99
Heightened tension shows in angry words with SA
Unita arms suppliers exposed
Verbal commitments but no funding for UN sanctions body
1421 15 Oct 99
IMF postpones further talks
Luanda hails De Beers' embargo
Unita claims it is undeterred by MPLA offensive
1422 29 Oct 99
Unita's return to guerrilla tactics now anticipated
1423 12 Nov 99
Fighting spreads in south
German land-for-debt swap?
Government accused of planning to kidnap opponents abroad
UN sanctions team lacks funds
Zimbabwean troops 'involved in central highlands fighting'
1425 10 Dec 99
Civil society team press oil issue
Murky oil dealings of ultra-wealthy Luanda elite are exposed
Regional security deal cemented
Su-22s 'bought from Slovakia'
1411 28 May 99
Bank decides to let currency float
1412 11 June 99
Aid promises fail to materialise
UN envoy seeks tightening of anti-Unita sanctions
1415 23 July 99
IMF will implement economic monitoring in return for aid
1420 1 Oct 99
Government offensive may precede new talks
Sandline win contract
Spending cuts in 'serious' situation
1424 26 Nov 99
Endgame for Savimbi as UK joins hardline camp?
1416 6Aug99
Joint military meeting at critical time in Windhoek
No election surprises foreseen
1405 5 March 99
Economy deteriorates as ban on foreign currencies bites,
Gecamines assets seized in SA,
Great Lakes conflict moves up international agenda,
Opposition leader forms party,
1406 19 Mar 99
Rebels upbeat about advances,
Reshuffle fails to widen Kabila's narrow political base, 1
1408 16 April 99
Opposition rejects Kabila's call for national debate,
1401 8 Jan 99
Rebels advance, seek to settle internal disputes,
1402 22 Jan 99
Civil society organisations launch their own peace plan,
1403 5 Feb 99
Bar on gold, diamond areas,
Kabila's multiparty system unanimously rejected,
1407 2 Apr 99
Rebels find unity hard to achieve,
1409 30 Apr 99
Chiluba says Libyan peace pact not binding as rebels stay away,
Kabila sets up his one party state,
1413 25 June 99
Ceasefire agreement will be difficult to implement
1414 9 July 99
Questions left hanging after adoption of ceasefire agreement
1416 6Aug99
Kabila reverses position and seeks Mbeki's help
1417 20 Aug 99
Economy cannot sustain the war
Zuma is 'hijacked' by Rwandans on assessment visit
1419 17 Sept 99
UN role is played down even before peace process begins
1422 29 Oct 99
First Hague hearings in Kabila's case against neighbours
1423 12 Nov 99
Ceasefire is void, say all rebel groups as fighting flares again
UN observers go in
Zimbabwean interests lose out as Belgian takes over at Gecamines
1425 10 Dec 99
Offshore bank finances projects in rebel territory
1412 11 June 99
More talks about talks while fighting continues
1415 23 July 99
UN chief talks of 'thousands' of peace-keepers going in
1420 1 Oct 99
UN waits in the wings as war continues to rage
1424 26 Nov 99
Fighting intensifies as Zimbabwe considers escalation
Iran alleged to sell Scud missiles
1405 5 March 99
Last-ditch hard-sell by protagonists of EU pact,
1406 19 Mar 99
Attack of nerves over EU crisis,
1410 14 May 99
Mandela forced to tread carefully in Kosovo minefield,
1401 8 Jan 99
Trade deal 'within reach' but EU pressure stays for fisheries access,
1402 22 Jan 99
Kurdish chief may head for SA,
Meeting ahead on trade deal,
1403 5 Feb 99
Foreign sentiment stays negative as SA stresses 'sound' economy,
Free trade agreement could be in force by early 2000,
Highest level Chinese visit to SA,
1404 19 Feb 99
SA's naval orders may run into German political storm,
Suspense over the SA-EU deal,
Swiss probe apartheid financing,
US-SA anti-crime body launched,
1407 2 Apr 99
European council finally approves Free Trade Agreement,
Government condemns air strikes,
No opening for EU fishing vessels,
1409 30 Apr 99
Mandela thanks Russians,
1424 26 Nov 99
Kuwait and SA in military pact?
1414 9 July 99
Finland to focus on Africa during EU presidency
1416 6Aug99
US trade and investment deal
1421 15 Oct 99
Coup scuppers possible SA Kashmir mediation
Tanzania bomb blast suspect picked up in SA
1422 29 Oct 99
Pentagon creates centre for African strategic studies
1425 10 Dec 99
EU and ACP countries still failing to reach agreement
Military deal with Malaysia
Swiss clear intelligence service
1411 28 May 99
SA interested in buying Libyan oil
Saudi group to invest R3bn
1412 11 June 99
Milosevic's son 'transfers funds'
1420 1 Oct 99
Swiss probe into Basson's links
1401 8 Jan 99
Intervention may have been illegal,
1402 22 Jan 99
Mutineers return to their cells,
1409 30 Apr 99
Troops in final withdrawal,
1412 11 June 99
Army training begins
1410 14 May 99
Germany backs opposition call to postpone polls,
1404 19 Feb 99
Government under fire over constituency demarcation,
1407 2 Apr 99
Court bars opposition plan,
1413 25 June 99
Violence follows election
1414 9 July 99
Corruption fight takes new shape after election
1416 6Aug99
Growth rate not sufficient to reduce poverty
Illegal cross-border trade costs millions in forex
1418 3 Sept 99
Muluzi clamps down
1419 17 Sept 99
EU warns of 'explosive' situation
1422 29 Oct 99
EU seeks to avert 'explosive' AIDS crisis
Mozambique
1410 14 May 99
US Pande gas deal is largest investment yet,
1404 19 Feb 99
Future arms purchases 'may be tied to Russia',
1407 2 Apr 99
General elections may be delayed,
1413 25 June 99
Military may be trained in Nigeria
Resolving Russian debt issue and improved relief may cause delays
1414 9 July 99
Foreign debt cut by 3.7bn dollars
1417 20 Aug 99
Major titanium find in Chibuto
1419 17 Sept 99
Demonstrators march for Timor
First diamond prospecting licence
French navy to monitor coast
1421 15 Oct 99
First stock exchange opens
1425 10 Dec 99
Massive turn-out in 'intrinsically democratic election'
1420 1 Oct 99
Foreign investment grows
1402 22 Jan 99
Government signals withdrawal,
1407 2 Apr 99
Nujoma shifts Toivo to labour ministry,
1414 9 July 99
Arrests ahead for Lubowski killing
1416 6Aug99
Opposition party names leaders
Rebel attack in Caprivi has potential to spill over borders
1418 3 Sept 99
Epupa delays hurting Namibia
More Caprivi attacks may follow
1425 10 Dec 99
Clear majority and fair economic prospects for Swapo
1411 28 May 99
Government spurns private Aids donation programme
1406 19 Mar 99
Mutilated Burundians kept waiting for SA crutches,
New urgency enters security chiefs' quest for peace force,
1408 16 April 99
SA Customs Union support still needed to effect EU deal,
SA expected to invest in Libya,
Visit shows warm Morocco links,
1410 14 May 99
Zimbabwe blames SA over continuing Angolan war,
1401 8 Jan 99
Security for aid agencies looms larger after UN planes downed,
1404 19 Feb 99
US gets a role in regional peace-keeping exercise,
1407 2 Apr 99
Differences remain over support for African crisis force,
1413 25 June 99
Burundi talks to SA generals
Foreign policy shifts a gear as Mbeki takes on the Congo war
1417 20 Aug 99
Hot pursuit from Caprivi into neighbouring countries promised
Nigeria seeks closer relations with SA and its neighbours
Summit leaves regional security control issue still unresolved
1418 3 Sept 99
Ceasefire finally signed, but peace force doubts are growing
Commercial airlines defy ban
Rebels show little enthusiasm for SA mediation call
1419 17 Sept 99
SA bank sues Ugandan military
World Bank steps in, but AIDS still too delicate for presidents
1421 15 Oct 99
Algeria spent most on SA arms
Lesotho Highlands bribery
Rwanda, ANC in talks
SA, Nigeria strategic relationship
Two views on corruption highlighted at conference
1422 29 Oct 99
Botswana 'best risk' for French
Lesotho families to be compensated for apartheid raids
1423 12 Nov 99
Higher profile for SA in Burundi mediation effort
1425 10 Dec 99
Amnesty slams Pretoria for letting Mengistu return
Stability and good governance head SA priorities
Zimbabwe faces moment of truth as troops are trapped in war
1412 11 June 99
Sasol-Chevron project for Nigeria
1415 23 July 99
Beginning of long haul as SADC trade talks founder
1424 26 Nov 99
Eritrea 'buying used MiGs'
SA firms boost Nigerian bourse
1405 5 March 99
Review of lending laws ahead,
Shock survey announces one in eight adults carries AIDS virus,
Surplus rifles to be destroyed,
1406 19 Mar 99
Emigration still drains skills pool,
1408 16 April 99
Zuma not to be pursued for play,
1410 14 May 99
Aids deaths declared notifiable,
Armed robberies and car hijackings on the rise,
1401 8 Jan 99
AIDS murder slammed by UN,
Phosa launches purge,
R50m for development agency,
Racially divided unions merge,
1402 22 Jan 99
Countryside hit by crime,
Muslim radicals take over vigilante group,
1409 30 Apr 99
Crime figures still not better,
Drug companies asked to cut AIDS medicine prices,
1413 25 June 99
Crime still increasing
1416 6Aug99
Education in crisis says minister
1417 20 Aug 99
Affirmative action overturned
Basic income grant planned
Furore over gun control mounts
1418 3 Sept 99
FBI-style unit will intercept communications
Heath faces high court challenge
Koeberg to store spent fuel
Proceeds of crime law tightened
Quest for cheap anti-AIDS drugs may yield results
1421 15 Oct 99
Another N-power station?
Anti-witchcraft campaign in North
Large-scale privatisation looms in structurally adjusting Jo'burg
R2 million from Rolls Royce
Rape ad censored as 'anti-men'
1422 29 Oct 99
Better management may be crime solution says new police chief
1423 12 Nov 99
AZT bar 'may be unconstitutional'
Selebi will drive for more recruits
Telcomms authority slammed
1425 10 Dec 99
Confidence in police crumbles after Cape bomb blasts
Crime rate highest since 1994
New corruption unit to be set up
1411 28 May 99
ANC's achievements and failures
Gauteng Aids losses forecast
1415 23 July 99
Gun control law draws flak
Population now over 43 million
1420 1 Oct 99
Code of conduct for soldiers
Land process unblocked
New police unit target officials
One out of four police illiterate
Prison building booms
Report on traditional leaders soon
1424 26 Nov 99
Additional anti-corruption units?
Wars mop up smuggled AKs
1406 19 Mar 99
Business confidence rises slightly,
Gold price will be hit by sell-off,
1408 16 April 99
Jobs anxiety over IMF gold sale,
Plans to ease labour law signal belief that militant era is over,
1410 14 May 99
Business confidence improves,
1401 8 Jan 99
Long transition period before fuel deregulation,
1403 5 Feb 99
Industrialists pessimistic,
Murder may hit Asian investment,
Probe puts Reserve Bank 'independence' under spotlight,
1404 19 Feb 99
Defence budget stays constant,
Eskom prepares for privatisation,
Pre-election budget wins predictable plaudits from all sides,
Saudi mega-deal delayed,
1407 2 Apr 99
Growth forecast for Mpumalanga,
1409 30 Apr 99
Backlash hits black business elite,
Elections 'may postpone economic recovery',
1414 9 July 99
French agency to invest $50m
1416 6Aug99
No more support for falling Rand
1418 3 Sept 99
Billion dollar saving made on arms purchase contract
Massive strike changes relationship with ANC
Mboweni supports inflation targeting
Real GDP continues to increase
1421 15 Oct 99
No shield for Rand
1422 29 Oct 99
ANC eyes tighter capital controls as it manoeuvres inside Gear
Boardrooms remain white
Mbeki begins top level consultations
Merger of financial markets proposed
Millennium bug will hit SA markets
1423 12 Nov 99
Black firm buys into Engen
1425 10 Dec 99
Business confidence near nine-year high, but job prospects dim
1411 28 May 99
ANC and PAC most optimistic
Major tasks loom for government
New government under constraint as it seeks jobs and investment
Public servants to be redeployed
1415 23 July 99
Angry protests over gold sales spread throughout region
Some signs finance department may be challenged on orthodoxy
1420 1 Oct 99
Campaign seeks to win recruits
Few jobs in gold price rebound
Tourism employment hopes rise as gold and construction fade
1424 26 Nov 99
Growth fastest in two years
1405 5 March 99
Election date announced,
Expelled Mzimela joins UDM,
Ramaphosa's departure raises key black empowerment issues,
Richmond killings linked to former police and army,
Top ANC leadership fails to secure amnesty,
Vlakplaas killers get amnesty,
1406 19 Mar 99
ANC vulnerable after Boesak trial,
Fears of pre-election violence on the rise as UDM strength grows,
Land reform further off agenda,
Military Intelligence role questioned after faulty arrest,
Top military officers flooding out,
1408 16 April 99
Hani decision boosts TRC and clears air between ANC and allies,
1410 14 May 99
Little evidence to buttress 'two-thirds majority' alarm,
New attack revives nervousness about media freedom,
Political pact undisturbed by huge arms cache in KwaZulu-Natal,
1401 8 Jan 99
71 arrested for rural attacks,
Boesak's discharge denied,
Foreign affairs gets deputy D-G,
Top police probe KZN violence,
Women's leader Nyembe dies,
1402 22 Jan 99
Crime levels up in 1998 despite police ministry's protestations,
Government launches first anti-terrorism campaign,
IFP, ANC assassinations,
New poll shows ANC vote rising,
Revamp for under-resourced foreign affairs department,
1403 5 Feb 99
Bank 'ran dirty tricks fund',
Concern over racial polarisation,
Mixed review of ANC's first years,
Nkabinde's funeral pulls in IFP,
Phosa out in the cold after corruption furore,
Registration credibility low as halfway mark reached,
1404 19 Feb 99
Mbeki engineers election list to gain maximum party unity,
New KZN premier revives divisions ahead of election,
White union creates jobs network,
1407 2 Apr 99
Chemical war evidence suspect,
Constituency system mooted,
Defections hit NP in Western Cape,
Guns still being smuggled into KZN says exonerated McBride,
Jobs top voters' concerns,
Shape of Mbeki's new cabinet still murky to the view,
1409 30 Apr 99
ANC edges to two-third majority,
Battles flare as UDM steals votes,
Mbeki's republic takes shape with purge of provincial premiers,
New NP rejects white coalition,
Self-censorship fear after sacking,
TRC in prosecution talks,
1413 25 June 99
Mbeki's personal stamp goes onto cabinet centred on presidency
Mtshali reappointed KZN premier
New ministers and their deputies
Provincial premiers list
Sexwale enters diamond business
Violence threats in Cape
1414 9 July 99
Doubts raised over army's preparedness for peace role
Massive job losses on mines and in industry signal crisis for Mbeki
No general amnesty, says new justice minister
1416 6Aug99
Basson's property to be seized
Call is revived for blanket amnesty despite TRC process
New land strategy will seek to maintain agricultural output
UDM strategises in the face of persistent race politics
1417 20 Aug 99
Intelligence agencies for shake up
More moves to freeze DP out
Outspoken government attacks on unions as strike action spreads
1418 3 Sept 99
Land Bank chief to face inquiry
NNP calls on opposition parties to join forces
1419 17 Sept 99
Ambassadors quizzed over arms procurement kick-back claims
Audits which undermined cuts theme are quietly buried
Cosatu discovers its weakness and Mbeki his strength
Radebe composes new script for public enterprise privatisation
1421 15 Oct 99
Intelligence Bill approved
1422 29 Oct 99
Afrikaner leaders plead for minority rights
Pressure on for constitutional shake-up as provinces atrophy
Workers against Johannesburg plan
1423 12 Nov 99
Olive branch offered to bitter public service over job losses
Opposition parties moot realignment summit
1425 10 Dec 99
Foreign intelligence chief will be at Buthelezi's side
New head for foreign affairs
1411 28 May 99
Amnesty for ex-security police
Few prepared to guess ahead of mid-June cabinet announcement
Mbeki seeks law change to allow general amnesties to be granted
Move to ethnic identity
1412 11 June 99
ANC landslide was verdict on white opposition
National election results
Pockets of UDM support spoil ANC victory ride
1415 23 July 99
Land Bank head challenged on alleged racism, nepotism
Unions plan mass action to slow down market driven job losses
1420 1 Oct 99
Centralised administration means ministers are on short leash
Nkabinde embarrassment ahead
Review ahead of spies' misconduct
1424 26 Nov 99
Affirmative action into operation
Arms deal runs into flak as benefits are questioned
Basson documents 'too secret'
SABC board choices sound knell for white liberals in public life
Spying incidents raise concerns
1406 19 Mar 99
Electricity may come from Congo,
1402 22 Jan 99
Public outcry over chiefs' law,
1424 26 Nov 99
Rwandan helicopters seized
1405 5 March 99
Bombs in capital bring calls for more defence spending,
1406 19 Mar 99
Journalists charged with spying,
1401 8 Jan 99
Lack of enthusiasm for election,
Political detainees get costs,
1403 5 Feb 99
More control on Angolan refugees,
1404 19 Feb 99
EU to resume aid to ,
1418 3 Sept 99
Tazara rail line to be privatised
1423 12 Nov 99
Government caves in and sells off copper mines to Anglo
SA team checks on assassination
1411 28 May 99
Ndola fire may hit Unita's covert fuel supply lines
1415 23 July 99
Copper mine layoffs ahead of long-delayed privatisation
1410 14 May 99
Libya bail-out to arrive 'soon',
1405 5 March 99
Trade unions to form party.,
1408 16 April 99
Russian attack helicopters may be sought for Congo war,
Zanu seeks to streamline its secret business empire,
1401 8 Jan 99
Offer of free trade with SA,
1402 22 Jan 99
Boka Bank 'was smuggling funds abroad for government',
Former president Banana jailed,
Violent military reaction appears to confirm story of coup plot,
1403 5 Feb 99
Arms imports for Congo war 'will cost 2% of GDP',
Corruption was rampant at state oil company,
Local poverty increases, infrastructure collapses,
SA black business seeks investments,
1407 2 Apr 99
Constitutional talks collapse amid new threats to media,
1409 30 Apr 99
Talk inside the military is of Mugabe's private war gain,
1413 25 June 99
Ghost of Zapu past rises over Nkomo's sick-bed
1414 9 July 99
Mugabe comes nearer apology for massacres in Matabeleland
Opposition considers its chances for forthcoming election
1416 6Aug99
Indigenisation battle inside major finance company
1417 20 Aug 99
Arms deal collapses as Kabila reneges on promise to Mugabe
1418 3 Sept 99
IMF 'good news' spells higher inflation and gloom
1419 17 Sept 99
Case exacerbates judicial tensions
New party's policies will make it vulnerable to attack
1421 15 Oct 99
IMF turns its gaze away from real cost of Congo war
1422 29 Oct 99
New budget fails to reassure
1423 12 Nov 99
Mugabe makes fresh concessions over massacres
1425 10 Dec 99
Clamp on forex holdings
1411 28 May 99
More money sought to fund intervention in Congo war
Rail give-away heralds privatisation boom for elite
1412 11 June 99
Mining sector 'no longer viable'
Terrorism charge dropped
1415 23 July 99
IMF agrees to lend US$200m
Mugabe counts mounting costs of his Congo intervention
1420 1 Oct 99
Military companies reveal aim of profiting from Congo link
1424 26 Nov 99
Constitution making process nears conclusion