Yearly Archives: 1999

SAUDI ARABIA and Tunisia have agreed to hold joint naval exercises, Saudi Defence Minister Prince Sultan bin Abdel Aziz announced on Sunday. Prince Sultan said the decision was reached in talks with his visiting Tunisian counterpart, Habib Ben Yahia. But he did not give a date or location. In a sign of improved contacts between […]

SOUTH AFRICAN President Thabo Mbeki flew to Tanzania on Sunday for talks with President Benjamin Mkapa and an address on promoting democracy in southern Africa. Mkapa is expected to meet Mbeki at the airport in Dar es Salaam and host the South African leader at a dinner late Sunday. On Monday, Mbeki is due to […]

THE first UN military observers sent to supervise a ceasefire in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) took up their functions Thursday, Interior Minister Gaetan Kakudji announced. Under the command of Colonel James Ellery, of Britain, who is based in Kinshasa, the UN mission’s first task will be to deploy representatives in the capitals of […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Cairo | Sunday 3.50pm. EGYPTIANS went to the polls Sunday for a yes-or-no vote aimed at giving a popular stamp of support to a fourth term in office for President Hosni Mubarak. The 71-year-old leader has pledged to take cautious steps toward democracy, hinted at a cabinet reshuffle and promised to pursue economic […]

LEHLO “Hands of Stone” Ledwaba makes the first defence of his IBF junior featherweight world title on Saturday night in San Diego. Ledwaba was to have defended his title last month at the Carousel, but the fight fell through when his opponent Adrian Kaspari withdrew from the bout for medical reasons. An added bonus is […]

ORGANISERS at the world netball championships in New Zealand, which are due to start on Tuesday, are having trouble locating the Botswana team. The southern Africans have as yet not arrived in the country, but the Malawian team arrived at long last, four days late. The championship organisers aren’t confident that Botswana will take up […]

THE Cape rugby club involved in a brawl in which several people were assaulted, one seriously, has been fined R5000 and suspended indefinitely. Paarl Rangers fans allegedly assaulted Herman Abrahams, the manager of club rugby in the WPRFU, and two referees, Theuns Griebenow and Michael Vermeulen after a match on 18 September between Rangers and […]

THE All Blacks leave New Zealand Thursday for the Rugby World Cup in Britain injury-free and in form after a tense final work out. The squad was put through sprint work and a robust game of touch and although several players left early, medical staff said there were no significant problems. Flyhalf Andrew Mehrtens, whose […]

EGYPT and Wales will clash in the final of the squash World Team Championship, in Cairo after beating Australia and England in their respective semi-finals on Tuesday. Although the result was in defiance of seedings, Egypt’s 3-0 win over Australia was no great shock. But Wales, who finished 12th in this biennial event last time, […]