Yearly Archives: 1999

Results Group 1, at Orlando Stadium South Africa (0) 2 (Steve Lekoelea 68, Siyabonga Nomvete 77) Algeria (0) 0 At Rand Stadium Uganda (0) 2 (Morley Byekwaso 48, Willy Kyambadde 3) Mali (0) 0 Standings (Played, won, drawn, lost, goals for, against, points) South Africa 1 1 0 0 2 0 3 Uganda 1 0 […]

THE 11th International Conference on Aids and Sexually Transmitted Diseases in Africa takes place in the Zambian capital Lusaka from September 12 to 16. The theme of the conference is “Looking into the Future: Setting Priorities for HIV/Aids in Africa”. Sub-Saharan Africa is home to more than 70% of the world’s 33,4-million people living with […]

ANDY COLQUHOUN, Durban | Saturday 8.00pm. THE Lions had clearly not been privy to the script planned for a regal farewell to some of South African rugby’s great and the good as they claimed the last Currie Cup of the millennium to complete a remarkable transformation of the union in 1999. The planned parting present […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Cape Town | day 12.45pm. THE Giddings family from England, injured in the Planet Hollywood bomb blast 13 months ago, were invited to the city for a “friendly meeting” but they weren’t smiling afterwards, the Cape Times reported on Friday. Planet Hollywood bomb blast victims who expected to be compensated for injuries in […]

THE Y2K Decision Support Centre said on Friday there were no “9999” computer glitches reported in South Africa. The “9999” problem is due to Thursday’s date being the 9th day of the 9th month in year 99 which in some computer programs is read as “end-of-file”. The problem caused the indefinite closure of China’s only […]

THE government of Democratic Republic of Congo president Laurent Kabila, has accused the rebels of breaking a ceasefire signed by all parties to the conflict. The general staff of the Congolese Armed Forces said that rebel forces on Wednesday carried out several attacks against government positions and are seeking to gain ground. He said the […]

ANDREW MUCHINERIPI at Orlando Stadium, Johannesburg | Friday 10.00am. South Africa (0) 2 (Steve Lekoelea 68, Siyabonga Nomvete 77) Algeria (0)0 STEVE Lekoelea is rapidly assuming the same role in South African soccer that David Beckham occupies with Manchester United and England. While Beckham is an established master at curling free kicks into the roof […]

EMMANUEL CHISUPA, Johannesburg | Friday 10.00am. Uganda (0) 2 (Morley Byekwaso 48, Willy Kyambadde 53) Mali (0) 0 A CROWD composed almost exclusively of schoolchildren at Rand Stadium saw Uganda spring the first surprise of the All Africa Games football tournament with a comfortable Group 1 victory. Mali, who entered the field as favourites because […]

Savage violence in East Timor and Indonesia’s stubborn refusal to accept international peacekeepers has left the United Nations facing one of its starkest dilemmas – and choices ranging from difficult to impossible. In an eerie repeat of events surrounding the Angolan elections in 1992, the UN, having organised the referendum which produced an overwhelming vote […]

Sex workers in Kenya have provided scientists with the tools to develop a trial vaccine against HIV. David Gough reports from Nairobi Majengo, a slum area of the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, is a sprawling maze of narrow alleys and paths scored by the open flow of untreated sewage. About 80 000 people live among the […]