Yearly Archives: 1999

ROB DAVIES, Johannesburg | Saturday 5.00pm. THE Golden Lions under coach Laurie Mains were unstoppable in their 81-21 thrashing of the South Western Districts Eagles in a Bankfin Currie Cup semi-final at Ellis Park on Saturday. The Lions showed the visitors no mercy and piled on 46 points in the first half, to which the […]

BRENDON Dedekind demolished his sixth Africa record of the Telkom national short course championships in Johannesburg on Sunday morning, shattering the 50m butterfly mark. Dedekind finished his heat in 24,02 seconds, thrashing more than half-a-second off Andrew Bradley’s year-old 24,62 mark. The new mark is Dedekind’s sixth record in 11 swims at the four-day gala. […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Tuesday 11.00am. Tradition suggests South Africa will be strong challengers at the All-Africa Games football tournament with five of the previous six hosts reaching the final. Congo, Nigeria and Algeria won the first three championships and Kenya and Zimbabwe were beaten by Egypt, who flopped at home in 1991 when Cameroon […]

KWARA United of Nigeria beat Zamalek of Egypt 2-1 in the first leg of the CAF Cup quarter-finals Saturday. Peter Tonye scored for Kwara in the 31st minute only for Rady Ahmad to equalise ten minutes later. Seyi Olafin scored the winner for Kwara in the 75th minute.

THE Mauritius government has decided to privatise the job of collecting and putting down stray dogs. It claims the Mauritius Society For the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals can no longer do the job. Stray dogs are a serious problem in Mauritius. The animals are all over the place, including important public places like the […]

POLITICAL parties were on Monday asked to consider changes to the Powers and Privileges of Parliament Act, the legislation that gives them special protection from defamation claims and arrest. The joint subcommittee on powers and privileges has been meeting in the wake of last month’s appeal court ruling in favour of Pan Africanist Congress MP […]

FORMER national cricketer and convicted rapist Makhaya Ntini has been included in the Border line-up for their three-day cricket friendly against Eastern Province this weekend. Ntini was sentenced in May to six years’ imprisonment for raping a 21-year-old woman at the Buffalo Park cricket ground. He is out on bail pending his appeal against his […]

THE Media Institute of Southern Africa has awarded its annual Press Freedom Award to the late Bright Mwape. It is the second time the award has been given posthumously. Mwape, who died on August 16, as a result of injuries sustained in a motor accident, was head of MISA’s Media and Information Unit. He was […]

UNDERDOGS Lobi Stars won the Nigerian Pepsi League in Lagos after drawing in the play-off final with Iwanyanwu Nationale and will represent Nigeria in next year’s African Champions Cup. Lobi Stars was only promoted to the Nigerian First Division this year and had not been fancied for the cup.