Yearly Archives: 1999

CHAMPIONS League Second round Group 1 At Cairo Al-Ahly (Egy) 0 Raja Casablanca (Mor) 1 (Khoubbache 88) At Accra Hearts of Oak (Gha) 3 (Yartey 26, Fameyeh 36, Addo 45) Shooting Stars (Ngr) 0 Standings Raja 6 points Hearts 3 points Ahly 3 points Stars 0 points Next matches: Sept 18 – Raja v Stars […]

AJAX Cape Town scored their second win of the season when they beat favoured Hellenic 3-1 in a Castle Premier League game at the Athlone Stadium in Cape Town on Saturday. The half-time score was 1-0 to Ajax. The vistors took the lead in the 14th minute when Etzai Kasinauyo raced down the left, and […]

ANGOLAN government troops have seized back control of the southern town of Kuvango from Unita rebels, the military said on Monday as other sources reported battles in the north. The army said it took Kuvango at the weekend, without giving casualty figures, while independent sources said that heavy fighting meanwhile took place around Jamba-Mineira and […]

IN Malawi, by-laws prohibiting people from urinating on walls and trees and littering in the country’s capital Blantyre are on the cards. According to the new laws, transgressors are liable for an instant fine or prosecution. The government says spitting and urinating in public discourages tourists. Once the by-laws are in place it will initiate […]

PHILIP MOROBI and JUSTIN ARENSTEIN, Nelspruit | Sunday 5.00pm MPUMALANGA has quietly reappointed its disgraced finance director, Shadrack Mashele, despite hounding him out of government last year for his role in a R51-million fraud scam. Mashele allegedly helped his brother’s company, Senoko Enterprises, claim over R16-million from Mpumalanga’s education department for non-existent services. The scam […]

ANGOLAN Football Association chairman Armando Machado has told a Luanda magazine that he wants to challenge Issa Hayatou of Cameroon for the African Football Confederation (CAF) presidency. Former international athlete Hayatou has ruled African football since 1988 and will be bidding for a fourth four-year term during a CAF meeting in Accra before the African […]

NINE blind and visually impaired young people from Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania and Britain reached the summit of Kilimanjaro, Africa’s highest mountain, on Thursday. The expedition was organised by Charity Sight Savers International, with support from British Airways, to show the world the scope of blind people’s capabilities and raise vital funds for combating cataracts in […]

BRENDA FASSIE and Nigerian star Femi Kuti were late on Saturday night pronounced Africa’s best female and best male performers at the 1999 Kora All Africa Music Awards at Sun City, northwest of Johannesburg. The artists, and a spread of others from across the continent, received their awards at a glittering ceremony attended by about […]

THE Confederation of African Football (CAF) has rejected demands by ASEC of Cote d’Ivoire and Esperance of Tunisia that they compete in the first world club championships. Brazil will host the event from January 5-14 and ASEC believe they should represent Africa as holders of the African Champions League title. Esperance base their case on […]