WEST African defence ministers agreed to form a new peacekeeping force after a meeting of signatories of a non-aggression and defence accord (Anad), a statement said on Friday.The final communique after a two-day meeting here noted that a protocol on establishing the force would be submitted to the heads of state of Anad members Benin, […]
FINANCE minister Trevor Manuel arrived in Mozambique on Thursday for a two-day working visit at the invitation of his counterpart Tomas Salomao. A spokesman for the Mozambican planning and finance ministry said Manuel and Salomao are expected to analyse bilateral cooperation. The pair will also assess investment possibilities, including a huge aluminium smelter and the […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Friday 6.00pm. ALL-ROUNDER Alan Dawson will replace black fast bowler Makhaya Ntini in South Africa’s World Cup squad, it was announced on Friday. Dawson was called up for the tournament starting in England on May 14 following Ntini’s conviction for rape in East London and subsequent withdrawal from the squad by […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Welkom | Saturday 6.00pm. RESCUERS were battling on Saturday to reach two miners trapped in a gold mine here since early Friday, when an earthquake caused a major underground rockfall, mine owners Anglogold said. “(Rescuers) are digging through tonnes of rock .. and their progress is continuously being hampered by aftershocks and minor […]
SAMM AUDU, Lagos | Friday 7.00pm. Japan, the first Asian side to play in the World Youth Championship final, can beat Spain Saturday if they attack from the starting whistle, coach Philippe Troussier said on Friday. “Tomorrow’s final against Spain is open,” the former Bafana Bafana coach said. “At this stage of the competition, everybody […]
FRIDAY, 3.30PM: THERE is concern in business that government is not taking a lead in creating employment. The issue came into the spotlight on Thursday as organised labour and the Democratic Party unveiled their perspectives on job creation. Saying that the long-anticipated jobs summit will happen “towards the end of the year”, Labour Minister Tito […]
CONDITIONS under which three alleged United States mercenaries are being held at Zimbabwe’s Chikurubi maximum security prison have improved, their defence lawyer said on Friday. John Lamonte Dixon, Gary George Blanchard and Joseph Wendell Pettijohn, all 35, are facing charges of terrorism and espionage following a discovery of a wide range of military weapons in […]
POLICE in eastern Nigeria seeking to end serious communal clashes have demolished a religious shrine at which a number of people were reportedly sacrificed, a spokesman said on Friday.The shrine was seized and demolished on Wednesday, along with a stock of weapons, including machine-guns and ammunition, at a house at Umuleri, in Anambra State, police […]
FRIDAY, 4.30AM: SOUTH AFRICAN allrounder Brian McMillan has been included in the National side for their upcoming tour to England. South African selectors convenor Peter Pollock’s naming of McMillan was perhaps the greatest surprise in the team, although veteran off-spinner Pat Symcox has also been included after speculation that his career may be over. McMillan, […]
LESOTHO’S King Letsie III has agreed to pay lobola (bride price) of 40 head of cattle for the woman he will marry later this year, University of Lesotho science student Karabo Motsoening. The cattle will be driven from the ancestral palace at Matsieng, south of Maseru, on Saturday morning to the farm of the parents […]