ANGOLA, Mozambique and Namibia have sacked their national coaches following disappointing African Nations Cup qualifying results. Brazilian Djalma Cavalcante replaces Yugoslav Vesselin Jelusic after Angola crashed 2-0 at home to Mauritius and Mozambique fired Joao Albasine following a 6-1 humiliation by Cameroon in Maputo. Namibia dumped Seth Boois when they lost 3-0 in Cote d’Ivoire […]
SOUTH Africa barred a top coach from joining Pakistan’s World Cup squad because of fears he may disclose playing secrets to their rivals. English-born Richard Pybus, who coached Border to both the first-class and limited overs provincial finals this season, was appointed on Thursday as Pakistan’s technical coach and fitness trainer for the World Cup. […]
WOOLWORTHS Holdings Limited announced on Wednesday that it intends to acquire a strategic 13,5% stake in Netactive Limited, an internet service provider which listed on the JSE on Wednesday. It has been agreed in principle that Netactive will issue for cash 6,667 million ordinary shares to Woolworths, for a total consideration of R8-million. Commenting on […]
A NIGERIAN oil firm, Petrogas and Energy plc, is suing the military government over the controversial allocation last month of 11 oil prospecting licences, a report said on Wednesday. Petrogas lawyer Peresuo Isaac-Dema said military ruler General Abdulsalami Abubakar and other top officials have been named as respondents in the case, the newspaper This Day […]
THE Swaziland Electricity Board plans to cut ties with Eskom once the 400kv power line to Mozambique is complete. A Swaziland Environmental Authority action plan reveals that SEB is making arrangements to purchase electric power from Mozambique because hydro-power prices are lower than Eskom. ”At the moment there is really nothing we can do until […]
FOUR members of the vigilante group Mapogo were arrested by Mpumalanga police at the weekend after they allegedly threw a number of people into a crocodile-infested dam to extract confessions. Another two members were arrested in another incident for allegedly kidnapping a man.
OVER 100 pupils from the Dumezweni Senior Secondary School near Umtata, Transkei have been arrested, after beating their principal nearly to death. Zuko Vundle was confronted by pupils over the issue of teacher redeployment, before they took to stoning him and beating him with sticks. They then held him hostage, along with other teachers, before […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Harare | Monday 6.00pm POLICE have launched an investigation into the traffic of human body parts for witchcraft after a series of five murders in Mpumalanga, police said on Monday. Four decapitated adult corpses and a child’s head have been discovered since September in the Delmas region, an agricultural town about 100km east […]
ANGOLAN student Silva Cassamano Quiberto has been formally arrested and charged with murder in connection with the bombings that rocked Lusaka in early March. Quiberto, who was charged on Friday, has been in police custody since March 31 1999. He was earlier charged with unlawful possession of a firearm, a case which was disposed of […]
THE Egyptian parliament has unanimously scrapped a century-old law that exempted a rapist from punishment if he married his victim, a parliamentary source said on Tuesday. Parliament adopted the change on Monday evening. The move came amid a media campaign that followed outrage from women’s groups over the freeing in December of three rape suspects […]