JUST hours after Christians gathered in churches throughout the Lesotho on Sunday to pray for rain at the injunction of King Letsie III, it began to pour. The Lesotho weather office predicts that more rain was on the way, Sapa reports. In the capital Maseru, people sought shelter from the rain along the main streets […]
KENYA dominated the Lisbon Half Marathon on Sunday, notching eight of the top ten positions, including three medals, in the men’s event and snatching the women’s gold. Jophet Kosgei clocked 1:00:01 to win the men’s run, just 25 seconds ahead of Joseph Kimani who took the silver. Philip Rugut seized Kenya’s third medal in the […]
TURN-out appeared low as Togolese voters began casting their ballots on Sunday in legislative elections boycotted by the opposition to veteran President Gnassingbe Eyadema. The capital Lom, home to about one in five of the west African country’s 2,3-million eligible voters, witnessed short queues at the polling stations. Turn-out was especially low in Lom districts […]
THE descendants of Saartjie Baartman, the Khoikhoi woman known as the Hottentot Venus, have given a French museum until July to return her remains to South Africa, SABC TV news reported. Baartman was displayed as a freak in Europe at the turn of the century until she died in Paris at the age of 25. […]
ZAMBIA’s copper output fell to 18970 ton in February, due mainly to a shortage of concentrates and production problems at largely state-owned Zambian Consolidated Copper Mines (ZCCM) , a report said on Thursday. Zambian copper production totalled 21&nbssp;708 ton in January, Citibank’s Lusaka office said in a report. Aside from production problems at ZCCM, the […]
LAWYERS representing three Americans suspected of being mercenaries have said they were denied access to medical reports that might show their clients were tortured, a Sunday paper reported. The Standard quoted a statement released to it by the lawyer, Jeremy Callow, saying he had been unable to gain access to the reports by two government […]
BALLOONISTS Bertrand Piccard and Brian Jones made a picture perfect landing in the desert sands of Egypt on Sunday, ending their record-setting 20 day dash around the world in the Breitling Orbiter hot-air balloon. The pair touched down near the remote town of Mut, some 700km south-west of Cairo. Swiss Piccard (41) and Briton Jones […]
UNITED States First Lady Hillary Clinton, accompanied by her daughter Chelsea, arrived on her first visit to Egypt on Sunday as part of a North Africa tour to campaign for women’s rights and promote US ties with the Arab world. Clinton was greeted on her arrival at the capital’s international airport by Cairo governor Abdel […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Wellington | Saturday 10.00am. DARYLL Cullinan was dismissed for the first time in the series with an average of 427 as South Africa closed the third day of the of the third Test against New Zealand on Saturday on 498 for eight. The tourists stretched their first innings lead to a daunting 276 […]
EASTERNS cricket chief executive officer Albie During has been retrenched. A statement issued on Thursday by the Port Elizabeth-based Eastern Cricket Union said the union had been restructured, based on financial constraints. “As a result, the CEO position has become redundant, and as such Mr During has been retrenched.” It said his package was still […]