OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Wednesday 2.00pm. THE WESTERN Stormers are under pressure to perform after fielding a second-string team against the Otago Highlanders and must have a good night against ACT Brumbies in their Super 12 match on Friday. Only a victory over the Brumbies at Bruce Stadium in Canberra will vindicate Coach Alan Solomons’s […]
THE last Senegalese soldiers in Guinea-Bissau left on Monday night for home, ending a 10-month deployment in the West African country where they defended the government against an army rebellion. The pull-out was confirmed by the Senegalese armed forces command, which said in a communique that the “final elements” of the Senegalese contingent would be […]
THE Angolan government rejected on Wednesday an initiative by Burkina Faso President Blaise Campaore to invite Unita rebels to the next summit of the Organization of African Unity. It said the move would contravene United Nations sanctions imposed against Unita.Campaore, who is also OAU chairman, last week invited Unita rebels and those fighting in the […]
THE British government, working with Penal Reform International, has started giving food to thousands of starving prisoners in Malawi’s 23 jails, a British embassy official said on Wednesday. Marylyn Bennet said Britain is helping with plans to establish prison farms to ensure a sustainable food supply in jails. Serious food shortages have been blamed on […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Cape Town | Wednesday 1.20pm. FORMER anti-apartheid cleric Allan Boesak was convicted on Wednesday morning of stealing nearly R500000 from a Swedish donor agency and R240000 donated by musician Paul Simon for victims of apartheid. He was also found guilty of stealing R332000 from the Urban Discretionary Fund of his Foundation for Peace […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Tuesday 6.30pm. MONDAY’S decision to appoint Ghana and Nigeria as the co-hosts of next year’s African Nations Cup finals in place of Zimbabwe has meant an overhaul in the format of the tournament’s qualifying competition. The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has annulled the preliminary round records of the new hosts […]
KENYAN Simon Bor set a course record of 2:09:25 in winning the Los Angeles Marathon on Sunday, beating the mark set 11 years ago by compatriot James Bungei by almost one minute. South Africa’s Johannes Maremane finished fifth in 2:14:19.
THE Azanian People’s Liberation Army will officially disband at a parade in Umtata on Saturday March 20. PAC spokesperson Wonder Masombuka said on Tuesday the move comes after a unanimous decision at the party’s conference in December that its armed wing be officially disbanded. PAC President Stanley Mogoba will preside over the final parade in […]
President Nelson Mandela will meet Libyan leader Moammar Gadaffi in the capital Tripoli.
AT least 800 armed Democratic Republic of Congolo soldiers fleeing a rebel offensive have streamed into Zambia over the past few days, the Times of Zambia reported on Monday. The paper reported that nearly 10000 civilians including some French settlers had also crossed into Zambia. The soldiers entered Zambia through the northern town of Kaputa, […]