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NIGERIAN President Olusegun Obasanjo wants the international community to ward off a major environmental threat caused by the oil industry in his country. The Norwegian news agency NTB reported that Obasanjo appealed for help to prevent an “enormous” environmental catastrophe, when he addressed 1500 delegates from 40 countries at an oil production safety conference in […]
MPUMALANGA police have identified five suspects in connection with the hijacking of seven foreign tourists near the Kruger National Park in the past week. Acting provincial police commissioner Naphtali Bohlolo said a team of detectives was investigating further to ensure speedy arrests. Provincial police spokesman Inspector Olga Marais said the suspects lived in the Masoyi […]
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FORMER welfare minister Abe Williams has been sentenced to three years in jail for corruption. Williams, a National Party politician who served in South Africa’s first post-apartheid cabinet, was last week found guilty in the Cape High Court on 36 charges of theft and four charges of corruption relating to a total of R508254. Judge […]
FORMER Springbok fly-half Joel Stransky will not be joining Premiership One Bristol as their new backline coach for the coming season, the club confirmed Monday. Stransky, 32, had been expected to link up with director of rugby Bob Dwyer, senior coach Dean Ryan and defensive coach Ellery Hanley as the west country club aimed for […]
NAMIBIAN football officials will not take action against officials and players who slept with prostitutes before an African youth championship match in Tanzania. Media reports on Monday quoted national football association president Petrus Damaseb saying he wanted to save the footballers and their parents from further embarrassment. Tanzania triumphed 2-0 in Dar es Salaam and […]
PRESIDENTIAL spokesman Parks Mankahlana’s former lover agreed at the weekend to undergo paternity testing to prove that the high-profile political figure is the father of her eight-year-old son. Mankahlana denied last week that he fathered any children with Thalitha Mthethwa, and dismissed his absence from a maintenance court hearing near Nelspruit, at Kabokweni, on a […]
BUNDESLIGA runners-up Bayer Leverkusen have won the race for the signature of Nigerian international Pascal Ojigwe from rivals Kaiserslautern after the two clubs agreed on a 3.5-million mark ($1.68-million) transfer fee on Tuesday. The 23-year-old midfielder played last season at FC Cologne on loan and was a key factor in their winning promotion back to […]
SANTOS announced on Tuesday that former Bafana Bafana coach Clive Barker has been appointed as coach for the forthcoming season, and that Barker will be assisted by Boebie Solomon. The club will also be bolstered by two unnamed international players.