OWN CORRESPONDENT, London | Wednesday 12.00pm. SOUTH Africans Wayne Ferreira and Neville Godwin on Tuesday accused Wimbledon of “rigging” the seedings to favor certain players. The two players sided with Spaniards Alex Corretja, Albert Costa and Juan Carlos Ferrero over a seeding system that gives preference to grass-court players. Corretja and Costa withdrew from the […]
UNITED Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan said on Tuesday people should respect the outcome of Zimbabwe’s general election, which delivered a narrow victory to President Robert Mugabe’s Zanu-PF. “I think the election in Zimbabwe was very closely fought. Both parties did their best and I noticed that the opposition is happy with the result,” Annan […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Cape Town | Wednesday 11.45am. MORE than 4500 penguins covered in oil after a spill off the country’s west coast have been transported from their colony on Robben Island to Cape Town for treatment. “We expect at least 10000 more to be taken off the island by the weekend,” South African National Conservation […]
THE Organisation of African Unity said on Tuesday it had called on the United Nations to speed up the deployment of a peacekeeping force inside Eritrea’s border with Ethiopia. The UN force, acting under the aegis of the OAU, was provided for in a deal Asmara and Addis Ababa signed June 18 to halt a […]
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 […]
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 […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Karachi | Wednesday 11.00am. FORMER Pakistani cricket hero Imran Khan and ex-captain Rashid Latif on Tuesday derided the International Cricket Council (ICC) for bailing out South Africa and Australia and singling out Pakistan in a match-fixing probe. “Why has the ICC not touched the confession and match-fixing reports against Australian players Shane Warne […]
FORMER Rwandan Prime Minister Jean Kambanda launched an appeal on Tuesday against his conviction in a United Nations court for involvement in Rwanda’s 1994 genocide. Kambanda was sentenced to life imprisonment in September 1998 after confessing to involvement in the genocide, in which extremist Hutus massacred 800000 mainly Tutsi civilians in just three months. His […]
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.