PHILIPPINE government negotiators held formal talks with Muslim separatists holding 21 mostly foreign hostages on Saturday, including two South Africans, and urged the depressed and ailing captives to hold on. More than a month after the holidaymakers were snatched from a Malaysian diving resort, the team met the rebels in mountainous jungle in the south […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Monday 10.15am. THE Reserve Bank is warning that interest rates may have to rise, saying that if a recent surge in inflation continues it will be forced to alter monetary policy. Reserve Bank governor Tito Mbowni said the bank is ”very concerned” about a sharp increase during April in both producer […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Monday 9.30am. AUTHORITIES have begun investigating a visit to South Africa by the wife of captured Sierra Leone rebel leader Foday Sankoh. The Foreign Ministry is seeking clarification from the United Nations on whether Fatou Sankoh, who entered South Africa on a US passport, was affected by UN travel restrictions on […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Cape Town | Monday 11.25am SUNDOWNS qualified for the African Champions League Cup quarter-finals after a goalless draw with Nkana in their second-round second-leg clash at Loftus Stadium on Sunday. The South African champions won on away goals against following their 1-1 deadlock in Kitwe three weeks ago. The home-side were expected to […]
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WAR veterans and their supporters who invaded a national park in the south of Zimbabwe narrowly escaped death when they were attacked by an angry pride of lions. The independent Daily News reports that a group of around 100 war veterans invaded a private game estate within the Gonarezhoue park, the country’s second largest, to […]
WEST African leaders gathered in the Nigerian capital on Sunday to discuss backing for a regional military force to bolster a United Nations mission struggling to enforce a peace accord in war-ravaged Sierra Leone. Earlier, a mini-summit of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) met into the early hours preparing a report on […]
PRATAP CHAKRAVARTY, New Delhi | Sunday 6.00pm. INDIAN police on Sunday said they have identified a string of bookmakers linked to the match-fixing scandal involving disgraced South African skipper Hansie Cronje. The claim came a day after former Indian all-rounder Manoj Prabhakar left the country gasping by displaying at a news conference video clips of […]
CAROL PINEAU, Dekemhare, Eritrea | Sunday 6.00pm. ETHIOPIAN troops pounded positions inside Eritrea and forced thousands of civilians to flee toward safety on Sunday, a day before the Horn of Africa neighbors were due to meet in Algiers for indirect talks. The fresh frontlines were around Senafe, Tsorona and Adi Quala, south of the capital. […]
CRAIG White’s omission on health grounds is the only change to the England squad for the second and final Test against Zimbabwe starting at Trent Bridge, Nottingham, on Thursday. All-rounder White, who was in the party of 13 for the first Test at Lord’s but was left out on the morning of the match, has […]