Yearly Archives: 2000

NEW Zambia coach George Mungwa has wielded the axe as he prepares for a Castle Cup Southern Africa championship clash with Botswana next month. The successor to Ben Bamfuchile included only seven of the 22-man squad that was eliminated after the first round of the African Nations Cup in Nigeria this month. Defenders Laughter Chilembi, […]

FORMER African Footballer of the Year Rashidi Yekini from Nigeria has rejoined African Cup Winners Cup holders Africa Sports of Cote d’Ivoire. A club official said on Sunday Yekini signed a three-year contract with the Abidjan club where he spent three seasons before leaving in 1989 for Europe and the Middle East. Yekini was voted […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Luanda | Sunday 3.40pm. UNITA rebels have overrun the southern Angolan town of Chiede, according to radio reports. The reports said Chiede, which lies less than 60km from the border with Namibia, fell on Thursday, allowing Unita to disrupt regional traffic between Angola and its southern neighbor. Radio Ecclesia said army reinforcements have […]

FORMER Springbok captian Gary Teichmann is the new skipper for his Welsh side Newport, after Shane Howarth stepped down. The 31-year-old New Zealand-born fullback who turns out for Wales has only been captian for 13 matches, but said it took “a big weight off my shoulders”. Teichmann was South Africa’s most successful leader, taking them […]

DAVID SHAPSHAK, Cape Town | Saturday 9.00pm. FLYHALF Braam van Straaten kicked superbly to edge the Stormers 22-15 ahead of the New South Wales Waratahs in their Super 12 opener in Cape Town under lights on Saturday. The Stormers, who lead 13-6 at half time at Newlands Stadium, outscored the visitors by one try to […]

MALAWI’s President Bakili Muluzi on Sunday dissolved his 32-member cabinet pending a reshuffle, a senior government official said. The secretary to the office of the president and cabinet, Alfred Upindi, said the new cabinet will be appointed “soon”. In the meantime, he said, all ministerial duties will be handled by his office.

LESOTHO’s King Letsie III and his new bride flew on Saturday to Rome to start their honeymoon a week after they were married in a lavish three-day ceremony at different locations in the tiny kingdom. The young couple will spend a few days in Italy, where Pope John Paul II will bless their marriage, before […]

LEAD vocalist of popular Kwaito group Abashante, Queen “Iyaya” Sesoka, is apparently safe. On Friday night she told a Johannesburg radio station she was not kidnapped, as reported by a newspaper earlier in the day. The Sowetan newspaper earlier reported that a man claiming to be speaking from England telephoned on Thursday night to say […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Casablanca | Saturday 6.50pm. A SIX-man, fact-finding delegation from world football controlling body Fifa is in Morocco to assess the chances of the North African state hosting the 2006 World Cup. Alan Rothenberg of the United States leads a team comprising Richard Read of Australia, Youssef al-Serkal of the United Arab Emirates, Walter […]

DAVID SHAPSHAK, Pretoria | Saturday 7.00pm. THE Cats withstood a late onslaught beat the Northern Bulls 23-19 in their first Super 12 match at Loftus in Pretoria on Saturday, after leading 13-9 at the break. But apart from the frantic last quarter, it was game of good commitment that was undone with the same old […]