Yearly Archives: 2000

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Tuesday 1.35pm. ORLANDO Pirates coach Ted Dumitru has quit. Dumitru, former Kaizer Chiefs and Sundowns coach, is in Namibia to conduct a coaching course en route to New York where he will be attending a sports conference. Romanian-born Dumitru told The Sowetan that “it’s over between Pirates and me, ” apparently […]

THE 3000 South Africans suing British-based Cape for asbestos poisoning will appeal to Britain’s House of Lords on June 19 for their case to be heard in the UK, their South African legal representative Richard Spoor said on Monday. The victims, most of whom worked on Cape mines in Prieska in the Northern Cape and […]

SARAH BULLEN, Cape Town | Tuesday 9.00pm POPULAR Finance Minister Trevor Manuel is sitting on a tight ship. His ministry has reached its stated objectives in building economic policy credibility, it has enforced strict fiscal discipline, reigned in government spending to under 27% of GDP from nearly 29%, brought the Budget deficit to 2,6% of […]

AROUND 1000 children in eastern Kenya depend on camels to bring them library books. The Kenya National Library Service uses the camels to circulate books to five primary schools near Garissa, 400 km east of Nairobi. It is one of the most disadvantaged regions of the country. The majority of its inhabitants are ethnic Somali […]

BAFANA BAFANA top the latest Fifa rankings for African football, after a good showing at the African Cup of Nations in Nigeria and Ghana. Ratings: 1 South Africa, 2 Morocco, 3 Tunisia, 4 Cameroon, 5 Egypt, 6 Zambia, 7 Cote d’Ivoire, 8 Nigeria, 9 Ghana, 10 Angola, 11 Democratic Republic of Congo, 12 Zimbabwe, 13 […]

DEON POTGIETER, Johannesburg | Tuesday 9.15am. THE controversial decision which saw Hawk Makepula crowned the World Boxing Organisation junior flyweight world champion on Saturday night is one that will be debated for many years to come. Most ringsiders felt the legendary Baby Jake Matlala had once again proved his class against a top opponent. The […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Bombay | Monday 1.10pm. HANSIE Cronje and his touring South African side will not know whether to be delighted or mortified after star Indian batsman Mohammad Azharuddin was dropped from the first Test line-up due to injury. Azharuddin’s unavailability will leave a huge gap in the Indian batting, but he will be replaced […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, London | Tuesday 5.30pm ASHANTI Goldfields of Ghana said it has clinched a $100-million loan and extended an existing $270-million credit facility, resolving its cash crisis. Ashanti announced the signature of agreements covering a new $100-million debt facility to complete its Geita gold mining project in Tanzania, as well as extending a $270-million […]

POLISH archeologists have found the ruins of a large Egyptian temple in Sudan dating from the New Kingdom era of 1580-1085 B.C. The ruins run for some 500 meters along the right bank of the Nile at Hudjeir Gubli, near El Arak, with walls 107 centimeters thick and fragments of columns measuring 200-250 centimeters in […]

AJAX Cape Town showed their class at Greenpoint Stadium in Cape Town on Sunday when they steamrollered Classic 3-0 in a Castle Premiership match. Ajax lead 1-0 at half-time. Classic did not play to their best abilities, and were fortunate not to have conceded more goals. David Kannemeyer scored Ajax’s first goal in the 30th […]