Yearly Archives: 2000

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Monday 10.20am PRESIDENT Thabo Mbeki on Sunday denied confrontation is looming with the African National Congress and its ruling labour and communist allies over his tough macro-economic strategies. In a setback for the Congress of South African Trade Unions and a boost for employers, Mbeki said in his State of the […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Cape Town | Saturday 4.00pm. AFRICAN Football Confederation president Issa Hayatou warned on Saturday that Africa’s chance of hosting the 2006 World Cup may be ruined if South Africa and Morocco persist in putting up rival bids. In an interview in the Dubai daily Emirati al-Ittihad, Hayatou said: “If the two countries don’t […]

FORMER Chadian president Hissene Habre was charged on Thursday in Dakar with “complicity in acts of torture” following complaints filed against him last week by several human rights organisations, Habre’s lawyer said. This is the first time an African country has pursued a former head of state from another country on the continent. Habre, who […]

SARAH BULLEN, Cape Town | Friday 5.00pm VOLATILE local markets took a knock on Friday despite welcoming a strong opening of Parliament speech by President Thabo Mbeki. Just an hour before market closed, however, the bullion price unexpectedly surged to $295 catching dealers off guard. The JSE was just in time to catch the run […]

FOUR bills aimed at legally burying South Africa’s apartheid history and cementing its young democracy have been signed into law by President Thabo Mbeki. The Promotion of Equality and Prevention of Unfair Discrimination Bill, the Promotion of Access to Information Bill, the Promotion of Administrative Justice Bill and the Preferential Procurement Policy Framework Bill completed […]

NIGERIA have dropped their leading scorer in the African Nations Cup, Victor Ikpeba, for their decisive Group D match against Morocco on Thursday. Ikpeba, who plays for Bundesliga side Borussia Dortmund scored twice against Tunisia in Nigeria’s opening game. But Dutch coach Jo Bonfrere pulled out the striker during the match against Congo which ended […]

BOXING Legend Roberto Duran’s daughter has signed on with Golden Gloves and will be making her professional boxing debut in South Africa in March. She is the third daughter of a legend to turn pro, and follows in the footsteps of Mohammad Ali and George Frazier’s girls. Duran will be entering the ring as a […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Cape Town | Sunday 9.00pm KWAZULU-Natal has reintroduced DDT to fight the malaria epidemic in the northern parts of the province, despite a worldwide ban on the toxic insecticide. The spokesman for the provincial department of health, Dave McGlew, said at the weekend the use of DDT will be strictly controlled. “This is […]

BRITISH boxer “Prince” Naseem Hamed will defend his WBO flyweight title against South Africa’s Vuyani “The Beast” Bungu in London on March 11. Hamed was scheduled to fight Junior Jones but the bout fell through when the New Yorker failed to agree terms by the deadline date.