OWN CORRESPONDENT, Cape Town | Tuesday 11.20am. CELLULAR service provider MTN will no longer sponsor the Charity Spectacular football tournamnt following a decision by Kaizer Chiefs and Orlando Pirates not play in the event. The two clubs — who landed a R120-million sponsorship deal with rival cellular company Vodacom last week — have contract clauses […]
JULIAN GUYER, Nottingham | Wednesday 5.30pm. ZIMBABWE may have won two tour matches ahead of the second and final Test which starts here at Trent Bridge on Thursday but they still face real difficulties. After a comprehensive defeat by an innings and 209 runs at Lord’s, England’s most crushing Test victory for 26 years, the […]
PRESIDENT Thabo Mbeki departs for Germany on Thursday, where he will officially open the South African stand at the Hanover Expo 2000 on Friday. Mbeki will then attend the Conference on Progressive Governance for the 21st Century with other world leaders in Berlin. After the conference, he will pay an official visit to Denmark from […]
A CLASSIC Cup Winners Cup showdown between African club giants Zamalek of Egypt and Canon Yaounde of Cameroon looms after the quarter-finals draw in Cairo. Zamalek have been paired paired with giantkillers Ndiambour of Senegal and Canon meet the other surprise packets, Etoile of Congo, in home-and-away clashes during August. Success will keep the former […]
PRESIDENT Thabo Mbeki is to officially open the Hannover Expo 2000, which runs from June 1 to October 31 and will focus on technological progress and advancement. South Africa’s contribution to the expo is the largest yet. The display will include a presentation on the exploration at prehistoric sites such as Sterkfontein as well as […]
MINISTERS of twenty of the world’s poorest countries will meet in Geneva on June 7 to discuss how to implement debt reduction initiatives by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank. The Swiss state secretariat for the economy, SeCo, said on Wednesday ministers of the countries would talk with representatives of the IMF […]
A FOOTBALL qualifier between Malawi and South Africa to be played in February has become embroiled in controversy surrounding the television screening rights to the game. Gilton Chiwaula, director of Malawi’s corrupt practices watchdog, the Anti-Corruption Bureau, said that the body launched an investigation into the awarding of the screening rights following a complaint filed […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Cape Town | Wednesday 4.00pm. THE King commission into match-fixing would be willing to travel to India to listen to tapes being held as evidence in a case against former cricket captain Hansie Cronje, an official said on Wednesday. Commission secretary John Bacon said a trip to Delhi would be considered if the […]
WHEN Ernie Els says the final hole of his first golf course design can bring ruin to a round, he means it literally. The two-time US Open champion unveiled his first golf course design in Maryland Tuesday, featuring an 18th fairway that forks around the grey brick ruins of an old farmhouse. Els borrowed ideas […]
STELLA MAPENZAUSWA, Harare | Wednesday 11.50am. ZIMBABWE companies will post weaker results for 2000 as the country grapples with an acute economic crisis seen compounded by farm invasions, analysts said on Wednesday. Over the past fortnight, firms have warned that 2000 results will not match those for the previous year, with National Foods saying on […]