OWN CORRRESPONDENT, New Delhi | Tuesday 10.00am. SOUTH Africa will allow Indian police detectives to question disgraced South African skipper Hansie Cronje for his alleged role in match-fixing, Pretoria’s chief diplomat in New Delhi said on Tuesday. The Asian Age newspaper quoted South African High Commissioner to India, Maite Nkoana Mashabane, as saying that Pretoria […]

STATE-run Nigerian National Petroleum Corp said on Tuesday it has begun preliminary talks with South African investors planning to set up an oil refinery in Nigeria. The investors plan to build and operate a refinery with a concession to lift Nigerian crude oil. The capacity of the plant is not yet known. The three-member South […]

THE Free State Rugby Union has rejected an offer by the Gauteng Lions Rugby Union to buy out its Super 12 shares even before the offer, or price, has been made. The proposed plan to combine the Cats and the Lions into a single franchise has drawn widespread criticism from the GLRU’s Super 12 partners. […]

SOUTH Africa may send a battalion of combat troops to the Democratic Republic of Congo to protect UN military observers in the volatile city of Kisangani. The Star reports that President Thabo Mbeki may decide as early as Monday on whether or not to send the troops. South Africa’s ambassador to the UN Dumisani Kumalo […]

THE three accused in the Fairhead trial in the Circuit Court at Port Alfred have pleaded not guilty to all the charges. However one of the accused has admitted to some of the charges. The case started earlier on Monday amid huge public interest with a strong police presence, including the Public Order Policing Unit. […]

FIVE Russian pilots set free by Angola’s Unita rebels have arrived in Zambia after walking for many days through war-torn Angola. The airmen, whose two planes had been flying on contract for aid agencies, delivering food to government-held towns, were shot down by Unita last year. Officials said the famished pilots had arrived in the […]

ORLANDO Pirates and Kaizer Chiefs will play in the Charity Spectacular and the BP Top Eight competitions next season. The two South African soccer giants withdrew from the events following a R120-million sponsorship deal by cellular service provider Vodacom. The decision comes after a Premier Soccer League Board of Governors meeting on Tuesday at which […]

LIBERIAN President Charles Taylor, who successfully negotiated the release of UN soldiers held hostage by the Sierra Leone rebel group RUF, said on Tuesday that the freedom was given “unconditionally.” “I thank God that I was able to convince them (RUF) to do the right thing, to release all the hostages unconditionally,” Taylor told a […]

SOUTH Africa’s Oscar Chalupsky claimed his ninth kayaking title when he won the World Ocean Kayak championships in Hawaii on Sunday. Chalupsky was only 33 seconds off the race record held by Australian Dean Gardner, and crossed the finishing line in 3 hours 21 min 48 seconds –more than six minutes ahead of his nearest […]

FAMOUS Nigerian club Enugu Rangers have been banned from their home ground after crowd trouble in a league match left a referee unconscious, an official said on Monday. Rangers, who were also fined the equivalent of US$500, will now play their reamining home matches in the central town of Makurdi. Angry fans beat Fifa referee […]