SUSAN NJANJI, Harare | Wednesday 5.15pm. THE Zimbabwe government has denied claims by war veterans’ leader Chenjerai Hitler Hunzvi that the authorities have begun distributing 187 farms from whites to landless blacks. Presidential spokesman George Charamba said that war veterans, who have been leading a campaign of white farm occupations in Zimbabwe, have merely identified […]
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 63-YEAR-old announcer for Zimbabwe’s state radio has been sacked after slipping momentarily back into the past. Veteran broadcaster Tony Gaynor was last week ordered to leave the studio and not return when he announced the Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation’s lunchtime news bulletin: ”This is the Rhodesia Broadcasting Corporation. The time is one o’clock.” ”It just […]
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 […]