THOUSANDS of extra UN troops are preparing from Monday to head to Sierra Leone, where rebels are believed to be still holding around 270 of their colleagues hostage as efforts are made to put a stop to renewed civil war in the country. The reinforcements are the result of the United Nations taking a hard […]
NELSON Mandela, chief mediator in Burundi’s peace process, held closed-door discussions on Monday with the country’s rebel groups. The office of the former president refused to say who was attending the talks, how long the meetings would last, or where they were taking place. A spokesman said no statements would be released to the press […]
THE price oil by the Opec member states jumped sharply last week to an average $27,97 per barrel, from $26,28 the week before, Opec said on Monday. The average price in March was $26,71 per barrel. The organisation’s official target is $25. Last week central banks Monetary Policy Committee blamed increased in the international oil […]
Graham Griffiths, London | Monday 11.30am. ZIMBABWE captain Andy Flower has warned England his players are down but not out after being crushed in the first test that ended at Lord’s on Sunday. ”We are not demoralised to the extent where we cannot fight back,” Flower said as the touring team began planning to turn […]
THE Department of Correctional Services will probe a news report that jailed former cleric Allan Boesak received preferential treatment in jail, just days after he started a three year sentence for fraud. The investigation comes after it was reported that Boesak and his wife Elna were granted a “contact visit” at Malmesbury Prison near Cape […]
DEON POTGIETER, Johannesburg | Sunday 2.25pm. AN ill-conditioned Corrie Sanders lost his WBU heavyweight world title in Atlantic City on Saturday night, and with it the possibility of fighting Lennox Lewis in the new year. Sanders paid the price for relying too much on his punching power and having not fought more than two rounds […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, London | Sunday 2.20pm. RAIN washed out the morning session on the fourth day of the first Test between England and Zimbabwe at Lord’s on Sunday. The umpires were to make an inspection at 11:15 GMT, 15 minutes after the scheduled starting time, but when there was a heavy shower shortly before that […]
ZIMBABWEAN fast bowler Henry Olonga is set to go to hospital in London on Friday for a scan on his injured ankle, team officials said. Olonga injured himself in the tourists’ final warm-up match against Essex and was ruled out of the first Test match against England, currently in progress at Lord’s. The bowler has […]
FORMER anti-apartheid activist Carl Niehaus, who has served as South Africa’s ambassador to the Netherlands for the past three years, has been bestowed with the Grand Cross in the Order of Oranje Nassau, by Queen Beatrix. She bestowed the decoration of honour for distinguished services to the Kingdom of the Netherlands. The order, only given […]
CAPE Town’s Nico Malan theatre complex, named after a former administrator of the Cape Province, will be renamed, with the Western Cape provincial cabinet calling for proposals to be made in writing by June 9. The provincial cabinet has issued a set of guidelines for the new name. The name should be easily recognisable, it […]