OWN CORRESPONDENT, Khartoum | Saturday 3.45pm. SUDAN’S Kassala state, bordering Eritrea, has distributed its entire strategic food stock to Eritrean refugees fleeing the war with Ethiopia, the regional governor said on Saturday. According to a report by Akhbar Al-Youm daily, the number of Eritrean refugees fleeing into Sudan had reached 85000 by Friday with the […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Auckland | Friday 1.20pm. A LATE goal through defender Matthew Booth saw South Africa’s Amaglug-glugs claim a 3-2 victory against the fired-up New Zealand All Whites in their Olympic Qualifier at North Harbour Stadium, setting themselves up for an easy return-leg at Vosloorus Stadium next Saturday. The half-time score was 2-2. The Amaglugs […]
SOME 681 people had died while in police custody in the 1999/2000 financial year, Safety and Security Minister Steve Tshwete said on Thursday. The figure was down on the 756 deaths reported in the previous year. Meanwhile the number of cases against police reported to the watchdog Independent Complaints Directorate rose to 4380 in 1999/2000 […]
Deputy President Jacob Zuma, who is spearheading the government’s anti-AIDS drive, on Thursday came out against politicians being pressurised to publically declare their HIV status. Speaking after a memorial service for AIDS victims and sufferers in Cape Town, he said it was unfair to single out any single group of people to make such a […]
CAPE Town police have arrested three men after finding a man’s head in a milk crate. The head was discovered in Mitchell’s Plain on Thursday night when police went to investigate complaints of a street brawl. A badly injured youth, who was allegedly seen carrying the crate was arrested on the scene. Police spokesman Mark […]
SOUTH African Airways has banned from all its flights a South African diplomat accused of fondling an air hostess and disrupting a flight to Britain. SAA has also laid criminal charges against Jerome Barnes, a senior diplomat working in London, following allegations that he touched the hostess’ breasts, insulted the crew and behaved badly on […]
ANDREW MUCHINERIPI, Vosloorus | Saturday 5.00pm. SUBSTITUTE Darryl Smith scored with two minutes left to snatch a lucky 2-2 draw for Hellenic against Jomo Cosmos in the final Castle Premiership match of the season for the clubs. Dikgang Mabalane put Cosmos ahead one minute into the second half of a well- attended match at Vosloorus […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, London | Saturday 2.35pm. GRAEME Hick hammered his first test century at Lord’s as England continued their quest for a match-winning lead over Zimbabwe on the third day of the first test on Saturday. Hick, playing his first test innings against the country of his birth, first overtook his previous best in a […]
PRESIDENT Thabo Mbeki, in London to discuss the Zimbabwe crisis, discussed bilateral ties with Prime Minister Tony Blair and won a pledge from Blair for the training of an elite South African police unit. The 500000 programme will train 100 officers from the Scorpions investigation unit set up by Mbeki last year to help combat […]
DAVID SHAPSHAK, Cape Town | Saturday 6.30pm. ANDRE Vos is the new Springbok captain in the 28-man squad named on Saturday night by Sarfu President Silas Nkanunu to play a home Test against Canada and two against England next month. Vos, who has previous led the Springboks in last year’s World Cup game against Spain […]