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 […]
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 […]
While Ang Lee’s Ride with the Devil tends towards the intimate, Ridley Scott’s Gladiator is triumphantly epic in every way, writes Shaun de Waal.
THE South African Telecommunications Regulatory Authority has appointed corporate financial consultants Grant Thornton Kessel Feinstein to oversee the business plans of the six bidders for the third cellular licence. The consultants are expected to assess the bidder’s plans and to draft a report for the regulatory authority. GTKF hopes to submit a report to Satra […]
UGANDA is working on a programme to re-introduce the rhinoceros, poached to extinction over 10 years ago, Uganda Wildlife Education Centre (UWEC) officials said on Thursday. UWEC, which deals with the preservation of endangered wildlife species in Uganda, has consequently launched an appeal for up to $100,000 dollars, required for the initial restocking. An official […]
AVIS Southern Africa announced on Thursday that it has agreed in principle to acquire the Avis car rental operations in Norway and Sweden as part of a geographical expansion strategy. At the same time, it announced it has lifted headline earnings per share by 24% to 73,3 cents for the year to March. The group […]