NAMIBIA have announced their squad for the Castle Cup Southern Africa quarter-final against Zimbabwe in Harare on Sunday. Namibian team: Goalkeepers: Danzyl Bruwer (Civics), Tiro Thlabanello (Black Africa) Defenders: Rodney Doeseb (Chief Santos), Steven Mbaisa (African Stars), Sylvanus Njambari (Black Africa), Mohammed Ouseb (Kaizer Chiefs/Rsa), Oscar Tjikurunda (Life Fighters), Theodor Tom (Blue Waters) Midfielders: Johannes […]
STEVEN MANN, Cape Town | Friday 4.00pm. MORE than 2000 angry Kayelitsha residents marched on Parliament on Friday, demanding an end to months of taxi violence which has claimed at least two lives. A dispute between taxi drivers and the Golden Arrow bus company over who controls routes from Kayelitsha and other suburbs has grown […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Cape Town | Saturday 5.30pm HELLENIC clinched a place in the BP Top 8 and Free State Stars moved within one point of safety after a 1-1 Castle Premiership draw at an unseasonally hot Greenpoint Stadium. The goals arrived within 60 seconds at the end of the first half with former Stars player […]
THE commander of pro-government forces in the Democratic Republic of Congo has denounced constant attacks by rebel groups in the north and east of the country. “There have been several skirmishes in which rebels supported by Rwanda and Uganda have been incessantly attacking positions held by allied forces,” said General Amoth Chingombe, commander of the […]
THE resumption of hostilities on Friday in the border war between Ethiopia and Eritrea involved the biggest battle fought for a year, a senior Eritrean official said. This latest outbreak in fighting, the first serious battle since last June, followed the failure of a UN Security Council delegation to convince the warring sides to resume […]
DAVID SHAPSHAK, Durban | Saturday 5.00pm. THE Stormers dramatically came from behind to put themselves into contention for the Super 12 semi-finals by beating the Sharks 32-28 in a thrilling match characterised by ill-discipline at Absa Stadium in Durban on Saturday. The win and bonus point gave the Stormers 31 points and a brief stay […]
Howard Barrell OVER A BARREL Looking to a bureaucrat to stimulate entrepreneurial activity is rather like asking a journalist to forget his or her sense of superficiality. It is about as well-directed an expectation as striking to persuade your employer to create more jobs, or calling on millions to hate capitalism in order to attract […]
Julie Flint reports from Sudan’s frontline where hunger is now used as a weapon of war against the ancient Nuba tribe In a few weeks, barring miracles, the children in this region of southern Sudan will begin to die – if not from hunger, then from disease. Most families are living in the open, without […]
DEMOCRATIC Republic of Congo President Laurent Kabila said that a transitional parliament will be inaugurated on July 1. Speaking to members of civil society and politicians, Kabila said a 300-member constituent assembly will be set up under his long-stalled democratization program. He said in the speech, which was broadcast over state radio, that he will […]