SOUTH Africa’s women’s hockey team went down 2-4 against Argentina in the opening match of the four-Test series at the National Sports Institute in Buenos Aires on Wednesday. Pietie Coetzee scored both the South Africans’ goals when she converted penalty corners to leave the scored deadlocked at 2-2 during the break. Argentina, however, took no […]

BRITAIN is to halt the export of weapons and spare parts to Zimbabwe amid pre-election violence and the illegal occupation of white-owned farms. British Foreign Secretary Robin Cook said the move will include all licences for spare parts for equipment previously supplied to Zimbabwe, including Hawk aircraft. The supply of 450 Land Rovers to the […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Thursday 5.10pm ZIMBABWE faces economic isolation over President Robert Mugabe’s land-grab campaign, which threatens property rights and foreign investor confidence, THE South African Chamber of Business warned on Thursday. Sacob head Kevin Wakeford said Mugabe’s hardline speech on the country’s land ownership turmoil on Wednesday will add to the woes of […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Thursday 7.00pm. PRESIDENT Thabo Mbeki pledged on Thursday to help Zimbabwe solve its land crisis, but avoided criticising either President Robert Mugabe or former colonial power Britain over the dispute. Addressing the nation in a live broadcast, the president also moved to debunk fears that the country will go the same […]

THE world answered Mozambican President Joaquim Chissano’s call for aid to help with flood relief with an international donation of $452,9-million, the United Nations Development Programme said on Thursday. The final sum, about $3-million more than Chissano requested, was announced at the end of a two day international fundraising conference in Rome. Mark Malloch Brown, […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Thursday 6.00pm THE rand has hit a fresh low against the US dollar, knocked by renewed euro weakness, reports of political violence in Zimbabwe and offshore selling by US-based banks. The embattled currency — which has lost more than 12% of its value to the US unit so far this year […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Harare | Wednesday 2.00pm. ZIMBABWEAN President Robert Mugabe issued a sharp warning to whites on Wednesday that war veterans occupying their farms are there to stay, as he launched the election manifesto of his ruling Zanu-PF party. He has also declared that his government wants to seize half of the country’s white-owned farmland. […]

Former president Nelson Mandela is to be created a queen’s counsel by the House of Lords in London.

FORMER President Nelson Mandela has backed Britain’s policy towards Zimbabwe’s land grab crisis during a meeting with Prime Minister Tony Blair, Blair’s spokesman said on Wednesday. Blair used his hour of talks with Mandela to outline his Zimbabwe policy and concerns about violence which has left at least 18 people dead. “Nelson Mandela said he […]

THE International Monetary Fund and the World Bank have announced that Uganda has qualified for $1,3-billion dollar in debt relief. The amount includes interest due on $660-million, or about two-fifths of Uganda’s total international debt. The announcement Tuesday brings Uganda’s total debt relief to $2-billion, supplementing relief already granted under an earlier version of the […]