OWN CORRESPONDENT, Sharjah | Monday 4.35pm. SOUTH Africa have dismissed India for 164 with some fine fielding and bowling in the fifth Sharjah Cup one-dayer on Monday. South African skipper Hansie Cronje was asked to field after Saurav Ganguly won the toss, and his bowlers immediately knuckled down and dismissed Ganguly cheaply. The Indian skipper […]
ROYAL Dutch/Shell said on Monday it has no immediate plans for resuming oil production in Nigeria’s troubled Ogoniland. The main group representing the ethnic Ogoni said over the weekend it has given approval to Shell to re-enter Ogoniland seven years after the oil company pulled out from the tiny Niger Delta enclave after sabotage attacks […]
ENGINEERING company Siemens is part of a consortuim that has lodged a proposal with the National Electricity Regulator to build South Africa’s first independent power producer. Siemens’ partner in the R1,2-billion bid is Rainbow Technologies, an electrical engineering company. Together they form the Rainbow Millenuim Power Company. It is estimated that the proposed coal-fired power […]
Castle Premiership standings (P W D L F A P) Sundowns 26 19 5 2 55 27 62 Orlando Pirates 26 15 7 4 51 24 52 Kaizer Chiefs 26 13 9 4 34 17 48 Wits Univ. 28 11 13 4 34 22 46 Hellenic 26 11 6 9 53 32 39 Jomo Cosmos […]
ZIMBABWE’S Murray Goodwin was taken to hospital for an X-ray after he was hit on the head by the ball during the second test against West Indies on Sunday. The first innings century-maker was fielding at short leg when he was felled after a massive pulled shot by Ridley Jacobs from a long hop by […]
CRACK Kenyan striker Mike Okoth, playing for Belgian club Genk, will miss a World Cup qualifier against Malawi in Blantyre on April 8 due to an ankle injury, the Kenya Football Federation said. Another setback for the Harambee Stars is that leading defender Musa Otieno will be released by South African club Santos only 48 […]
GAUTENG’S season ended not with a bang, but a whimper as they crashed out of the Standard Bank Cup in the final leg of the semi-final against Eastern Province. EP’s 62 run victory means that they will play Boland in Paarl in the final on Wednesday. Gauteng, the Supersport Series champions, looked set for a […]
A FURIOUS Nigerian Football Association on Friday lodged a protest with football’s world governing body FIFA after English Premiership club Chelsea ordered their Nigerian international Celestine Babayaro to remain home, saying he is injured. Nigeria and Chelsea have been engaging for weeks in a tussle over the player who Nigeria’s Dutch coach Jo Bonfrere wants […]
ANDREW MELDRUM, Harare | Monday 11.35am. THE British Foreign Office has drawn up contingency plans to evacuate an estimated 20000 British passport holders from Zimbabwe following President Robert Mugabe’s refusal to take action against thousands of black squatters who are occupying around 750 white-owned farms. In an interview with CNN this weekend President Mugabe said […]
THE Zambian kwacha held steady against the dollar in subdued trade on Monday, dealers said. They said the market is looking forward to Friday’s scheduled final privatisation of copper giant Zambia Consolidated Copper Mines. Dealers said they see signs that ZCCM will come into the market this week to sell off dollars to meet local […]