OWN CORRESPONDENT, Accra | Saturday 8.15pm. BAFANA Bafana finished third in the African Nations Cup on Saturday by beating Tunisia 4-3 on penalties after the teams finished 2-2 in normal time. Each team converted three of their mandatory five kicks and when Ali Zitouni had his kick parried by Andre Arendse, the door opened for […]

PRIMEDIA Publishing announced it will restructure its operations into more focused business units to enable it to produce better performing titles. The group said the restructuring was in line with the recent announcement by its parent company, listed media group Primedia Limited, of a restructure into two focused operating areas: media — which includes divisions […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Accra | Sunday 4.15pm. BAFANA Bafana Stalwart Mark Fish will retire from international soccer to concentrate on club football. The long-serving vice-captain blamed the South African soccer on South African Football Association (Safa) for poor organisational skills. The Bolton Wanderers defender, ironically defended coahc Trott Moloto, who is almost certainly on his way […]

SOUTH Africa is among seven countries exempted from the preliminary rounds of the 2002 African Nations Cup to be hosted by Mali. They will join Nigeria, Cameroon, Tunisia, Algeria, Ghana and Egypt in the category of exempted countries, Confederation of African Football (CAF) media officer Paul Bassey said. He said at the end of the […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Sunday 11.30pm. SHAUN POllock took five for 20 as South Africa fought back to win the rain-reduced triangular one-day series final, after suffering a batting collapse in their inngings leaving England needing to match a dismal 149 all out. Skipper Hansie Cronje engineered a timely run of good form with a […]

ESKOM announced its new CEO officer designate as Thulani Gcabashe in Johannesburg on Friday. Speaking at the announcement, Eskom’s Electricity Council chairman Reuel Khoza said Gcabashe and Bongani Khumalo were appointed deputy chief executives a year ago. Gcabashe will take over the reigns of Eskom from current CEO Allen Morgan no later than March 1, […]

AERO Zambia, a private run airline, has lost its bid in the Supreme Court to have its air permit back following the government’s decision to ground its operations last month. The airline sued the Zambian government after Transport Minister Nkandu Luo refused to renew its permit on the grounds that its equipment did not meet […]

PRESIDENT Olusegun Obasanjo has urged the Super Eagles’ to beat Cameroon in Sunday’s finals of the African Nations Cup the country is co-hosting with Ghana. “As you go out to the field Sunday, you carry with you the hopes and aspirations of all Nigerians for whom your success will be a demonstration of our determination […]

THE Standard Bank Cup match between Easterns and Western Province due to begin playing this morning at Willowmoore Park in Benoni was cancelled because of this week’s rain. Easterns will play their next limited overs match against Gauteng on March 1.

A LIBERIAN judge has sentenced President Charles Taylor’s brother-in-law to life imprisonment for the ”road rage” murder of a taxi driver. Judge Joseph Andrews threw out a request for a retrial submitted by lawyers acting for Henrique Cassell, and handed down the life sentence late on Thursday. A 12-member jury unanimously convicted Cassell last month […]