Former president Nelson Mandela will mark the 10th anniversary on Friday of his release from 27 years in apartheid jails by opening a museum.

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Lagos | Friday 5.30pm. BAFANA Bafana coach Trott Moloto is almost certain to be out of a job when his contract expires at the end of the African Nations Cup. Moloto, coach for almost two years, has come under heavy criticism for his 3-5-2 tactics during the 2-0 semi-final defeat by Nigeria on […]

MARK GLEASON, Lagos | Friday 2.15pm. CAMEROON and Nigeria, who meet in the African Nations Cup final in Lagos on Sunday, have both won the competition twice before and meet in the deciding match for the third time in the tournament’s history. Both Cameroon’s Nations Cup victories have come at the expense of the Nigerians, […]

SOUTH Africa has emerged in 25th position of the World Tourism Organisation’s list of the 40 most popular destinations. Ten years ago it ranked 55th, and it is the only sub-Saharan country to make the top 40 in the latest report. The WTO says the country has six million foreign visitors a year, placing it […]

A CONSORTIUM led by German firm Detecon beat two rival groups on Wednesday to win a 51% stake in Uganda’s state-owned telecommunications company. Detecon, which was partnered by Swiss-based Telcel and South Africa’s Ikwezi group, put in a winning bid of $33,5-million to buy the majority holding in Uganda Telecommunications Ltd. Under the conditions of […]

THE controversial National Aids Council, which Aids activists have accused of being unrepresentative of any recognised Aids bodies, has been forced to change it’s name. The hoped for acronym, NAC, is already being used by the National Arts Council. The Health Department has renamed it the South African National Aids Council, or Sanac.

THE head of Cote d’Ivoire’s ruling junta, General Robert Guei, attended late on Wednesday a memorial service for the 169 victims of the crash of a Kenya Airways’ aircraft on January 30. A total of 169 people died when the Airbus plunged into the sea close to Abidjan, two minutes after take-off. Aside from Guei, […]

THE Namibian government has vowed to take stiff action against Namibians who sell their ‘preferential’ fishing rights and quotas to foreign companies to make “a quick buck”. A number of offenders had already been penalised, Fisheries Minister Abraham Iyambo said, noting that the ministry is preparing legislation which would give it more control over fishing […]

DUDU Nkosi, the lover of alleged cash-heist kingpin Collin Chauke, was finally granted bail by Nelspruit’s Regional Court on Wednesday after spending more than ten months in jail. Nkosi was however unable to pay the R2000 bail and was remanded to police custody until March 8 or until she can raise the money. Nkosi faces […]

THE case against “People’s Poet” Mzwakhe Mbuli was delayed in the Randburg Regional Court on Wednesday after a dispute about Mbuli’s leg shackles. Mbuli appeared in court on charges of murder and armed robbery for allegedly killing a security guard during a bank robbery in 1997. The case was postponed after the defence counsel asked […]