TITLE favourites Nigeria meet surprise packets Senegal on Monday in what appears the most one-sided quarter-final of the African Nations Cup. While the Super Eagles line-up could be mistaken for the African All Stars, the Lions do not possess one footballer who would be immediately recognisable outside the West African country. “We are the best […]

EGYPT’S attempt to retain the African Nations Cup received a terrible blow when star striker Hazem Emam was ruled out of the tournament with an ankle injury. Emam hurt himself in a crunching tackle with Abdel Aziz Ayman during training at the Kano Pillars’ stadium and was rushed to hospital on Saturday evening. Egypt coach […]

THE US, led by new captain John McEnroe, fought back from 2-1 down to beat Zimbabwe 3-2 on Sunday and reach the quarter-finals of the Davis Cup. Cup debutant Chris Woodruff applied the killer touch after world number one Andre Agassi had beaten Byron Black in straight sets, knocking off Wayne Black 6-3 6-7 6-2 […]

SARAH BULLEN, Cape Town | Monday 3.00pm STANDARD Bank Investment Corporation (Stanbic) on Monday lost its high court bid to have its proposed acquisition by smaller rival Nedcor adjudicated by the Competition Commission. Pretoria High Court Acting Judge Nico Coetzee ruled that the minister of finance has the final say about the proposed the hostile […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Monday 10.20am PRESIDENT Thabo Mbeki on Sunday denied confrontation is looming with the African National Congress and its ruling labour and communist allies over his tough macro-economic strategies. In a setback for the Congress of South African Trade Unions and a boost for employers, Mbeki said in his State of the […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Cape Town | Saturday 4.00pm. AFRICAN Football Confederation president Issa Hayatou warned on Saturday that Africa’s chance of hosting the 2006 World Cup may be ruined if South Africa and Morocco persist in putting up rival bids. In an interview in the Dubai daily Emirati al-Ittihad, Hayatou said: “If the two countries don’t […]

SEVERAL organisations including the ANC Women’s League and Women Against Child Abuse will demonstrate against domestic violence outside the Johannesburg magistrates court at 8.30am. on Monday. The demonstration is being planned to coincide with the start of judgement in the domestic violence trial of television personality Tracey Going and film-maker Richard Latham. The trial has […]

FORMER Chadian president Hissene Habre was charged on Thursday in Dakar with “complicity in acts of torture” following complaints filed against him last week by several human rights organisations, Habre’s lawyer said. This is the first time an African country has pursued a former head of state from another country on the continent. Habre, who […]

FIRES in the Noordhoek region near Cape Town have been rekindled by strong winds and three Air Force helicopters have been called in to control the fires. Western Cape joint forces spokesman Lieutenant Colonel Piet Paxton said helicopters took to the air shortly after 5pm to investigate the fire, which was raging in the mountains […]

SARAH BULLEN, Cape Town | Friday 5.00pm VOLATILE local markets took a knock on Friday despite welcoming a strong opening of Parliament speech by President Thabo Mbeki. Just an hour before market closed, however, the bullion price unexpectedly surged to $295 catching dealers off guard. The JSE was just in time to catch the run […]