GENERAL Robert Guei, who seized power in Côte d’Ivoire on December 24, has reimbursed 28-million euros in EU funds “misappropriated” by the regime of the elected president he overthrew, an EU source said on Saturday. Speaking on the sidelines of an informal meeting of EU cooperation and development ministers, the source said the “entirety” of […]

FIFA president Sepp Blatter has called for a worldwide annual soccer break in December. “It is vital that soccer should stop for a month”, Blatter said on Sunday. Speaking on French television, the FIFA chief said the sport’s world governing body would present its plan in March for a new, harmonised soccer calendar which could […]

A SENIOR Justice Department official arrested in Mpumalanga this week for allegedly trying to issue 14 fraudulent licences was denied bail on Friday after being charged with fraud and corruption. All 14 of Charles Langa’s co-accused and alleged clients were, however, released on bail when the case was transferred from the Mdutjana to the Middelburg […]

AFRICAN Nations Cup co-hosts, Nigeria, have doubled the prices of tickets for their national side’s remaining matches in the competition. A statement from the Nigerian organisers on Sunday said the cheapest seats will now cost 200 naira ($2), while the most expensive will cost 2000 naira ($20). “This is not to discourage the fans from […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Lagos | Monday 1.20pm. VETERAN Zambian star Kalusha Bwalya will finally bid farewell to the African Nations Cup unless his team defeat Senegal on Tuesday in a Group C match. Surprise packets Senegal enter the last-round showdown with a two-point advantage over their opponents and a draw will take them into the knockout […]

THE lions of Marloth Park in Mpumalanga struck again last week, attacking two men in the streets of the exclusive holiday town. The attacks took place just four months after lions killed and ate a man in the town, which borders the Kruger National Park east of Malelane, and where wild animals are allowed to […]

A UNIT of Anglo American Plc confirmed on Thursday that its purchase of the main assets of Zambia Consolidated Copper Mines (ZCCM) had been delayed until February from a previously agreed date of January 31. The statement said that ZCCM and ZCI had made satisfactory progress towards the completion of the sale of the Nchanga […]

A MAURITANIAN who was arrested in Senegal after US officials suspected him of plotting a foiled terrorist attack in the United States in December has been expelled to Mauritania. Mohambedou Ould Slahi was arrested last Saturday at Dakar airport, after US police said he was involved in the attack foiled in December when Algerian Ahmed […]

AT least 11 people were killed and 18 seriously injured when the vehicle they were travelling in was ambushed in Angola’s northwest Cuanza-Norte province. Armed assailants ambushed the vehicle, which was transporting goods, near Maria Teresa, about 100km southeast of the capital Luanda, an aid worker said. The identity of the attackers is not clear.

ANDREW MUCHINERIPI, Kumasi | Friday 1.30pm. IT may not have always been pretty, but it was a pretty effective display by Bafana Bafana as they became the first team to qualify for the African Nations Cup quarter-finals on Thursday night. Shaun Bartlett raised his tournament tally to three with an opportunist goal in first-half injury […]