OWN CORRESPONDENT, Kimberley | Sunday 6.00pm. MARK Ealham claimed a world record five lbw decisions and England’s best one-day international bowling figures as they gained revenge over Zimbabwe with a crushing eight-wicket win on Sunday. England overtook Zimbabwe’s paltry 161 for nine with almost 18 overs to spare. It was some compensation for their dismal […]

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 […]

THE financial markets watchdog had opened 10 new investigations in the past three months into suspicious share dealings on the JSE, according to the Insider Trading Directorate. But it has not brought any fresh legal action against individuals for the exploitation of privileged information to profit from share trading, according to a statement from its […]

ANDY CAPOSTAGNO, Johannesburg | Saturday 6.00pm. THE Supersport Series final at the Wanderers is intriguingly poised at the end of the second day. Gauteng are 221-3 in reply to Border’s total of 346, trailing by 125 runs with seven wickets in hand. The key wicket of Daryll Cullinan is still intact, but the second new […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Friday 10.00pm. ZIMBABWE paceman Henry Olonga sent England to a hefty 104-run one-day defeat on Friday. Olonga ripped through the top five in the England batting order and finished with a personal best six for 19 — the finest figures by a Zimbabwean in the limited overs format. England fell for […]

Matthew Krouse The fake stones that built Sun City, its intentionally haphazard forestry and its pretentious pools that look like ruins are part of the general lie it lives. Here, in the sad old North-West province – we’re supposed to pretend – a playful, lost African civilisation put down roots that can now be explored […]