FRENCHMAN Jean-Louis Schlesser claimed victory on Sunday in the auto class of the 2000 Paris-Dakar-Cairo rally at the foot of the Giza pyramids. The result is yet to be officially confirmed but Schlesser, like compatriot Richard Sainct for the motos, had dominated the 17-stage, 11000km trek interrupted by an airlift over Niger because of terrorist […]

CANOEIST Shaun Manion, 22, remains in a critical condition at the Mediclinic Hospital in Pietermaritzburg after almost drowning on the first day of the Dusi Canoe Marathon. Manion, from Durban, was underwater for almost seven minutes before fellow canoeists finally reached him. He was not breathing and his heart was not beating. According to hospital […]

THE cash-strapped National Symphony Orchestra has closed down after it was unable to find the R10-million it needs to continue. NSO leader Caius Oprea said on Sunday they have been informed that the institution has run out of money. “We were told that we may even not be paid for this month, meaning that we […]

AROUND 100 people have been killed including 30 soldiers and 20 civilians since the Algerian government unleashed a drive to wipe out Islamic rebels who refuse to lay down their arms. Government forces are fighting two hardline Armed Islamic Group units at Remka in the Relizane region, about 350km west of the capital Algiers. Between […]

VETERAN Western Province coach and administrator Norman Mbiko has been appointed coach of the South African National Sevens team. Mbiko, who was named as coach on Thursday, will be in charge of the team until the conclusion of the current IRB World Sevens Series, ending in France in May. Mbiko takes over from Deon Oosthuizen […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Monday 9.15am. TWENTY-SIX people were killed and 52 injured when a another bus left the road and overturned between Queenstown and Cofimvaba in the Eastern Cape on Sunday night. The accident happened around 6pm, about 25km from Queenstown, after a white VW Golf apparently tried to overtake the bus in wet […]

THE Mauritian government has launched a bid to attract investments from multinationals into the country. The package of incentives include a 10-year tax holiday for investors after which the investor would only pay 15 percent annual tax on his outlay. Dividends, acquisition of equipment and vehicles are among the items which will be exempted from […]

AMERICAN maxi Zephyrus IV smashed the record for the Cape to Rio transatlantic race by almost two days when it crossed the finish line at Rio de Janeiro on Friday, the organisers said. The 75-foot Californian yacht crossed the finish line off Copacabana Beach at 3:49am. She improved the 1996 record of 14 days 15 […]

WORLD heavyweight champ Lennox Lewis is looking to South African boxers Corrie Sanders and Francois Botha to defend his title against — should he beat American Michael Grant in New York in APril. Lewis’ business manger Panos Eliades said he might also fight New Zealander David Tau.

ZAMBIAN coach Ben Benfuchile Monday blamed a ‘jinx’ referee for his team’s 2-0 defeat by holders Egypt in the opening round of the African Nations Cup in Lagos. “We did not lose to a superior side. We lost the match to the referee who is proving to be a jinx each time he officiates one […]