OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Sunday 6.00pm. A RECORD opening partnership between captain Nasser Hussain and Nick Knight swept England to a crushing nine-wicket win over South Africa in their one-day international on Sunday. England passed South Africa’s mediocre total of 184 in the 40th over, finishing on 185 for one. Fast bowler Darren Gough, the […]

EDUCATION director-general Thami Mseleku on Saturday convened a special meeting in Pretoria to discuss the country’s education crisis and the controversial Curriculum 2005 outcomes-based education system. Education ministry spokesman Bheki Kumalo said the meeting is attended by senior officials of the national department and nine provincial education departments. “They’re looking at Curriculum 2005 and related […]

SHAUN Manion, the 22-year-old canoeist who nearly drowned in an accident on the first day of the Dusi Canoe Marathon on Thursday, remains in a coma on Saturday. Manion almost died when the canoe he was sharing with team-mate Alex Swift capsized and he got entangled in wire. He was pulled out about five minutes […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Lagos | Sunday 4.30pm. CAMEROON dropped hints on Saturday in a 1-1 draw with African Nations Cup co-hosts Ghana that they are ready to reclaim their position as kings of African football. The opening match of the biennial, 16-team championship saw the Indomitable Lions from Central Africa create and waste a host of […]

THE cash-strapped National Symphony Orchestra, facing closure at the weekend, is involved in urgent talks with a number of potential sponsors Friday, NSO chairman Don MacRobert said on Friday. MacRobert said that he has been contacted by a banking group and a life assurance company, as well as a number of private citizens, offering to […]

PHILIPE BERNES-LASSERRE and EMSIE FERREIRA, Pretoria | Sunday 6.00pm THE vast numbers of Burundians fleeing their country have become Africa’s single biggest refugee crisis, UN High Commissioner for Refugees Sadako Ogata said in Pretoria on Saturday. “Just over the Christmas holiday some 20000 new persons arrived [in Tanzania] which makes the overall Burundian refugee situation […]

CLOSE of play scores on the first day of four-day South African SuperSport Series cricket matches on Friday. In Port Elizabeth: Boland 193-9 declared, Eastern Province 26-4. In East London: Western Province 111 (Vasbert Drakes 5-37), Border 116-3.

SUDAN and Eritrea have agreed on how to ensure security following the reopening of their borders and the restoration of diplomatic relations, the SUNA news agency reported on Sunday. The two sides on Saturday concluded a two-day meeting on security in east Sudan’s Kassala town by opening the border to traffic and creating a mechanism […]

SUDANESE President Omar al-Beshir and Islamist leader Hassan al-Turabi held a face to face meeting for the first time since a political conflict between the two about six weeks ago. Al-Rai Al-Akher independent daily said a ruling party mediatory committee managed to bring Beshir and Turabi together in a luncheon Friday to mark the end […]

THE Côte d’Ivoire’s military-led government, in power since ousting Henri Konan Bedie on December 24, announced Friday that a constitutional referendum will be held in April and that presidential elections will be held later. The statement did not indicate an exact date in April for the referendum, nor did it announce when presidential elections will […]