SWAZILAND’S embattled media won the first round in the kingdom’s latest attempt to dilute press freedom on Friday, by getting temporary High Court protection for not revealing its sources. Judge Tom Masuku ruled on Friday the State-owned Swazi Observer was not obliged to hand over leaked government documentation it based news reports on. Swaziland Attorney-General […]

AT least 200 suspected members of a militant ethnic Yoruba group have been arrested during the past week for a spate of violence in Nigeria’s capital, Lagos. Lagos State Police Commissioner Mike Okiro said some of the Odua Peoples Congress (OPC) suspects would be charged with murder and arson for ethnic violence, lynching of criminals […]

ENGLAND’s Graeme Swann has been fined for oversleeping on his team’s tour of South Africa. Having played just two first-class games so far, the Northamptonshire all-rounder overslept on the first day of the fifth test against South Africa at Centurion Park on Friday. “Swann has been fined 250 for missing the team bus on the […]

ANDY Flower will captain Zimbabwe in next month’s limited overs tournament involving South Africa and England. Squad: Andy Flower (captain), Neil Johnson, Alistair Campbell, Grant Flower, Murray Goodwin, Guy Whittall, Andy Whittall, Craig Wishart, Gary Brent, Heath Streak, Mpumelelo Mbangwa, Everton Matambanadzo, Henry Olonga, John Rennie, Stuart Carlisle.

RESULTS of the SuperSport Series matches which ended on Monday. In Durban: Match drawn. Northern Titans 139-2 vs KwaZulu-Natal. In Port Elizabeth: Free State beat Eastern Province by 185 runs. Free State 296 and 226-6 declared (Nicky Boje 58 not out; Shafiek Abrahams 4-67). Eastern Province 227-8 declared and 110 (Mark Rushmere 52 not out; […]

SARAH BULLEN and Reuters, Cape Town | Tuesday 8.45pm EXHAUSTED firefighters are taking their first breather after three days of battling raging fires in the Western Cape as a lull in the punishing south-easter on Tuesday has allowed them to break the back of the flames engulfing the penninsula. However, firefighters warn that the flames […]

INTERNATIONAL credit rating agency Duff & Phelps said on Thursday it has placed the domestic ratings of Santam and Guardian National Insurance on ratings watch after news of Santam’s bid for Guardian. Santam this week launched a R1,58-billion bid for Guardian in a deal set to create the country’s largest short-term insurance firm with 25 […]

THE Independent Complaints Directorate recommended on Monday that National police commissioner Jackie Selebi should not be prosecuted on crimen injuria charges brought against him by a Pretoria sergeant. The ICD said its investigation has yielded prima facie evidence that Selebi had called the sergeant a chimpanzee but said that instead of prosecution Safety and Security […]

A 22-YEAR-OLD pupil who allegedly set fire to a school near Duiwelskloof after he failed grade 11 twice will be charged with arson, said Northern Province police said on Monday. Lowveld police spokesman Captain Thomas Ramatseba said the suspect apparently blamed his teachers at Mphuma High School after he failed two years in a row. […]

PACEMAN Allan Donald has made himself available for two Test matches South Africa will play on their tour of India starting next month. Donald announced at the weekend he would take a six-month break from international cricket, with the rider that he still had to decide whether to go to India. “I got a call […]