FORMER foreign minister Alfred Nzo, who died last Thursday, will be buried in Johannesburg on Saturday. Memorial services will be held in Pretoria and Johannesburg on Wednesday. Nzo’s funeral service will be held at 9.00am on Saturday at the Rhema Church in Randburg, followed by the burial at West Park cemetery, African National Congress spokesman […]

DAVID SHAPSHAK, Cape Town | Monday 5.00pm. THREE rising black stars have been included in the four Super 12 2000 squads, named in Cape Town on Monday, but there is no place for eighthman AJ Venter until his contractual wrangles are concluded. Centres Wayne Julies and Kaya Malotana, part of the Springbok squad for last […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Lagos | Tuesday 12.45pm. THE Nigeria Football Association (NFA) have rejected the request of English side Arsenal for striker Nwankwo Kanu to be released to the club for engagements during the Nations Cup which kicks off on Saturday. “Arsenal are irreponsible,” said NFA chairman Anthony Williams, reacting to the request from the English […]

ANGOLAN rebel forces killed more than 100 people near the central highland city of Kuito last week, a private Catholic radio station reported. The attack occurred at Chicandula, a village in Chinguar township in the province of Bie about 600 km (380 miles) southeast of the capital Luanda, said Radio Ecclesia, citing independent sources.

UNITED Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Sadako Ogata arrived at a refugee camp in Tanzania on Monday to visit thousands of refugees who have fled civil war in neighbouring Burundi. Ogata’s visit coincides with what officials say is the region’s worst refugee crisis since 1997 and with a fresh mediation attempt in the Burundi conflict […]

FINANCE Minister Trevor Manuel on Thursday asked that state institutions dealing with national security issues be exempted from a proposed law seeking to boost black businesses through preferential tenders. Manuel told a parliamentary committee drafting the Preferential Procurement Policy Framework Bill there could be instances where certain key government departments were forced not to award […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Cape Town | Tuesday 10.15pm. WESTERN Cape fire chiefs suspect that arsonists could be behind some of the 120 fires that have destroyed thousands of hectares of veld, wine farms and dozens of homes in the region since the weekend. Firefighters battled from early on Sunday until late on Monday to bring most […]

NORTHERN Province police believe they have made a breakthrough into a spate of armed robberies and rapes against foreigners on the N1 toll road. Far North police spokesman Captain Ailwei Mushavhanamadi said on Tuesday three suspects were arrested last Thursday, and the fourth was picked up on Monday night. He said the robbers used a […]

ELLIS MNYANDU, Cape Town | Tuesday 6.45pm LAWMAKERS on Tuesday voted overwhelmingly to ask parliament to pass a law seeking to boost small black businesses through government contracts when it sits on Friday. The Preferential Procurement Policy Framework Bill is among four crucial pieces of legislation that parliament is expected to pass before a constitutional […]

MARK GLEESON, Accra | Tuesday 3.30pm. CAMEROON’S Issa Hayatou is expected to remain president of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) in Thursday’s election at the congress in Accra. Hayatou, president for the last 12 years, faces a rare challenge from Armando Machado of Angola. Machado, until last November president of his country’s football association, […]