UGANDA have been asked to host the East and Central Africa club championship, officials said in Kampala. Original hosts Sudan were ruled out after a state of emergency was introduced and Eritrea said they could not afford to stage a competition won last year by Young Africans of Tanzania.

WHILE the eyes of the world are on the opening of his famous royal relative’s museum in Umtata in February, influential young Tembu paramount chief Buyelekhaya Dalindyebo will be appearing in the high court in a desperate last battle to stave off a five-year jail term for sabotage. Dalindyebo, third king to rule the Tembu […]

FRENCH magazine France Football has voted Tunisia number one in its annual poll of national teams. Senegal, Burkina Faso, Gabon, South Africa, Morocco, Zambia, Congo, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Cote d’Ivoire completed the top 10.

SARAH BULLEN, Cape Town | Monday 5.30pm THE Johannesburg Stock Exchange showed no signs of slowing down its bull run on Monday as it raced to a spectacular close powered by IT shares. By close of trade the all share index was 191 points (2,12%) in the green at 9226, with the industrial index — […]

FOR the first time in more than a century since British colonial rule and later apartheid abolished the tradition in favour of subservient paramount chiefs, a King of the Xhosa will be installed in the Eastern Cape later this year. The Xhosa Royal Council, an elected body which serves the interests of the paramount chief […]

ANDREW MUCHINERIPI, Pretoria | Monday 11.00am. IT cannot be long before Bruce Grobbelaar demonstrates to us mere mortals how easy walking on water really is. The new coach of struggling SuperSport United made it two wins in two matches with a 3-0 victory over fourth-placed Classic that was even easier than the scoreline suggests. Before […]

SOUTH Africa midfielder John ‘Shoes’ Moshoeu told weekend newspapers he is considering retiring after the African Nations Cup. Moshoeu, 33, has won a record 56 caps for Bafana Bafana. PREMIERSHIP RESULTS Sunday. At Free State Stadium: Bloemfontein Celtic 3 (Matsau 19, 55, Lebohang Kukame 46) Wits University 3 (Sammy Magalefa 10, Charles Yohane 35, William […]

ASOKWA Stadium, one of two Ghanaian venues for the finals, has been given the green light after the floodlights and scoreboard were improved, the African Football Confederation has announced.

ALGERIA, Burkina Faso and Congo plan to finalise preparations in Cotonou with matches against leading local clubs Atlantic Sharks, Dragons Oueme and Mogas 90, a Benin football official said.

MPUMALANGA’S 43-year-old former finance chief, Shadrack Mashele, appeared briefly in Nelspruit’s regional court on fraud charges on Monday after allegedly using State funds to settle personal business debts. Mashele appeared in court with Mpumalanga assistant finance director Sellion Maseko, 37, but was not asked to plead when they were both released on their own recognisance. […]