REBELS massacred 40 civilians in a church in the Democratic Republic of Congo on December 31, Zimbabwe’s army said in a statement on Friday. There was no immediate independent confirmation of the report, which said the slaughter occurred at Kataki village west of Manono in Shaba province. “On the night of December 31 the rebels […]

FIRE fighters battled for several hours to extinguish a blaze on Cape Town’s Signal Hill on Friday afternoon, which had city residents choking on the thick smoke. The fire was fanned by strong winds, and a helicopter trailing buckets of sea water scooped from the ocean were used to bomb the flames, which were eventually […]

ANDY CAPOSTAGNO, Johannesburg | Sunday 5.00pm. ANTHONY Wall from Sunningdale in England, the son of a London taxi driver won the Alfred Dunhill Challenge by two shots at the Houghton golf course on Sunday. Wall shot a final round 68, four under par to earn his first victory on the European Tour, although it came […]

CONGOLESE independence leader Patrice Lumumba was assassinated in 1961 by soldiers acting on the orders of a Belgian army captain in the presence of other Belgian officers, a new book claimed on Friday. Investigative author Ludo de Witte claimed Belgium was directly responsible for the assassination of Lumumba, the first post-independence leader in its former […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Saturday 12.00pm. MAFIKA Mkwanazi, the chairman of South African Airways’ board resigned with immediate effect but denied it was connected to the airline’s transformation. SAA chief executive officer Coleman Andrews this week announced the appointment of a commission on transformation amid reports that disgruntled senior black managers had called for a […]

FORMER foreign affairs minister and liberation struggle veteran Alfred Nzo died on Thursday afternoon. Nzo, 75, died at the Olivedale Clinic in Randburg where he was admitted after suffering a stroke in December 1999. Nzo was one of the longest serving Secretary General’s of the ANC, having held office from 1969 to 1991. Nzo has […]

JUVENTUS midfielder Sunday Oliseh will captain Nigeria at the African Nations Cup which kicks off on January 22. Oliseh, 28, replaces former captain Daniel Amokachi who was on Wednesday dropped from the country’s squad for the championship to be co-hosted by Nigeria and Ghana, because of nagging injuries. “Oliseh is the Eagles new captain,” team […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Sunday 7.30pm SIX million South Africans will be HIV-positive in the next five years, while Aids will cut the country’s population growth rate by 71% over the next decade, according to a survey by the South African Institute of Race Relations which was released on Sunday. Some 3.6 million people — […]

CHINESE Foreign Minister Tang Jiaxuan held talks with Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe on Friday on the third leg of a tour to consolidate relations with African countries. Tang said after the one-hour meeting that he and Mugabe had discussed “many international issues”, including the conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Zimbabwe has some 11000 […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Sunday 11.00am. IN yet another twist to the Benni McCarthy saga, the striker has been included by coach Trott Moloto in the African Nations Cup squad. McCarthy, who plays for Celta Viga in the Spanish league, was included — along with Ajax Amsterdam’s Aaron Mokoena — as ”standy players”. This face-saving […]