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 5.00pm. GOLD mining tycoon Brett Kebble, kingpin of the powerful JCI group, has been ousted after being implicated in a multi-million rand share dealing scandal, it was reported on Sunday. Kebble admitted using company funds without permission from fellow directors to fight off a hostile bid that threatened his R7-billion […]

PRESIDENT Thabo Mbeki, Foreign Affairs Minister Dr Nkosazana Zuma and Home Affairs Minister Mangosuthu Buthelezi will pay a two-day visit to Mozambique this weekend, the president’s office said. They will attend the inauguration of Mozambican President Joachim Chissano in Maputo on Saturday. Mbeki also plans to attend Sunday’s meeting of Southern African Development Community heads […]

ALISTER BULL, Johannesburg | Friday 2.00pm. THE country’s four major banks, Nedcor, First National Bank, ABSA Bank and Stanbic said on Friday they would cut prime lending rates by one percentage point to 14,5%, with effect from January 19. The cuts were in swift answer to calls from the Reserve Bank on Thursday for lower […]

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 […]

TELFORD VICE, Centurion | Saturday 6.00pm. The third day was rained out SOUTH African cricket is facing up to the prospect of Allan Donald and Daryll Cullinan playing a reduced part in the future. As rain washed out the second day of the fifth and final Test against England on Saturday, fast bowler Donald announced […]

STEVEN MANN, Cape Town | Friday 5.45pm. THE American maxi yachts Sagamore and Zephyrus IV reached the half-way mark in the Cape to Rio yacht race on Friday and are set to shatter the race record of 14 days and 15 hours if the ideal weather conditions hold. “Sagamore has sailed the furthest, but Zephryus […]