THE rebel Sudan People’s Liberation Movement/Army (SPLM/A) on Sunday denied involvement in an attack in southern Sudan which two Sudanese aid workers died and two other went missing. SPLM/A spokesman Samson Kwaje said that his rebel group has no forces operating in Western Upper Nile, where the incident occurred, and that most of the rebel […]
LISTENERS of the pan-African radio station Africa No 1 have voted Libyan leader Moamer Gaddafi the most notable African of 1999, the station announced on Saturday. He beat out former South African president Nelson Mandela. The station said 35 million listeners voted for either Gaddafi or Mandela, but did not specify how big the gap […]
SOUTH Africa’s selectors have retained the squad that defeated England at Newlands for the fifth and final Test next week and have included Border captain Pieter Strydom to “cover” for injuries. “Both Jonty Rhodes and Daryll Cullinan are carrying minor hamstring injuries, so we thought it best to cover ourselves by adding Strydom to the […]
MODESTE Eta scored after 84 minutes to give Congo a 1-0 victory over French first division club Lyon. Some Congolese observers believe Eta will be the only local player in the starting line-up for their first African Nations Cup Group D match on January 25 against Morocco in Lagos.
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Saturday 4.30pm. SOUTH Africa will back incumbent Issa Hayatou of Cameroon in the African Football Confederation presidential election in Ghana this month. National football association president Molefi Oliphant announced Friday that his organisation favoured Hayatou ahead of lone challenger Armando Machado from Angola. “We believe Hayatou has displayed great leadership, uplifted […]
DEFENDING African Nations Cup champions Egypt defeated fellow-finalists Togo 2-1 through a late headed goal from defender Abelzaher al-Sakka in Aswan on Wednesday. Yasser Radwan put the Pharaohs ahead in the first minute and Mohamed Azim levelled after 63 minutes.
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Perth | Saturday 6.00pm. SOUTH Africa found success in its eighth appearance at the $585000 Hopman Cup, beating qualifier Thailand 3-0 on the back of a pair of sterling singles performances to claim the trophy on Saturday. Victory at the Burswood Dome on Rebound Ace, the surface of the upcoming Australian Open, was […]
ANDREW MUCHINERIPI, Johannesburg | Saturday 4.30pm. Kaizer Chiefs ………. 2 (Nomvete 53, Mooki 61) African Wanderers …… 1 (Mthalane 14) IT may have been the first senior competitive club match of the new century in South Africa, but there was no sign of Buck Rogers on Saturday as Chiefs moved into second place on the […]
ONLY taxis displaying new route-based permits will be allowed to operate in Soshanguve and its surrounding areas, north of Pretoria, from next week, SABC radio news reported on Thursday. This follows an agreement between two Soshanguve taxi associations and transport officials to stabilise the taxi industry. The agreement applies to Mabopane, Ga-Rankuwa, Hammanskraal and Soshanguve. […]
FORMER African Footballer of the Year Kalusha Bwalya is among 12 foreign-based players in a preliminary Zambian squad named by coach Ben Bamfuchile for the African Nations Cup. Chipolopolo (The Bullet) play Egypt, Burkina Faso and Senegal in Group C.