ZAMBIA suffered another shock in their build up to the African Nations Cup when they lost 4-3 to the Zimbabwe Olympic team on Saturday. Dennis Lota, Bernard Makufi and Andrew Sinkala, who play their club football in South Africa, Sweden and Germany respectively, scored for Chipolopolo (Copper Bullets). Zambia, who launch their Nations Cup Group […]
THE sixth MTN Cape-to-Rio yacht race got off to a slow start on Saturday, with hardly enough wind to fill the sails of the 71-boat fleet. The weather and smooth water was however perfect for hundreds of spectators who took to the water in all kinds of craft to watch the start of the race, […]
FORMER French champions Lens said on Friday that they are prepared to ignore Ghana’s demand that midfielder Alex Nyarko join his national side this weekend to prepare for the African Nations Cup. A Lens spokesman said that they want to keep the 26-year-old until after their crucial relegation clash with Nancy on January 12. “We […]
THE African National Congress celebrated its 88th birthday with rallies across the country on Saturday. ANC president Thabo Mbeki addressed the official meeting in the Northern Province where he launched 2000 as the ANC’s year of the dawn of the African century. In KwaZulu-Natal provincial ANC chairman S’bu Ndebele addressed a crowd of supporters at […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Windhoek | Sunday 4.00pm NAMIBIA said on Sunday that acts of banditry of the kind that killed three French children in the far northeast of the country reflect mounting Unita desperation in the face of a successful Angolan government offensive. Windhoek has given permission for Angola’s troops to launch attacks from Namibian soil, […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Friday 4.40pm. STOCKS on the JSE look set for more gains next week, underpinned by prospects of a stronger economy in 2000, but some equity analysts warned on Friday that rate fears offshore might trigger volatility. Analysts said the Johannesburg bourse, which vaulted by 57% last year, hitting new highs for […]
ALGERIA were thrashed 7-0 by world club championship contenders Vasco de Gama of Brazil in Rio after trailing by three goals at half-time. The Desert Warriors meet South Africa, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Gabon in Group B at the African Nations Cup finals.
JOHN Tlale, one of three goalkeepers named by South Africa for the African nations Cup tournament, is a doubtful starter due to an ankle injury. His place would probably go to Brian Baloyi, who was voted second best goalkeeper at the 1998 finals in Burkina Faso behind Egyptian Nader al-Sayed.
MINISTER of Trade and Industry Alec Erwin on Friday released the names of eight manufacturers shortlisted to produce new purpose-built public transport vehicles. AMC, DaimlerChrysler, Iveco, QLS and Tata have all proposed to build either 18-seater or 35-seater configurations while GAZ, Kwoon Chung and Malandela have tendered to supply 18-seaters.
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 […]