THE South African road death toll is nearing the 900 mark, according to Arrive Alive. The traffic safety campaign said that 853 people have been killed in 602 road accidents since the start of December. Of these, 384 were passengers, 250 pedestrians and 219 drivers. KwaZulu-Natal has the highest number of road deaths with 131, […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Port Elizabeth | Sunday 8.00pm. PACEMAN Alex Tudor recovered from an early morning battering to lead an England revival in the afternoon session of the first day of their three-day match against a South African Invitation XI on Sunday. At the close, England had scored 16 without loss after the South African Invitation […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Luanda | Saturday 6.00pm. ZAMBIA denied on Saturday that it had put its troops on high alert along the border with Angola in anticipation of Angolan soldiers chasing UNITA rebels across the frontier. Government chief spokesman and Information Minister Newstead Zimba and Defence Minister Chitalu Sampa both issued separate statements denying that the […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Bamako | Saturday 8.00pm. JAPAN’s Kenjiro Shinozuka and Spain’s Joan Roma won the third stage of the Paris-Dakar rally on Saturday to extend their overall lead in the car and motorbike sections. Shinozuka, in his Mitsubishi, slightly increased his advantage in this 670km stretch with 399km of specials between Nioro and Bamako in […]
THE government of the Comoro islands, established after a military putsch last April, said on Friday that a Christmas Eve coup in Cte d’Ivoire may have averted civil war in the west African country. “Coups d’etat, though they may be condemned, can in certain situations avert disasters and prevent populations facing situations of anarchy and […]
IRISH Prime Minister Bertie Ahern will visit South Africa and Lesotho next week in the first official visit by an Irish prime minister to southern Africa, officials said on Friday. Ahern, accompanied by a delegation of trade and aid officials, will visit Lesotho’s King Letsie III on Monday. The prime minister will also meet his […]
Shunned by Cinema Nouveau, Durban has far from accepted defeat on the alternative film front, reports Alex Sudheim.
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OWN CORRESPONDENT, Dakar | Thursday 8.00pm. LAST year’s Paris-Dakar motorcycle winner Richard Sainct laid down the gauntlet right from the start of this year’s even on Thursday as he won the 588km first special from Dakar to Tambacounda on his BMW. The Frenchman, who finished 40 seconds ahead of Spaniard Juan Roma and 2min 09sec […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Perth | Friday 2.00pm. SOUTH Africa will meet Thailand’s tennis minnows for the Hopman Cup on Saturday in Perth following the Thai team’s giant-killing run to the final of the A$900000 mixed teams tournament. The Thai pair of Paradorn Srichaphan and Tamarine Tanasugarn have upset fancied teams including hosts Australia and Slovakia in […]