GRAEME Pollock was named South Africa’s Cricketer of the Century in Cape Town on Sunday at a ceremony in which close contender Basil D’Oliveira walked onto the Newlands ground for the first time in his life. The 55-year-old Pollock, an elegant left-handed batsman whose Test average of 60.97 was second only to that of Australian […]
FLOODS have caused extensive damage to roads, animals and crops in several Northern Cape farming towns following heavy rainfall over the past 24 hours. In Postmasburge streets were flooded and bridges collapsed. In the farming community of Gatkoppies four houses were badly damaged, 10 goats were killed and 50 others washed away and vegetables worth […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Lusaka | Wednesday 6.00pm. THE Zambian government began emergency talks late on Wednesday with senior doctors who earlier issued an ultimatum to go on strike over the sacking of their junior counterparts, a health official said. Elwyn Chomba, the executive director of the country’s largest University Teaching Hospital (UTH),said the meeting to avert […]
ALL-ROUNDER Andrew Flintoff has been ruled out of the remainder of England’s tour of South Africa after fracturing his foot while bowling during the fourth test. The initial diagnosis on Monday was confirmed by a specialist on Tuesday and Flintoff will now spend up to a month in plaster. “Andrew needs to spend three to […]
THE Angolan army said on Wednesday it has found a massive Unita heavy arms depot near the central town of Andulo. It also said that its troops have killed 400 rebels in operations close to the southeastern borders. A senior officer in the Angolan Armed Forces, General Jorge Barros, told state media that the 100-ton […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Cape Town | Wednesday 3.45pm. SOUTH Africa have claimed a series win over England in the fourth Test at Newlands, wreaking havoc with the ball and bowling out the visitors for 126 runs in their second innings, victory by an innings and 37 runs. The South Africans scored 421 runs in their first-innings, […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Cape Town | Sunday 1.00pm. SOUTH Africa raced to victory over Belgium in the Hopman Cup mixed teams tournament in Perth on Sunday. The experienced Amanda Coetzer and Wayne Ferreira both won their singles clashes to give South Africa an unbeatable 2-0 lead before the mixed doubles. Coetzer, 28, ranked 11th in the […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Lagos | Tuesday 1.00pm. A DELEGATION from the Confederation of African Football (CAF) arrived in Lagos on Monday to begin an inspection of facilities to be used for the 2000 African Nations Cup to be jointly hosted by Ghana and Nigeria. The two-man delegation inspected the pitches, control and changing rooms, sports, health […]
FORMER fighters of Sierra Leone’s Revolutionary United Front have reopened key roads in the interior that had been closed several years, commuters arriving in the capital said on Tuesday. The reopened roads include those linking Kenema and Koindu, Kono, Kailahun and other places in the east, travellers said. Over the weekend, Vice President Joe Demby […]
MOZAMBIQUE’s main opposition party, Renamo, on Tuesday rejected the Supreme Court’s endorsement of December elections and called once again for a recount. Earlier Tuesday, Mozambique’s Supreme Court had ruled that the presidential and general elections were in order, dismissing Renamo’s allegations of fraud. President Joaquim Chissano told reporters that Frelimo’s 133 MPs will take their […]