KENYAN football premier league champions, Mumias Sugar, have been stripped of their title and banned from all football activities for one year for match-fixing. The disqualification, announced on Thursday by the Kenya Football Federation’s National League and Competitions Committee, means that Mumias will not play in the African Club champions’ Cup or the African Cup […]

FIFTEEN workmen were killed in Harare on Thursday when a construction hoist dropped 17 floors to the ground. Government inspectors have launched an investigation into what is being described as one of Zimbabwe’s worst construction accidents. The hoist carrying the men and construction materials fell more than 67 meters to ground level shortly after 7.30 […]

FLIGHTS from three of South Africa’s international airports were delayed on Wednesday following a major computer crash. The Star reports the breakdown of the checking in and boarding computer system delayed flights to Swaziland, Dubai, Harare and Luanda from Johannesburg International Airport. South African Airways said the crash also affected Cape Town and Durban international […]

SARAH BULLEN and Reuters, Cape Town | Thursday 10.45am COMBINED gold and foreign exchange reserves beat economists’ forecast continuing their upwards rise in November to $7,4-billion — a $500-million rise from October’s reserves, Reserve Bank figures released on Thursday show. In rand terms this translates into a rise of R2,6-billion to R45,2-billion from October’s R42,6-billion. […]

VODACOM announced on Wednesday that it has appointed Wendy Luhabe non-Executive chairperson of the Vodacom Group with effect from 1 January 2000. Luhabe is the founding of human rescources group Bridging the Gap. In 1997, the World Economic Forum named her one of the “Global Leaders for Tomorrow”. She was one of the founders of […]

ELS, PRICE FAVOURITES FOR MILLION DOLLAR HOMEBOY Ernie Els and defending champion Nick Price are the hot favourites to win this year’s Million Dollar Challenge. Price is going for an unprecedented Million Dollar hat-trick in a field that includes 19-year-old Spanish sensation Sergio Garcia.The field includes 19-year-old Spanish sensation Sergio Garcia. Els tipped Price, who […]

African leaders on Wednesday appointed former South African President Nelson Mandela as the new mediator for Burundi’s fragile peace process.

A SENIOR Northern Province detective appeared briefly in court on Wednesday for allegedly raping three young girls and indecently assaulting four others. Senior Superintendent Shimanyana Frans Lebese, 49, of Lebowakgomo near Pietersburg, was not asked to plead in the Zebediela Periodical Court and will remain in custody until December 15 for further psychiatric observation. On […]

THE Freedom of Expression Institute warned on Wednesday, World Aids Day, that patients exposed to the virus had the right to be told about medicines even if they could not afford them. “Prevention is not limited to informing South Africans about the ways they can get the disease,” the FXI said in a statement. “In […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Wednesday 4.15pm. PROFESSIONAL Soccer League chief executive officer Joe Ndhlela has been suspended on full pay by the PSL following his arrest on Tuesday on charges of corruption and fraud. The charges relate to when Ndhlela was a senior official at Transnet. He has been suspended from the PSL with immediate […]