LEGENDARY African footballer Roger Milla, whose four goals helped propel Cameroon to the 1990 World Cup quarter-fianls, has been voted Africa’s Footballer of the Century, by African Soccer magazine. The London-based monthly made it’s choice from a pool of the continent’s top football coaches, players and experts. And it was the name of 47-year-old Milla […]

LEADING scorer Fadel Keita struck after 31 minutes to give Africa Sports of Cote d’Ivoire a 1-0 home win over Club Africain of Tunisia in the first leg of the African Cup Winners Cup final at the weekend. The victory margin would have been greater had the Abidjan club not wasted so many chances, including […]

SOUTH African Defense Minister Patrick Lekota arrived in the Qatari capital, Doha, on Friday for a two-day official visit. Qatar and South Africa signed an accord on air links in June. Last year, the South African company Sasol agreed to work with the state-owned Qatar General Petroleum Corporation and Phillips Petroleum of the United States […]

SOME four million Ethiopians are infected with the HIV virus that causes AIDS. The recently released government statistics were made public 17 months after the United Nations warned that more than 9% of the adult population of Ethiopia is HIV-positive. Vice-Minister of Information and Culture Besrat Geshaw noted that with an estimated four million people […]

MICHAEL FINCH, Johannesburg | Tuesday 6.00pm. ENGLAND included three uncapped players in a squad of 12 named on Tuesday for the first Test against South Africa starting at the Wanderers on Thursday. Although coach Duncan Fletcher refused to elaborate on the squad, the selection of batsmen Michael Vaughan and Chris Adams, together with all-rounder Gavin […]

A RECORD 48 African nations have been accepted for the 2002 World Cup qualifying draw in Japan on December 7, the organisers said on Tuesday. Only Gabon, ranked 14 in Africa by world controlling body FIFA, and minnows Benin, Niger and Guinea Bissau are missing. The deadline for entries is November 30. Gabon played in […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Harare | Tuesday 12.15pm. ZIMBABWE’S foreign exchange market opened to a continued shortage of hard currency on Tuesday, with traders saying there was no sign of improved liquidity in the absence of huge inflows. ”The market is in a tight spot because the inflows are very limited while demand remains high,” said one […]

STANDARD Bank Investment Corporation (Stanbic) has questioned the shareholder support claimed by Nedcor in its hostile bid. It has told the Securities Regulation Panel that the support may not be as solid as Nedcor has led the market to believe. Nedcor said on Monday it has irrevocable commitments from shareholders holding 35% of Stanbic shares […]

HANSIE Cronje has made himself available to play for South Africa for a full term thus wiping out any doubts that have existed after the last selection media conference. Announcing the team in Durban for the first Test against England starting at the Wanderers in Johannesburg on Thursday, National selection committee convener Rushdi Magiet said […]

SOUTH African Airways announced on Monday that it is to halt its service to Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo, effective 1 December 1999. SAA said that the flights have been in definitely withdrawn due to recent hostilities.