STEVEN MANN, Cape Town | Tuesday 3.45pm. THE Congress of South African Trade Union has declared war against HIV/Aids and called on the government to declare the epidemic a national emergency. “Government alone cannot win the war against HIV and Aids. Cosatu affiliates and members are in the front-line in the war against AIDS,” Cosatu’s […]

STRIKER Fary Faye scored twice as Senegal outclassed weakened Cote d’Ivoire 3-0 at the weekend in a warm-up match for the 2000 African Nations Cup. Faye from Portuguese Beira Mar club struck after 15 and 36 minutes for the Lions and Mamadou Diallo applied the final blow a minute before the final whistle in Dakar. […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Cape Town | Tuesday 7.45pm. BAFANA BAFANA tackle Sweden in the Nelson Mandela Inauguration Challenge in Pretoria on Saturday, and will be gunning for their first victory against a non-African side. Bafana have never put one over a European country before, even though they won the African Nations Cup in 1996, played at […]

AT least four members of Rwanda’s national football team, including its captain, have absconded in Germany, apparently in the hope of playing for professional teams in Belgium, Rwandan officials said on Tuesday. Nicholas Ntare, secretary-general of the Rwanda Amateur Football Association which is responsible for the team, said the players failed to show up at […]

THE Angolan army on Tuesday claimed to have secured the surrender of some 400 Unita rebels during fighting to recapture the southern town of Cuangar. Cuangar, on the border with Namibia, was targetted as part of the army’s strategy to block sources of supply for Unita. Reports said the 400 rebels who surrendered in Cuangar […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Tuesday 12.30pm. RAJA Casablanca of Morocco host Esperance of Tunisia this weekend in the first leg of a dream African Champions League final. Apart from the glory of winning the premier club competition on the continent, the winners qualify for the first world championship finals and matches against giants like Real […]

PROVINCIAL ANC Youth League organiser in Mpumalanga Alfred Thumbathi has been formally charged with 33 fraud and theft charges on Monday totalling over R900000. The charges are linked to those against sacked ANC Youth League secretary James Nkambule, suspended Mpumalanga Parks Board chief Alan Gray and MPB contract accountant Maxi Green. Nkambule, Gray and Green […]

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 […]