ANDREW MUCHINERIPI, Tembisa | Monday 12.00pm. Classic (2) 5 (Zwane 6, Joubert 25, Mthunzi 58, Malatule 62, Mahlangu 88-pen) Moroka Swallows (0) 1 (Ningiza 38); At Makhulong Stadium IT was a scorching hot Sunday afternoon in the East Rand township of Tembisa, and for Swallows goalkeeper George Fernandes there was the added discomfort of having […]

KENYAN college students battered their principal to death after accusing the institution’s administration of mismanagement, press reports said Thursday. Polycarp Wanyela, the principal of Sangalo Institute of Science and Technology in the western Bungoma district, was attacked by about 100 students late on Tuesday. The students were armed with stones and truncheons. The reports quoted […]

PAUL van Vuuren, a former security police member to whom the Truth and Reconciliation Commission granted amnesty for political murders, appeared in the Warmbaths Magistrate’s Court on Friday after he allegedly sjambokked a seven-year-old black boy for kissing his daughter. Northern Province police confirmed that Van Vuuren had been charged with assault with intent to […]

RETIRED heart surgeon Professor Chris Barnard is to undergo operation next month for skin cancer on his nose, he told a Sunday newspaper. The 77-year-old surgeon told the Rapport newspaper that he will undergo extensive surgery, including grafting skin from his forehead onto his nose, in Cape Town on December 20. ”The prognosis is good […]

SOUTH African fly-half Henry Honiball will make his debut for Bristol in Saturday’s Premiership match at Sale, the club said on Wednesday. The veteran number 10, who retired from international rugby after the Springboks’ World Cup third-place triumph over the All Blacks last Thursday, will form a half-back pairing with Argentinian scrum-half Agustin Pichot. They […]

KEY England strike bowler Darren Gough will see a return to action when the tourists take on a combined Free State/Griquas XI in Bloemfontein this weekend. Gough, who was injured in England’s opening tour fixture, will take the new ball with Alan Mullally. England may have some difficulty in the bowling department as Andy Caddick […]

THe deputy defence minister of the Democratic Republic of Congo warned Wednesday that all violations by rebel groups of a ceasefire deal signed in July would be severely punished. “Under today’s conditions, fresh guerrilla activities will cost their perpetrators dearly,” said General Dieudonne Kayembe during a meeting with reporters and diplomats to discuss alleged violations […]

SOUTH African all-rounder Lance Klusener lost out on Friday to England’s Andy Caddick as the Wisden Monthly’s player of the season in a readers’ poll conducted by the England-based magazine, which is a sister publication of Wisden -the universal cricket annual. A Wisden spokesman said it is a “major surprise” for an Englishman to clinch […]

A bomb early Friday destroyed a small complex of government offices in Swaziland’s Mahlanya constituency, about 25 kilometres east of the capital Mbabane, police said. The blast at the constituency offices used by MPs happened at about and was caused by a time bomb, police spokeswoman Leckina Magagula said. Nobody was injured, she said. A […]

THE government intends allocating almost 200-million over the next two years towards tagging and electronically monitoring prison parolees, set to begin next year. The Citizen reports Correctional Services Minister Ben Skosana said over R83-million will be allocated for next year and over R100-million for 2001. Replying to questions in Parliament, the minister also said overcrowding […]