NEARLY a century after the end of the Boer Wars, Ottawa is starting to pay South Africa to look after the graves of Canadian soldiers who died in the conflict. Canada’s Department of Veterans Affairs is sending R12000 to the National Monuments Council in South Africa as an initial contribution to cost of maintaining the […]

THE United Nations special rapporteur on the human rights situation in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Roberto Garreton, said it is estimated some 6000 people lost their lives during the first year of the conflict. Garreton said many of the casualties killed in retaliation for Mayi-Mayi or Interahamwe attacks on towns controlled by the rebel […]

A METRORAIL train driver faces disciplinary action after the accident near Riverlea, Johannesburg which left four commuters dead and at least 20 injured in October. A Metrorail statement issued on Friday said the driver had been travelling at high speed and had lost control of the train when it went through a red signal and […]

YOKO KOBAYASHI, Wellington | Saturday 4.3pm. THE New Zealand Rugby Football Union (NZRFU) hope to find a coach before the end of the year following the resignation of John Hart. ”John has made an enormous contribution to New Zealand and All Black rugby over the past two decades,” said NZRFU chief executive David Rutherford. ”However, […]

South Africa’s elite Directorate of Special Investigations known as the Scorpions have arrested another 12 Eastern Cape taxi operators. Among them are five men accused of forming a hit squad to abduct and kill a leading Border official. The arrests bring to 15 those arrested by the unit in its first operation, which is aimed […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Cardiff | Saturday 7.05pm. AUSTRALIA have won the World Cup final 35-12 on Saturday, making history as the first team to win it twice and the first country to be champions in both rugby and cricket. Both sides traded penalties, until Wallaby winger Ben Tune scored the first try in a World Cup […]

Andrew Muchineripi Soccer At last, some light at the end of a pretty dismal tunnel! Amaglug-glug set the tone with an impressive victory over Guinea in a qualifier for the 2000 Sydney Olympics soccer tournament. Within 24 hours we had witnessed an absorbing Rothmans Cup semi- final between Sundowns and Orlando Pirates that restored my […]

POLICE said on Thursday that they believe that Kjetil Moe, a Norwegian industrialist who went missing in Johannesburg in September, has been killed. Moe, 65, disappeared from a hotel near Johannesburg International Airport on September 27 and police suspect he was involved in multi-million dollar scams run by a West African syndicate. “Investigations … indicate […]

Paul Tyrrell If your company is growing faster than you can finance, a stock market listing might provide the capital you need. And if you are part of a hi-tech industry, one stock market springs instantly to mind: Nasdaq – the US wholly computerised composite index of mostly hi-tech stocks. So far, United Kingdom listings […]

balls Connie Selebogo South Africa’s bid to host the 2006 Soccer World Cup is not a big issue to women soccer players, who believe they are discriminated against and neglected by the South African Football Association (Safa). It’s been a year since the South African women’s soccer team, Banyana Banyana, has been seen in action. […]