MORE than 400000 residents of Cotonou drink polluted water in Benin’s business capital, according to an official in the ministry of health, Dr Moussa Yarou. Yarou, who heads the public health and sanitation unit, told reporters last week that refuse from households and septic tanks had infiltrated all the wells in Cotonou. He expressed concern […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Wednesday 1.00pm. INJURIES to three key Pirates’ players in Sunday’s 1-0 victory over ASEC Mimosas forced them to sit out the training session for the Vodacom African Challenge final against Esperance of Tunisia at King’s Park on Sunday. Midfielder Thabo Mngomeni, defender Guy-Roger Nzeng, and striker Andries Sebola missed training for […]
THE wife of Deputy President Jacob Zuma, who was attacked at her home in KwaZulu-Natal over the weekend, has been discharged from Eshowe hospital. Police said Sizakhele Zuma was sleeping at her home in KwaZulu-Natal on Friday night when three men broke into the house and attacked her at gunpoint before ransacking the house. The […]
SPRINGBOK scrumhalf Dave Hoesslin is happy to play in cold and wet conditions in Dunedin, should those arise. WEather conditions are widely touted as favouring the All Blacks, but Hoesslin, and any other Springbok who plays in Cape Town, will be used to soggy, windy, cold weather. The New Zealand side may have a collective […]
UNITED Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan is expected in Dakar on Tuesday night on a three-day visit to Senegal, the first stage of an African tour which will take him to five other countries. Annan, accompanied by his wife, will also visit Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Nigeria and Algeria, which is hosting the annual OAU summit […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Wednesday 4.05pm. Three self-described missionaries for the Indianapolis-based Harvestfield Ministries professed their innocence in the Harare High Court on Wednesday. The three Americans, arrested on weapons charges at Harare’s airport on March 7, told the court they were shipping guns home to the United States after closing their church mission in […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Singapore | Wednesday 10.30am. GOLD prices, having slumped to the lowest point in 20 years, may have bottomed out and are unlikely to sink further, a World Gold Council official said on Wednesday. “Prices are already at a 20-year low and given such low prices it is not likely there will be a […]
THE R903 500 Billabong MSF Pro Championships will run a full day of surfing on Tuesday in excellent half to one metre conditions at Supertubes Jeffrey’s Bay, where the womens’ event will crown a champion by the end of the day. Womens world champion and current ratings leader Layne Beachley (Aus) will open the surfing […]
AFTER five rounds of matches in the Currie Cup, the Free State Cheetahs are on top with an unblemished 5-0 record and 23 total points. The Blue Bulls are hot on their heels with four wins and a draw and 19 points overall, while the Natal Sharks are third with 15 points. Rounding out the […]
THE South African Rugby Football Union (Sarfu) has set July 11 as the date for Western Province to prove that the Newlands field is in good enough condition to host the Tri-Nations match between the Springboks and Australia on August 14. Sarfu officials said they will make a decision after a WP/Pumas game on July […]