THE draws for the quarter-finals and semi-finals of the African Football Confederation (CAF) Cup were made in Cairo on Sunday: Quarter-finals Club Sportif Sfaxien, Tunisia (holders) vs Etoile du Sahel, Tunisia; Kwara United, Nigeria vs Zamalek, Egypt; Etoile Filante, Burkina Faso vs Canon Yaounde, Cameroon; Wydad Casablanca, Morocco vs USMA, Algeria; First leg: Sept 3-5, […]
WATER supplies were early Wednesday cut off across Kinshasa, a city of five million people, because of a lack of treatment products, the national distribution company announced. Stocks of the products, such as chlorine, arrived at the southwestern port of Matadi several days ago and should reach the capital soon, the company said on national […]
WEDNESDAY, 6.30PM: SOUTH AFRICAN all-rounder Shaun Pollock made the most of the chance to hone his batting when he clubbed a depleted Nottinghamshire attack all over Trent Bridge on Wednesday. Pollock hit 87 off just 59 deliveries to take the tourists to a commanding 50-over total of 284/6. The 25-year-old Natalian spent his hour at […]
THE son of a prominent Pagad member has died after being shot while playing soccer in Mitchell’s Plain, Cape Town, on Sunday. Moegamat Heuwel (17), son of People Against Gangsterism and Drugs member Abdul Heuwel, died in Groote Schuur Hospital early on Wednesday morning. He was shot four times, in the head and body, by […]
JOHN MEHAFFEY, Headingly | Wednesday 3.30pm. NEIL Johnson stroked a glorious unbeaten 132 in a losing cause on Wednesday as Zimbabwe succumbed to Australia in the World Cup by 44 runs after a gallant first appearance at Lord’s. The former Natal all-rounder, who returned to his native Zimbabwe last year to boost his and their […]
PALAEONTOLOGISTS on Wednesday unveiled stone tools estimated to be more than 2,3-million years old, discovered on the west bank of Lake Turkana in northern Kenya. They are the oldest tools yet found in Kenya. Palaeontologists Helene Roche of France and Mzalendo Kibunjia of Kenya said the site where the tools were discovered is ”like a […]
POLICE are awaiting the results of forensic tests on a wrecked government Mercedes Benz before deciding whether to charge Mpumalanga’s transport MEC Jackson Mthembu with reckless driving or not. It is still unclear whether Mthembu was physically driving the vehicle or was merely a passenger, during a predawn accident in Witbank three weeks ago. Mthembu […]
TUESDAY, 12.30PM: SOUTH AFRICAN cricket captain Hansie Cronje has acknowledged the fact that his two main strike bowlers Allan Donald and Shaun Pollock were a tad out of sorts during the first Test at Headingley against Englandwhich was called a draw on Monday due to intermittent rain. Cronje said that the South Africans are confident […]
THE New National Party, the Democratic Party and, in most likelihood, the African Christian Democratic Party are in discussions on Tuesday on the future leadership of the Western Cape. Marianne Merten reports that sources in the NNP told ZA*NOW that negotiations are at an “advanced stage” and an announcement is expected later in the day. […]
BREEDERS in Benin called on Tuesday for a import ban on European poultry products, in the wake of fears that Belgian chicken might be tainted with dioxin. In a statement sent to food importers, the national breeders’ association demanded that all imported food bear certificates identifying the country of origin. Since last Friday, shipments of […]