SACHIN Tendulkar has flown back to India from the cricket World Cup following the death of his father but team officials said on Wednesday they were confident he will rejoin the team. Brijesh Patel from the Indian squad said: “He was in a state of shock. Our thoughts are with him and his family.” He […]

A PARIS prosecutor on Tuesday called for a 12- to 15-year sentence against notorious “dog of war” Bob Denard for his role in the 1989 assassination of Comoran president Ahmed Abdallah. Prosecutor Paul Bilger told a court on the penultimate day of Denard’s two-week trial that both the 70-year-old mercenary leader and one of his […]

THE government has yet to announce the conditions for the awarding of the third cell-phone licence less than four weeks before the deadline for submission of applications for the third cell-phone licence. Sake reports that regulations sent by the South African Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (Satra) to the department of communication, have not yet arrived on […]

Braam van Straaten has concluded a contract with the Western Province Rugby Football Union. His contract will commence on 1 June 1999 and terminate on 31 October 2001. Fedsure WP are delighted that Braam has shown such a keen interest to further his rugby career in Cape Town. Rob Wager, MD of Western Province Rugby […]

MALAWIAN President Bakili Muluzi and the speaker of the National Assembly, Rodwell Munyenyembe, have agreed to convene an emergency meeting of parliament on Friday to decide on the new date for Malawi’s general elections, in keeping with a court order issued on Sunday. The deputy clerk of parliament, Fahad Assani, said in an interview that […]

THE director of Jubilee 2000, a British-based coalition of non-governmental organisations campaigning to cancel the unpayable debt of the world’s poorest countries, on Monday began a five-day study visit to Nigeria. Ann Pettifor is expected to meet Nigeria’s president-elect Olusegun Obasanjo to raise questions about Britain’s recent offer of debt relief for Nigeria. British Chancellor […]

A RECENT change in customary marriage law will marriages to enable more women to buy property independently of their husbands, the Estate Agency Affairs Board said on Tuesday. The amended law will remove the minority status of women with respect to proerty ownership under customary law. In a statement the board said the Recognition of […]

NIGERIA’S outgoing military ruler General Abdulsalami Abubakar said on Monday his country and Cameroon have agreed to resolve their long-running dispute over the Bakassi peninsula “in brotherly fashion.” Speaking after talks with Cameroon’s President Paul Biya Monday, Abubakar said his one-day visit had been a great success, while Biya called it “very useful.” The Cameroon […]

THE Namibian health ministry has refused to participate in a $100-million Aids prevention programme funded by a multinational pharmaceutical company, according to news reports. The programme, “Secure The Future: Care and Support for Women and Children With Aids”, aims to expand medical research focusing on women and children and to improve community outreach over the […]