OWN CORRESPONDENT, Dar es Salaam | Monday 2.00pm. A TANZANIAN court on Monday adjourned for two days an application by Kigali for the extradition of the suspected murderer of a Rwandan prime minister and 10 Belgian peacekeepers. Magistrate Projestus Rugazia postponed the case to Wednesday to give former Rwanda major Bernard Ntuyahaga time to obtain […]
DEMOCRATIC Republic of Congo President Laurent Kabila’s pilot was arrested at Harare International airport last Tuesday after being found in possession ammunition, but released later the same day. Sunday weekly The Standard reports that the pilot, an American citizen flying Kabila’s presidential plane, was briefly detained at Hatfield Police Station after he was found with […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Canterbury | Tuesday 9.30am. CANTERBURY Crusaders’ All Black flyhalf Andrew Mehrtens rates Queensland as the most dangerous team in the Super 12 rugby union tournament. Mehrtens said Tuesday the Crusaders had hoped to avoid playing the Reds, but also warned the defending champions were regaining fluency and confidence ahead of Saturday’s semi-final at […]
STORMERS’ coach Alan Solomons claims his side will “go for broke” agains the Otago Highlanders in their Super 12 semifinal at Newlands on Saturday. The Storm rested its top team when facing the Highlanders earlier in the season. Solomons says the team has refocused after 11 rounds of round-robin play, and has shifted to the […]
WESTERN Cape Premier and provincial New National Party leader Gerald Morkel was forced on Monday to cancel his planned visit to an informal settlement on the Cape Flats due to a “life-threatening African National Congress presence”. Morkel said in a statement that he had been advised by his security personnel to avoid the Vrygrond squatter […]
CHARGES of fraud and theft involving R10-million were withdrawn against the United Christian Democratic Party in the Mafikeng High Court on Monday. Former Bophutatswana president, Chief Lucas Mangope, is the party leader. UCDP spokesman Sipho Mfundisi said the charges related to allegations that the party, then known as the CDP, misused government funds to bolster […]
CLIMBER Cathy O’Dowd and her team will resume their attempt to climb the northern slope of Mount Everest in Nepa this week after a rescue attempt set them back. Punt Geselsradio reports on Monday that the team is expected back at the advance base camp, which is about 6500 metres above sea level, on Wednesday. […]
JOMO Cosmos’ coach Jomo Sono predicts Kaizer Chiefs will win the Castle Premiership after his side dropped a 1-0 game to the Amakhosi on Saturday. The win for Chiefs opens up a six-point lead over nearest rivals Sundowns. Sono felt that beating Cosmos was a crucial turning point for Chiefs, after which they will be […]
PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe, to the surprise of no-one, has said in Harare that he has no plans to retire in two year’s time, as reports two weeks ago suggested. According to news agency Xinhua, Mugabe said at a Harare press conference that he will leave in his own time, and on his own terms. Recent […]
MOST of the nearly 40 million faulty condoms which South Africa’s health department said last July must be recalled are still being distributed, the Sunday Times reported. The Indian-manufactured Kenzo condoms, approved by the South African Bureau of Standards (SABS), were recalled after tests found one in four to be faulty. But the recall only […]