AUSTRALIAN rugby captain John Eales said on Thursday he does not expect to play for the Wallabies before the World Cup in October. The giant second rower had hoped to make his return in the annual Tri-Nations series against South Africa and New Zealand but has been forced to delay his comeback while he recovers […]
CABINET has asked the Mineral and Energy Affairs Department to finish up the restructuring of the liquid fuels industry by the end of 1999. While current regulatory mechanism will remain in place, all the investigations and consultations over new mechanisms should be completed by the end of the year. A key element of the restructuring […]
COUNTIES-Manukau flanker Koula Tukino has been ruled out of the Chiefs final Super 12 game against the Bulls in Pretoria. The New Zealand Colts flanker has been carrying a calf strain which worsened during the Chiefs training session overnight. “It isn’t getting better, so he’s not going to play,” Chiefs manager Steve Gilbert said. Paul […]
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 […]
HEALTH Minister Dr Nkosazana Zuma will on Monday become the first recipient of the World Health Organisation’s Tobacco Free World-award in Geneva, Switzerland. Zuma’s spokesman Vincent Hlongwane said from Geneva the award is in recognition for her “outstanding work in the area of tobacco control”. The award was the first of its kind. It will […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Monday 10.00am. SHOOTING Stars of Nigeria staged a dramatic second-leg recovery on Sunday to reach the second round of the African Champions League. West African champions Stars trounced Kaloum of Guinea 6-0 in Ibadan with two goals each from Baldwin Bazuaye, Duke Udi and Peter Obanor to qualify 6-3 on aggregate. […]
PROP Michael Collins’ ongoing problems with a sternum injury has ruled him out of the Chiefs’ final Super 12 rugby match against the Bulls in Pretoria. Collins failed to pass a test in a scrummaging session under the eye of New Zealand Maori coach Matt Te Pou, who has taken over the running of the […]
NIGERIA’S new constitution, set initally to govern the country’s return to civilian rule later this month, has at last been officially released, a newspaper reported on Sunday. Few details are known of the constitution, drawn up by the outgoing military regime, but it does provide for an Islamic or Sharia court to be established in […]
THIRTEEN Thai women, allegedly prostitutes, have been arrested and face deportation from South Africa for working without permits, police said on Sunday. The women and Wolfgang Meyer, owner of a Johannesburg nightclub, were arrested at the weekend after police followed up complaints from 12 other Thai women, police spokesman Gideon Thessner said. The 12 had […]
A UGANDAN rebel group has circulated leaflets to newspapers here claiming responsibility for all recent bomb blasts in the capital. The National Army for the Liberation of Uganda (Nalu), a moribund group which was active in western Ugandan in the early 1990s, said its agents carried out the attacks in the capital. A spate of […]