RWANDA and Uganda are engaged in new moves to mediate in the year-old border conflict between Ethiopia and Eritrea, it has been learned in Addis Ababa. According to diplomatic sources in Addis Ababa, president Yoweri Museveni of Uganda has sent a special message to the Ethiopian prime minister Meles Zenawi to indicate the two countries’ […]
POLICE on Monday arrested eleven men suspected of involvement in a cash heist which saw robbers shooting at security guards on the grounds of a primary school outside Pretoria earlier in the day. Pretoria police spokesman Captain Morne van Wyk said the search is continuing for another six suspects. Those arrested will face charges of […]
SEVERAL superb saves by Mamadou Sidibe earned Mali a 0-0 draw with Namibia in an African Nations Cup Group 3 qualifier in Windhoek on Saturday. Namibia created numerous chances during an impressive performance at the Independence Stadium only to be foiled by wild finishing and the acrobatic Sidibe. Mali, needing a victory to replace Congo […]
TWO naked thieves with painted faces and leaves in their hair leapt from bushes on a Zimbabwean golf course and did a war dance around two startled women golfers before making off with their handbags, a newspaper reported on Tuesday. The state-run Herald newspaper said the thieves, whose only weapons were their birthday suits, left […]
UNITED Nations chief Kofi Annan on Tuesday condemned the military coup in Guinea-Bissau that led to the removal of President Joao Bernardo Vieira. In a statement issued here, Annan’s spokesman Fred Eckhard said the secretary-general ”firmly condemns any measure that seeks to transfer power by unconstitutional means tantamount to a coup d’etat.” He also condemned […]
MICHAEL FINCH, Johannesburg | Tuesday 5.30pm. SOUTH Africa’s athletics controlling body became the first federation in the world to offer top athletes monthly salaries and incentives, it was announced on Tuesday. Athletics South Africa (ASA) will pay 17 of the country’s top athletes set monthly amounts backdated to May 1. The athletes will also receive […]
NAMIBIAN pharmacists as well as the state-run Medical Laboratory Services have cast doubt on the accuracy of a South African-made self-testing HIV product being sold by at least one pharmacy in Namibia. In a recent advert in a daily newspaper, the owner of a pharmacy at Swakopmund claimed the results of the HIV self-tester, which […]
MONDAY, 7.00PM: THE Johannesburg Stock Exchange opened the week on a strong note on Monday, with all major indices climbing. Andre Crawford-Brunt of Deutsche Morgen Grenfell said the positive sentiment was from two factors: a strong day of short-covering, and renewed conference in the New York Stock markets Dow Jones industrial average gained over 100 […]
SOUTH Africa beat South Korea 3-1 in Perth on Saturday to qualify for a final showdown with Olympic champions Australia on Sunday in the four-nation Telstra Challenge women’s hockey tournament at Perth Hockey Stadium. Trailing 0-1 at half-time, South Africa fought back with great spirit after the interval, indicating they will be tough opponents for […]
A GOVERNMENT probe into Home Affairs director general Albert Mokoena is recommending that he faces at least six criminal charges for alleged misconduct and misusing state property. The Sunday Times reports that a report by public service and administration deputy director-general Mpumi Sikhosana, containing the recommendations, is to be handed to Home Affairs Minister Mangosuthu […]