THE parents of a Zimbabwean airforce officer killed in the Democratic Republic of Congo are outraged that they were given only his kneecap for burial, a newspaper reported on Friday. The Independent quoted the father as saying that he was given a saucer containing what looked like part of a kneecap and told this was […]
FORMER President FW de Klerk has refused to address election rallies in support of the flagging party at whose helm he won a Nobel Peace Prize in 1993. Marthinus van Schalkwyk, head of the New National Party, told reporters on Wednesday that De Klerk, who quit politics unexpectedly in 1997, would make only low-key appearances […]
PUBLIC Service and Administration director-general Paseka Ncholo is to leave government for the private sector, he announced on Friday, and will become chairman of the Khumo Bathong venture capital empowerment fund on June 1. The fund is jointly owned by his family and REF Holdings Ltd, a venture capital enterprise. It was formed two months […]
AFTER nearly two weeks alleged drug-lord Gavin Carolus will be able to retrieve his impounded assets after a ruling in the Cape High Court on Wednesday. Justice Andre Blignault said that pending the appeal by the National Director of Public Prosecutions against the judgment, which rendered the Preservation of Property Order ineffective on April 15, […]
THE South African Rugby Football Union court case took a new turn on Thursday when former chairman Louis Luyt said in an urgent application to the Constitutional Court that the President of the Court, Judge Arthur Chaskalson, and four other judges should recuse themselves from the case. Beeld reports that, in a strong affidavit against […]
NAMIBIA is to host the Oceanic Tug of War Championships in July in Swakopmund, it was announced on Monday. This was one of the decisions taken by a historic Tug of War International Federation (TWIF) congress that was held on African soil for the first time the coastal town of Swakopmund the weekend. Between 500-700 […]
OPENING batsman Andrew Hudson has announced his retirement from international cricket after 35 tests for South Africa. Hudson, 34, was the first South African to score a century on a test debut when he made 163 against the West Indies in Barbados in 1992, South Africa’s first test after 22 years in isolation. Hudson scored […]
AFRICAN club championship first-leg fixtures this weekend, April 30 to May 2. The second leg will be May 14-16. Champions League First round: Kaloum, Guinea v Shooting Stars, Nigeria; Second round: Al-Ahly, Egypt v Rayon Sport, Rwanda; Raja Casablanca, Morocco v Djoliba, Mali; ASEC, Cote d’Ivoire, holders v Al-Harrach, Algeria; Hearts of Oak, Ghana v […]
THE British Lions will visit Australia in 2001 after the tour is approved by the International Rugby Board’s (IRB) Executive Council. The IRB had originally wanted the Lions to play two tests in both New Zealand and Australia but decided instead to stage three tests in Australia only, with a separate tour of New Zealand […]
IN BRIEF McMILLAN, DONALD FOR DEATH MATCH SOUTH Africa’s Brian McMillan and Allan Donald have been chosen for an MCC team which will play the Rest of the World in a memorial match for Diana, Princess of Wales, at Lord’s on July 18. MCC Team: Mike Atherton (England), Amir Sohail (Pakistan), Mohammed Azharuddin (India), Saurav […]