ETOILE du Sahel of Tunisia drew 2-2 with Express of Uganda in the CAF Cup second round first leg match played on Saturday. Etoile took the lead in the 12th minute through El-Mamani Ridha and added a second through El-Bargui Hakim in the 15th minute, before Express pulled one back in the 30th minute through […]
INDEPENDENT Newspapers Plc said on Wednesday its offer to buy out minority shareholders in South Africa’s Independent Newspapers Holdings Ltd had been accepted. The Irish-based newspaper group said in a statement that it now holds 99,2% of the issued share capital of its South African subsidiary and it intends to acquire, in terms of the […]
THE Canterbury Crusaders came back from a 31-6 deficit after 30 minutes on Sunday to beat South Africa’s Golden Cats 58-38 in a 12-try Super 12 slugfest. Both teams treated the packed Trafalgar Park, Nelson, crowd to entertaining rugby. The Cats scored four of their five tries within 30 minutes with center Conrad Stoltz, who […]
HUNDREDS of engineers and technicians employed by Zimbabwe’s state-owned Posts and Telecommunications Corporation have been fired for going on strike, the corporation announced on Friday. Postmaster-General Sizo Mhlanga accused the workers of having sabotaged equipment since the strike began on Tuesday, and said the mass sacking was aimed at preventing further destruction of property. The […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Saturday 8.00pm. SUPERSPORT United displayed character when they beat Bloemfontein Celtic 2-1 in a Castle Premier League soccer fixture at the Caledonian Stadium on Friday night, despite finishing a man down. The Bob Save Super Bowl finalists were reduced to 10 men in the 49th minute when national defender Clyde Mahlangu […]
LOUIS LUYT’S Federal Alliance will be joined in the June 2 battle for seats in the National Assembly with two other parties with roots in the former homelands. The Dabalorivhuwa Patriotic Front was formed in 1998 by former civil servants of the one-time Venda homeland to fight pension issues. The Vukuzenzele Sekusile Party is based […]
PRESIDENT Nelson Mandela on Friday received two honorary doctorates from the Russian Academy of Sciences in Moscow. Mandela, who arrived in Moscow on Wednesday for a three-day state visit, told members of the academy that he will always cherish his association with the great intellectuals. “I would interpret your action also as a tribute to […]
FEARS that new Reserve Bank Governor Tito Mboweni will adopt populist policies are fading, Old Mutual Asset Management head of economic research Rian le Roux said on Thursday. “Financial markets are taking the view that little change is likely given the realities of the economic situation. This is reflected in the stable bond and currency […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Friday 7.30pm. Health Minister Dr Nkosazana Zuma said on Friday that Aids should be a notifiable disease in South Africa, responding to criticism by Aids activist groups about proposed policies they feel will endanger the privacy of Aids sufferers. She also said attempts should be made to integrate the HIV/Aids “message” […]
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 […]