FOUR Ogies town councillors in Mpumalanga are taking the African National Congress to court because they feel they have been victimised by colleagues for being uncircumcised. The former mayor of the small farming town, Bigboy Radebe, confirmed on Friday that he and three colleagues are hauling the provincial ANC leadership before the Pretoria High Court […]
THE 1999 African Champions League winners will represent the continent at the first world club championships, the African Football Confederation were announced on Sunday. Brazil, China, Mexico, Paraguay, Saudi Arabia, Tahiti, Turkey, the United States and Uruguay have applied to host the eight-team competition from January 5 to 14. The line-up will include one club […]
THE 95-year-old mother of first lady Graa Machel died on Sunday afternoon in Maputo after a long illness, the President’s office announced on Sunday. Nelly Simbine had been in a coma for a week, presidential spokesman Parks Mankahlana said. Simbine is survived by Machel and five other children. President Nelson Mandela flew to Maputo to […]
EQYPT will play Iran in Tehran on October 27 and in Cairo on November 17 for the Afro-Asian Nations Cup, the African Football Confederation announced on Sunday. Egypt lost on penalties to South Korea following a 0-0 draw in the 1988 final and Iran lost on away goals to Algeria three years later after a […]
RESCUERS were still searching on Monday afternoon for the two missing Welkom miners trapped after an earthquake in the Free State on Friday. Matjhabeng mine Spokeswoman Pam Mongoato said there was still no sign of Lawrence Molise Tsolo, 40, and John Befile Delekile, 53, by 4pm on Monday. “We will, however, not give up until […]
AN anonymous caller ringing Uganda from London on Sunday claimed responsibility for the bombing that rocked Kampala, the Ugandan capital, over the weekend. The death toll from the latest bomb attack which occured on Saturday evening in the city has risen to five while three other injured persons are in critical condition in hospital. The […]
SOUTH Africa’s black professional golfers meet on Freedom Day next Tuesday to hear the Southern Africa Tour’s response to their grievances with the structure of the game in the country. Tour tournament director Theo Manyama, once one of its leading black players, will announce the Tour’s answer to the request for a doubling of the […]
THE Mpumalanga man who was arrested last week for strangling three women and a baby to death with his shoelaces, was out on parole when he allegedly went on a six-day killing orgy. The man, nicknamed the Whisperer, was arrested by accident before police were even aware of the trail of bodies.
A REPORT by British police into the shooting of a policewoman 15 years ago, allegedly from inside the Libyan embassy in London, is expected to name her killer, The Sunday Times reported.It said Scotland Yard’s report may well spark a new row with Libya with fresh demands for Tripoli to hand over the suspect and […]
THE International Rugby Board (IRB) on Friday said it will adopt disciplinary procedures from the Super 12 and Tri-Nations after the World Cup in October. This will be part of a major rewrite of the game’s regulations that be implemented when the world championships end in November – even though the new laws will be […]