ISAAC Tshabalala won the Two Oceans Marathon in Cape Town on Saturday, just 13 seconds ahead of Desmond Zibi. Tshabalala finished the 56km course in 3 hours, 11 minutes, 20 seconds, while Angelina Sephooa, of Lesotho, was the first woman home in a time of 3:38.07. The leading finishers: 1.Isaac Tshabalala 3:11.20 2.Desmond Zibi 3:11.33 […]
A NIGERIAN group representing 61 communities hit by an oil spill last year, has given the Mobil Oil company an ultimatum to pay up US$22 million today. Nigeria’s Vanguard newspaper reports that the group has warned Mobil that it will “take appropriate steps to make operation difficult or impossible for all oil companies in the […]
DAVID SHAPSHAK, Johannesburg | Saturday 6.00pm. A RAMPANT Cats side ran in eight tries to two to convincingly beat the Northern Bulls 57-24 at Ellis Park on Saturday. The Cats, leading 36-14 at the break, stamped their authority early on in this regional equivalent of the old Transvaal (Cats)/Northern Transvaal (Bulls) derby. Playing superior running […]
DAVID SHAPSHAK, Johannesburg | Saturday 5.00pm. THE Stormers, fresh from a triumphant tour of Australasia, continued their streak with a win 35-14 over the Queensland Reds at Newlands on Saturday. The Stormers, playing with confidence in their first home game in Cape Town, led 13-3 at half-time. Their forwards dominated in set pieces and their […]
THIRTY NINE bodies have been recovered from a ferry that sunk off the coast of south east Nigeria in a storm late on Thursday night. Some 300 passengers were aboard. A number of survivors who swam to safety on a sandbank were rescued on Saturday, but most passengers were trapped inside the boat as it […]
UGANDAN rebels staged an attack on a fishing village on the shores of Lake George over the Easter weekend, killing six people, abducting an unknown number of others, and destroying homes and shops. The rebels, members of the Allied Democratic Forces, are dominated by the Tabliq Muslim group which operates out of bases in the […]
A RIVER of lava from the volcano Mount Cameroon, which erupted on March 28, has now reached three kilometres from villages that are home to a thousand inhabitants. No further volcanic activity was recorded on Monday, but officials are on standby to assist with evacuations if needed. 01
NIGERIA, which last month objected to a Confederation of African Football offer to co-host the African Nations Cup next year, has now accepted the offer. Chief of General Staff Vice Admiral Mike Akhigbe said before the start of a World Youth Championship match in Ibadan late on Sunday that Nigeria was looking forward to co-hosting […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Cape Town | Monday 8.00am. THE leader of the Americans gang on the Cape Flats was shot dead on Sunday after a car chase in Mitchells Plain. Glen Kahn — who has survived several previous attempts on his life — was followed by gunmen in three cars who opened fire with automatic rifles, […]
AID workers with the French humanitarian group Action Contre la Faim (Action Against Hunger) have been kidnapped in drought-hit south-eastern Ethiopia, an ACF official said on Monday. French engineer Eric Courly and two Ethiopian staff were snatched Saturday by ”an unidentified armed gang,” close to the Kebri-Dehar to Werder road, the official said. Four members […]