A FIRST-HALF goal from Hazem Emam gave Egypt a 1-0 win over Belgium in a friendly international in Liege on Tuesday. Emam struck after 14 minutes to hand the Belgians their fourth straight defeat although they had the lion’s share of chances. The Belgians’ poor form — they have not scored in their past four […]
UGANDA’S Vice President Specioza Wandira Kazibwe, who also holds the agriculture portfolio, has defended herself against charges that her ministry mismanaged a World Bank-funded project. Speaking before Parliament on Tuesday, Kazibwe asked the House, which has demanded that she resigns as agriculture minister or face a censure motion, for “justice and fairness”. She urged the […]
PETER POLLOCK, the United Cricket Board’s convener of selectors, will announce the World Cup cricket squad on Saturday. It will be announced at 2.50pm on M-Net and SuperSport1.
OLD Mutual Unit Trusts temporarlity suspended its R2,9-million Global Equity Fund on Wednesday, and will not accept new investments. MD Pieter van Niekerk told a press conference in Johannesburg that the move follows a decision by the Reserve Bank to limit offshore investment to 15% of financial institutions’ South African-based assets, rather than total assets […]
President Nelson Mandela on Wednesday urged parties involved in the faltering Northern Ireland peace talks to seek agreement.
WELFARE organisation Operation Hunger on Tuesday said they have received thousands of letters from people destitute after their pensions and disability grants were stopped while the government weeds out “ghosts” and unnecessary payouts. Felicity Gibbs, national manager for Operation Hunger, said: “Rural areas are worst hit as people cannot afford to contest the judgments, cannot […]
NEW South Wales captain Michael Brial has been ruled out of the Waratahs side to meet Auckland in their Super 12 match in Sydney on Saturday. Brial injured his leg during training on Monday. Former Springbok captain Tiaan Strauss takes over the captaincy and will also move from number eight to Brial’s position at flank. […]
NAMIBIA Football Association spokesperson Sebastian Kamungu dropped a bombshell on Monday when he announced the association has suspended the entire national under-23 squad which did duty against Lesotho in two matches recently. “The suspension,” Kamungu said, “stems from the Young Warriors’ failure to stick by agreed match and camping fees and their decision to boycott […]
THE Airport Company South Africa (Acsa) announced on Wednesday that it has signed a lease allowing it to take over the small Pilanesberg international airport near Sun City. Acsa said it has entered into a 25-year lease agreement with the North-West government which takes effect from April 1. The Pilanesberg airport will fall under the […]
THE SANDF budget has been cut by about 40% over the past nine years from 4,5% of gross domestic product to under 1,5% at present. Navy chief, Vice Admiral Robert Simpson-Anderson, said the SANDF did not demobilise after the Angolan war and it is now imperative to establish a smaller, sleeker and cheaper defence force. […]