UNITED States first lady Hillary Clinton visited the Luxor temple in Egypt on Wednesday where 58 foreign tourists were massacred in November 1997. Egyptian officials are hoping that the visit will provide a shot in the arm to a tourist industry damaged by the Luxor massacre. Fifty-eight tourists, most of them Swiss, and four Egyptians […]
ZAMBIAN police arrested and charged The Post editor-in-chief Fred M’membe on Monday with espionage, along with nine other journalists from the paper. M’membe was released immediately on bail. He was informed that he will appear in court along with the other journalists on April 16, although police indicated that he might appear earlier. The arrest […]
FORMER Wallaby centre James Holbeck will return from injury for the ACT Brumbies in their Super 12 match against the Bulls on Saturday night. Holbeck replaces the injured Adam Magro, while Damien McInally comes on to the wing in place of Mitch Hardy, who aggravated a groin strain in the Brumbies’ victory over the Stormers […]
NATIONAL cricketer Makhaya Ntini appeared in the East London Regional Court on Wednesday charged with rape, SABC radio news reports. A 22-year-old Butterworth woman told the court Ntini raped her in a public toilet at the Buffalo Park cricket ground last December 2. She said she lived near Ntini at the time and had asked […]
THE Afro-Asian Nations Cup will be revived this year after a four-year break, it was announced in Johannesburg on Monday. South Africa and Saudi Arabia play in Johannesburg on September 19 and Riyadh on September 30, while Egypt have proposed December for matches with Iran. Cameroon, South Korea, Algeria, Japan and Nigeria won previous editions […]
EVANDER HOLYFIELD and Lennox Lewis have agreed on terms for a rematch for the undisputed heavyweight championship. Promoter Don King said on television on Sunday night: “I’ve signed both fighters for the rematch. This is the only curative we have in boxing when you have a dispute: is to have a rematch.” The ruling that […]
FIVE suspected armed robbers, including notorious Eastern Cape gangster, Thembani “Sticks” Magoqa, were arrested late on Sunday during a police swoop in King William’s Town. Magoqa has been on the run since he strolled out of his police cell in September last year with a police service pistol in hand. About R3500 worth of “Win […]
POPULAR Zimbabwean wrestler “The Prince of Africa” has died of malaria. International Wrestling Federation chief Flippie Williams said The Prince (36), who was especially popular in rural areas of the sub-continent, returned to South Africa in December after leaving to visit his family in Zimbabwe in October. Williams said on his return, The Prince was […]
MEDICAL authorities say there is no end in sight to the cholera epidemic afflicting Zimbabwe, with 26 more deaths reported in the past week. A spokesperson for the health ministry said over the same period a further 266 cases were reported. The disease has claimed 139 lives since the first case was confirmed six weeks […]
TWO French magistrates probing corruption within the giant Elf-Aquitaine oil group were in South Africa on Tuesday seeking one of the company’s former executives. The daily Le Parisien said Alfred Sirven, for whom there is an Interpol warrant of arrest, is hiding in South Africa and that the two investigating magistrates arrived last weekend. The […]