ZIMBABWE, England, South Africa and Scotland topped the logs after the first two rounds of the SPAR Atlantic Rim games bowls championships at the Goodwood Bowls Club on Sunday. These leads, however, are tenuous as only the pipe opener games have been played and none of the big guns have come up against one another. […]
ISRAEL’S ambassador to South Africa was caught having an affair with a female officer in Pretoria’s army intelligence service but was not recalled home, the Haaretz newspaper reported on Monday. The affair between Ambassador Uri Oren and the officer — believed to head a foreign relations unit in the service — was discovered two weeks […]
ERITREA urged the Organisation of African Unity on Monday to ensure that its border conflict with Ethiopia was “discussed at a neutral venue” acceptable to both countries. The 69th session of the OAU’s council of foreign ministers was to start in Addis Ababa on Monday to discuss administrative and budgetary issues but the war is […]
FOUR people died, several were injured and property was wrecked in a explosion at a gas site near Port Harcourt in eastern Nigeria, the contractor at the site said on Monday. The blast occurred at the Obite plant construction site on Saturday when a welding gas cylinder exploded. The gas site is a major facility […]
ZIMBABWE defeated Bangladesh by 126 runs in the third day-night match of the tri-nation one-day series here Sunday. The Bangladesh team, chasing Zimbabwe’s 310 for six wickets from 50 overs, were bundled out for 184 with eight overs to spare. 21
TELECOMS parastatal Telkom and Internet service provider Intelsat will take part in a three-day conference in Pretoria from Tuesday, focusing on new technologies in the provision of Internet services. Intelsat spokesperson Diana Jacobs said the conference, to be held at Telkom’s headquarters in Pretoria, will examine current and future market trends in Africa, as well […]
THE Southern African Inter-State Defence and Security Committee on Monday reaffirmed its support for President Laurent Kabila’s government of the Democratic Republic of Congo. However the SADC sub-committee expressed concern about the effect the conflict in Angola, Lesotho and the Democratic Republic of Congo is having on regional stability. The Committee called on Rwanda and […]
SOUTH Africa will export maize to other countries in the region despite a projected decline in production this year, a Southern African Development Community official said on Thursday. The official, from SADC’s regional early warning unit, said ealry crop estimates indicate South Africa total 1998 maize crop will amount to 7,69-million tons in 1998, against […]
A MAGNIFICENT reversed stick goal by South African women’s hockey captain and player of the match Karen Roberts 11 minutes before the end gave South Africa a resounding 2-1 victory over a star-studded Australian touring side at Hartleyvale on Sunday. The teams were locked at 1-1 at half time. The South Africans bounced back superbly […]
UNITED States first lady Hillary Clinton on Monday pledged $34,4-million for health care in Egypt after inaugurating a US-funded low-cost out-patient clinic for the poor. Earlier on Monday, she met Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak and his wife Suzanne, a staunch supporter of family planning and a reading-for-all programme in Egypt. Clinton, accompanied by her daughter […]