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 […]
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 […]
DRAW for second qualifying round of 1999 All-Africa Games: Zone 4: Central African Republic or Gabon v Democratic Republic of Congo; Rwanda v Cameroon. Zone 5: Uganda v Kenya; Eritrea v Egypt. Zone 6: Zimbabwe v Angola; Lesotho v Zambia. First leg: April 2-4, second: April 16-18.
A NATIONAL toll-free helpline was launched in Cape Town on Tuesday in an effort to curb abuse and neglect of older people. The Halt Elder Abuse Line (Heal) will be accessible nationally and anyone who want to report or discuss any form of abuse of elderly people. Heal was initially launched as a pilot scheme […]
RODGER JARDINE, Director-General of the Department of Arts, Culture, Science and Technology has been appointed CEO of Kagiso Media with effect from June 1, 1999. Jardine quit his post as director-general in November 1998 but later agreed to stay on until the end of May so that a successor could be found. At the time […]
AUCKLAND Blues lock Glenn Taylor and Queensland Reds flanker Mark Murray will sit out the next three weeks of the Super 12 rugby union series after being suspended by the New Zealand Rugby Football Union on Monday. Taylor was suspended for trampling Queensland half-back Sam Cordingley in a ruck when the two teams clashed in […]
ASSURANCE giant Old Mutual reported on Thursday assets under management of R317-billion, against R308-billion at the end of June 1998. The group, which has changed its year-end from June 30 to December 31, also reported that total premium income grew 14% to R31 billion. Premium income for the six months to the end of December […]
PHILIP NDOU is the new South African Featherweight champion after Jackie Gunguluza in one minute and nineteen seconds into the third round on Sunday for the latter’s national title. The East London crowd was behind their champion as he entered the ring, but from the start it was clear that it wasn’t going to be […]
THE Heath Special Investigations Unit is widening its probe of the Reserve Bank’s 1990 R1,4-billion rescue package for the now-defunct Bankorp group to include tobacco giant Rembrandt and insurance conglomerate Sanlam — both major shareholders in Basa banking group, which is already under scrutiny over the lifeboat deal. The Sunday Independent reports that the lifeboat […]