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 […]
FORMER Namibian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom Ben Ulenga will launch a new political party on Tuesday. Ulenga, a high-profile member of the ruling South-West African People’s Organisation, resigned as high commissioner last August in protest of amendments to the constitution and Namibia’s military support for Democratic of Congo President Laurent Kabila. The constitutional […]
GOVERNMENT forces in Angola are claiming on Tuesday to have retaken from Unita rebels a strategically important town of Chongoroi some 500km south-east of Luanda. The town is situated on a road linking the industrial and agricultural province of Huila with the coastal town of Benguela. The army gave no details of casualties. Since November, […]
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.
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]