THE last Senegalese soldiers in Guinea-Bissau left on Monday night for home, ending a 10-month deployment in the West African country where they defended the government against an army rebellion. The pull-out was confirmed by the Senegalese armed forces command, which said in a communique that the “final elements” of the Senegalese contingent would be […]
THE final 16 football matches in the BobSave Superbowl competition will be played this weekend. Fixtures: Friday: 8pm: Seven Stars v Kaizer Chiefs (Athlone Stadium) Saturday 8pm: Manning Rangers v Santos (Chatsworth Stadium); 3pm: Supersport United v Orlando Pirates (Odi Stadium); 3pm: Qwa Qwa Stars v Moroka Swallows (Charles Mopeli Stadium) Sunday: 3pm: Ria Stars […]
NIGERIAN president-elect Olusegun Obasanjo arrived in Paris on Wednesday at the start of a European tour, two weeks after winning elections aimed at restoring civilian rule to his country. Obasanjo, Nigeria’s military ruler from 1976 to 1979, is to meet French President Jacques Chirac. His tour is also expected to take him to Britain, Germany […]
THE Anglo-Swiss team trying to make the first non-stop round-the-world balloon flight is now unlikely to touch down in Egypt, contrary to earlier hopes, organisers said on Wednesday. The meteorologists plotting the course of the Breitling Orbiter III, piloted by Bertrand Piccard of Switzerland and Brian Jones of Britain, will not be able to name […]
SABC programme director Mandla Langa will be appointed chairman of the Independent Broadcasting Authority (IBA) at the end of March to replace outgoing chair Felleng Sekha, the National Assembly’s communications committee decided on Tuesday. The committee also resolved that the other two vacancies on the IBA council be filled by Sentech group executive Ken Herold […]
JUST 15 days before the sale of Zambia’s major copper mines is to go through, prospective buyer Anglo American Corporation is still lacking a substantial mining partner to join the venture. Sources from the ministry of finance said on Monday that the Zambian government is in a difficult situation because Anglo — who appears to […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Tuesday 6.30pm. MONDAY’S decision to appoint Ghana and Nigeria as the co-hosts of next year’s African Nations Cup finals in place of Zimbabwe has meant an overhaul in the format of the tournament’s qualifying competition. The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has annulled the preliminary round records of the new hosts […]
GHANA and Nigeria will co-host the 2000 African Nations Cup, the African Football Confederation (CAF) said Monday in Guinea. The West African countries replace Zimbabwe, who failed to meet stadia and financial targets, in staging the 16-team event from January 23 to February 13.
President Nelson Mandela on Monday thanked Denmark for its help in the struggle against apartheid.
RAINS over prime sugar lands in eastern KwaZulu-Natal have staved off fears that the crop could be adversely affected by recent hot weather, a sugar official said on Monday. Soaking rains last weekend brought relief to maize farmers and sugar cane growers. Mtunzini on the North coast of the province had 43mm of rain, Durban […]