NAMIBIAN Benvinda Mundenge was the new M-Web Face of Africa on Sunday after the sudden death of her 14-year-old sister on Thursday. Namibia scored a double by providing not only the venue for the contest but also the winner. The four runners-up will go to represent Africa in the Elite Model Look of the Year […]

SUDANESE President Omar al Beshir has signed amendments in the armed forces law, including a new provision that allows a military supreme commander to be a member of a political party.All military individuals have until now been prohibited by law from any political party affiliation, but this provision has now been modified to exempt a […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Cape Town | Monday 6.00pm. INFORMATION technology firm Dimension Data and black investment group Worldwide African Investment Holdings launched a massive black-controlled telecommunications firm on Monday that will bid against multinational giants for telecoms integration contracts in Africa. The new company — to be named Plessey — is a result of the acquisition […]

THE Organisation of African Unity (OAU) on Monday called for an immediate end to the fighting between Ethiopia and Eritrea, now that both sides have accepted its blueprint for peace. OAU officials are expected to meet members of the Ethiopian government on Monday before heading for Asmara, where authorities said clashes are still taking place. […]

MOROCCAN coach Henri Michel said on Wednesday he is confident the North African nation could host the 2000 African Nations Cup in place of Zimbabwe, the original scheduled hosts. The African Football Confederation (CAF) stripped Zimbabwe of its right to host the tournament earlier this month over what it deemed were inadequate preparations and Michel […]

AFRICAN youth soccer championship results from the finals in Ghana: Group B saw Zambia overrun Guinea 6-2, while Nigeria shut out Malawi 5-0. The games were played in Kumasi. Nigeria tops the group, followed closely by Zambia. The only difference is Nigeria’s 9 goals vs Zambia’s 7. Guinea and Malawi have no points, having lost […]

EIGHT members of the Afrikaner Weerstandsbeweging were denied amnesty for murdering four people and injuring six others at a bogus roadblock west of Johannesburg in December 1993. The eight men told the Truth and Reconciliation’s Amnesty Committee they were trying to scupper South Africa’s first democratic elections. The eight men sprayed 10 black people with […]

PARLIAMENT has accused the military of a serious breach of security by posting a highly damning internal report on the Internet, a newspaper reported on Sunday. The Sunday Independent said the report, posted on the Internet during February, details decay and declining morale in all sections of the military and a shortage of cash which […]

AFRICAN Nations Cup qualifying fixtures this weekend: South Africa face Gabon on Saturday in Group 4, while Angola take on Mauritius. South Africa leads the group. Group 1 leaders Ghana face bottom-ranked Eritrea, while third place Cameroon take on second place Mozambique. In Group 2, top of the list Morocco, Africa’s highest ranked team, meet […]

A COURT martial in Lesotho on Friday heard how soldiers took the commander of the Lesotho Army, Lieutenant-General Makhula Modisakeng, to a radio station last September and forced him to announce that he had dismissed senior officers. Modisakeng was also forced to announce that he had resigned, the prosecution said. Forty-one soldiers pleaded not guilty […]