A LIBERIAN military tribunal has formally charged nine military officers with sedition for their alleged involvement in a plot to overthrow the government last year, a military communique said on Saturday. It accused the soldiers, detained without charge since last September, of fighting on the side of former warlord Roosevelt Johnson during clashes last September […]

HIGHWAY robbers took away more than one million dollars worth of gold when they ambushed a bullion van transporting the precious metal to Accra, Ghana its owner, Resolute Amansie Limited said on Thursday. The head of the company’s risks management unit, William Usmer, said the gold weighing 170kg was being conveyed from the company’s mine […]

ZIMBABWE’S Standard newspaper editor, Mark Chavunduka, and his chief writer, Ray Choto, will appear at the magistrates court on Monday to face charges of contravening section 50 of the Law and Order Maintenance Act. The two journalists were illegally detained and tortured by state agents before being released and brought to the court on 21 […]

THE International Monetary Fund and the World Bank have decided to suspend all disbursements to war-torn Sierra Leone until the situation improves, President Ahmad Tejan Kabbah said on Friday. Kabbah, whose government last month survived a rebel invasion of Freetown with the help of Nigerian-led intervention troops, told journalists that the international financial bodies has […]

RESULTS from the Gauteng Netball Opening Tournament held at Avion Park, near Johannesburg on Saturday: SAP (West Rand) 12 Moret A 28, Benoni A 16 Twist Real G 17, Boksburg A 13 SAPD (West Rand) 5, Benoni A 14 Avalon 15, Winners 15 SAPD (West Rand) 18, Moret A 18 Avalon 16, Avalon 14 SAPD […]

THE International Monetary Fund and the World Bank have decided to suspend all disbursements to war-torn Sierra Leone until the situation improves, President Ahmad Tejan Kabbah said on Friday. Annoucing the withdrawal Kabbah, whose government last month survived a rebel invasion of Freetown with the help of Nigerian-led intervention troops, noted that Sierra Leone is […]

ENGLAND captain Lawrence Dallaglio said on Thursday that he would not be happy having South African World Cup flyhalf Joel Stransky playing for England. Stransky has been in superb form for his English club Leicester and there has been speculation that he could qualify to play for England in this year’s World Cup. Coach Clive […]

THE South African under-17’s football team will face their Zimbabwean counterparts in a second round African Junior Championship qualifier at Orlando Stadium in Soweto on Sunday. A good win will be a big boost for the players’ championship hopes in this important outing. A good crowd is expected at Orlando for the 3pm match that […]

THE Confederation of African Football (CAF) president, Issah Hayatou, has agreed to meet a Zimbabwean football delegation in Ghana next month to discuss Zimbabwe’s bid to win back the African Nations Cup 2000 tournament. The Herald newspaper reported on Friday that the meeting will be held on March 6 in Accra, just four days before […]

ZIMBABWE’S Mark McNulty threw away a first-round lead at the Stenham Royal Swazi Sun Open in Mbabane on Thursday with a rare triple bogey on the course’s third easiest hole. McNulty finished on 68, three strokes behind leaders Chris Davison, Brenden Pappas and Justin Hobday. Wimpie Botha, Andre Cruse, Ashley Roestoff, Ian Kennedy AND American […]