NORTHERN Bulls coach Eugene van Wyk expressed concern on Thursday about a lack of depth in player resources for the Super 12 league. Van Wyk said most of the Northern Bulls side will come from the Blue Bulls of Pretoria. Only two props and one backline player from the smaller provinces in the region — […]

A Fifa inspection team has described hotels in one of Nigeria’s venues for the World Youth Cup as “poor” and ordered the organisers to improve them within a month, state-run News Agency of Nigeria reported on Friday. “The hotels in the Ibadan centre are a shadow of their former selves, poor…but there is room for […]

THE chairman of a private Zambian airline David Torkoph who was arrested by the Drug Enforcement Commission (DEC) on Tuesday, has reportedly fled the country for Harare. The Zambian newspaper The Post reported on Friday that DEC spokesperson Mukutulu Sinyani, who confirmed that Torkoph was detained, said he was not aware that Torkoph had left […]

ZIMBABWE Iron and Steel Company (Ziscosteel) is planning to extend its operations into Namibia and is considering the possibility of setting up a steel smelter plant. The firm has already entered the Namibian market through Ondangwa-based Lancashire Steel Namibia, a joint venture with Zebra Holdings. Ziscosteel CEO, Dr Gabriel Masanga, said that expansion into Namibia […]

FORMER soccer player Hilton Grainger (50) was shot dead in what appears to be a botched hijacking attempt on Thursday morning. Grainger was accosted by three men, described by witnesses as “very well dressed”, in his garage just before 7am. They fired two shots at him before fleeing without taking anything. Grainger’s watch, jewellery and […]

ERNIE LETS IT SLIP AFTER three good rounds at the Heineken Classic, Ernie Els finished with a disappointing round of 3 over par 75 to slip back into 2nd place. Australian Jarrod Moseley shot a 3 under 69 to get to 14 under and take the title, one ahead of Ernie, Berhard Langer and another […]

INDUSTRIAL gold production will begin in Niger from 2001, according to Burkina Faso’s minister of mines, who estimates that 90 tons of the precious metal lie in three sites in the Komabandou zone, near the borders with Mali. International companies have been prospecting over the last four years, Mai Manga Boukar said on Thursday. Oil […]

SWEDISH aid organisation, Sida, has extended a N$2,9-million concessional loan to the Namibian Stock Exchange to upgrade its computers for share trading and administration. The loan, to be repaid over 10 years, is expected to boost the exchange’s contribution to Namibia’s economic development. Phase One of the new computer systems — equity trading and client […]

UNISA named Antony Melck as the new vice chancellor and principal on Friday. Melck, currently acting principal of the university, will begin his duties in March on a two year contract.

UNDER-17 Meridian Cup holders Ireland beat South Africa’s Under-17 squad 2-1 on Thursday at the start of the 1999 Meridian tournament at Athlone stadium in Cape Town. In other matches, Italy and Nigeria drew 1-1 in Bellville and the scheduled meeting between Portugal and Ghana was postponed due to the non-arrival of the Ghanaian team.