PRESIDENT Nelson Mandela on Tuesday cancelled his scheduled trip to Germany in response to unrest in the wake of the the assassination of United Democratic Movement leader Sifiso Nkabinde in KwaZulu-Natal on the weekend. Mandela was due to arrive in Baden-Baden in Germany on Thursday.

SCOTLAND captain Bryan Redpath has warned his team’s Five Nations rivals to expect a much improved performance from the Scots this season. Redpath, who joined Wales captain Rob Howley, England’s Lawrence Dallaglio, France’s Raphael Ibanez and Ireland’s Paddy Johns for a sponsorship launch in London on Monday, spelled out to each of them what they […]

THE Angolan government abandoned the 1994 peace accord on Tuesday and said it would use its military might to seize land held by Unita rebels. Faustino Muteka, minister for territorial administration, told parliament that an official declaration ending the validity of the 1994 Lusaka agreement would be issued before the end of February. The army […]

THE Western Gauteng Services Council seized all the ambulances from the West Rand town of Krugersdorp on Monday, because it has allegedly failed to respond to emergency calls. The ambulances are owned by the province, but operated by agents, in this case the Krugersdorp municipality. Dr Philip van Rensburg, director of Gauteng’s emergency services, said […]

TREVOR Phillips, former chief executive Officer of the Professional Soccer League (PSL), launched a company on Tuesday that will be one of the first African-based sports management groups to apply for Fifa accreditation. “The company will focus on providing the soccer industry with a two-pronged service — player management and sports marketing,” Phillips said. “While […]

THE revised African club championship preliminary, first and second-round draws are: CHAMPIONS LEAGUE Preliminary round Red Sea, Eritrea v Rayon Sport, Rwanda Ndiambour, Senegal v Invincible X1, Liberia Armed Forces, Burkina Faso v Dragons Oueme, Benin El-Nguema, Equatorial Guinea v Santana, Sao Tome e Principe Telecom Wanderers, Malawi v Scouts, Mauritius Saint-Louisienne, Reunion) v Red […]

THE draw for the Hong Kong rugby sevens to be held from March 26-28 will definitely not challenge the Springboks. They are n Pool B with Canada, the US, and China. Other Pools are: Pool A–Fiji, Scotland, Tonga, Thailand; Pool C–Australia, Japan, Papua New Guinea, Taiwan; Pool D–New Zealand, Ireland, Hong Kong, Croatia; Pool E–France, […]

THE fuel shortage that has crippled Nigerian industry and trade will end in two to three months’ time, an advisor to military ruler General Abdulsalami Abubakar said on Wednesday. Aret Adams said in a speech delivered by an aide that the shortage of petroleum products on the domestic market will end as imports continue and […]

NIGERIA’S second and third largest political parties formally announced an electoral alliance on Tuesday, a month ahead of the country’s presidential and legislative elections, dismissing splits the mooted pact has caused. Mahmud Waziri, chairman of the right-wing All Peoples Party (APP) and Ayo Adebanjo, chairman of the regionalist Alliance for Democracy (AD), announced that the […]

A HUGE debt burden remains a major impediment to attainment of sustainable socio-economic development of the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (Comesa) members, said vice- president Christon Tembo on Monday. Tembo, opening the sixth Comesa council of ministers meeting in Zambia, said most of the organisation’s member states used over 50% of their […]