OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Monday 7.45PM. WHEN South Africa face England at Edgbaston on Tuesday in an Emirates triangular series cricket match, they will have to beat the home side by 50 runs or more, or alternatively bowl them out in under 40 overs if they are to progress to the final of the series. […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Maseru | Monday 10.15PM. THE capital of Lesotho, Maseru, was tense on Monday night after two opposition party supporters were shot dead, and 32 people were injured when police opened fire on a group of sleeping protestors outside the royal palace gates at about 4am on Monday. Basotholand Congress Party executive member Khauhelo […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Sunday 12.30PM. THE MTN Falcons produced a brilliant performance to beat defending Currie Cup champions Western Province 17-13 at the Bosman Stadium in Brakpan on Friday night. The Falcons, who are relative minnows in the competition, played with great passion, and their side was well prepared to meet the physical Province […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Monday 2.15PM. LUANDAN papers on Monday reported that Angola and Namibia have stepped up security at their joint border, with patrols being increased all along the border, but most notably near the town of Kavango, in northeastern Namibia. Both countries closed the border in mid-July in a bid to stop arms […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Kinshasa | Monday 11.00PM. REBEL forces fighting to topple Democratic Republic of Congo President Laurent Kabila say they have entered Mbanza-Ngungu, some 130km south of the capital, and are preparing to move on Kinshasa. Rebel commander Jean-Pierre Ondekane said on Monday that the rebels had taken the town of Songololo with a brief […]
SARAH BULLEN in Johannesburg | Friday 6.00pm. THE Johannesburg Stock Exchange rallied on Friday to end a turbulent week in positive territory, taking its cue from Hong Kong’s remarkable rebound to push all indices higher. The day’s spike after the badly battered 33-stock Hang Seng Index regained much of the ground lost this week to […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Friday 7.00PM. THE Natal High Court today gave a landmark judgment in favour of press freedom, dismissing with costs an application by the Inkatha Freedom Party to gag the Mail & Guardian over a report on a scheme to siphon money money from provincial government into party coffers. The party applied […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Sunday 12.30PM. DEREK CROOKES and Martin van Jaarsveld were the heroes in South Africa A’s seven wicket win over Sri Lanka A in an unofficial limited-overs match played in Moratuwa on Saturday. The win gives South Africa the series with one more match to play. Crookes scored 60 runs in the […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Sunday 12.30PM. CHRISTELLE BOSKER of Gauteng-North bagged a gold medal, and a new world record in the class 38cerebral palsy shot-putt event at the World Athletics Championships for the Physically Disabled in Birmingham on Saturday. Bosker beat the previous record by 80cm to post a new record of 7,96m. Bosker adds […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Harare | Sunday 7.00PM. MASHONALAND West governor Peter Chanetsa at the weekend evicted nearly 900 families from surrounding resettlement schemes who had invaded nine commercial farms in the region, to the west of the Zambabwean capital Harare. Chanetsa said government will not tolerate lawlessness and land-hungry people will be settled following planned procedures, […]