Groups in Kenya that include politicians and activists say they will present plans to complete a review process aimed at providing a new Constitution for the East African country. This follows their dismissal of the February 24 appointment of a presidential committee to jump-start the constitutional review.
South Africa achieved the impossible by chasing down an Australian score of 435 — the highest score chased to date in one-day international cricket history — to win an astounding match and clinch the series 3-2. South Africa now hold the record for the highest one-day international cricket score of 438 made to date. Sorry for you, Australia.
Australia’s trade minister said on Sunday there have been ”no substantial breakthroughs” at a London meeting of ministers from six of the world’s largest commercial powers, and warned that an enormous amount of work is needed to break a deadlock in global trade talks by next month’s deadline.
A spokesperson for Liberia’s government on Saturday denied the president issued an extradition request for exiled ex-warlord Charles Taylor. Taylor’s wife, Jewel, said her husband received a copy of a letter on Friday purportedly from Liberian President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf asking Nigerian head of state Olusegun Obasanjo to extradite Taylor.
Tsotsi director Gavin Hood and lead actor Presley Chweneyagae arrived to screams of applause in the international arrivals hall of Johannesburg International airport on Sunday. As they stood on a balcony overlooking the arrivals hall, they took turns holding up the Oscar statuette Tsotsi won for best foreign film.
Seven-time world champion Michael Schumacher showed his return to form when he stormed to a Ferrari 1-2 to take pole position for Sunday’s season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix. Schumacher, who had a disappointing 2005 season, equalled the late Ayrton Senna’s record of 65 pole positions on Saturday.
The South Africa women’s soccer team, Banyana Banyana, hammered Mozambique 6-2 in their first African Women’s Championship qualifier in front of a capacity crowd at the free-entry Caledonian Stadium in Tswane on Saturday afternoon. Banyana Banyana led 3-0 at half-time.
Mbulaeni Mulaudzi, the 25-year-old defending champion, looked like a world champion determined to retain his global crown when he won his 800m semifinal at the International Association of Athletics Federations World Indoor Championships in Moscow on Saturday in a fast one minute and 46,82 seconds.
The Wildebeest produced another standout performance in this year’s Vodacom Cup when they beat Griquas 40-22 in Kimberley on Saturday. In Wellington, the Boland Cavaliers thrashed a hapless Eagles 76-22, and there was a shock in Welkom, where the high-flying Griffons were brought down to earth by the Mighty Elephants.
William Gallas scored in the last minute on Saturday to give league-leading Chelsea a 2-1 win over Tottenham, which moved the Blues 18 points clear atop the English Premier League. Other results on Saturday included: Birmingham 1, West Brom 1; Bolton 4, West Ham 1; Everton 3, Fulham 1; and Portsmouth 2, Manchester City 1.