United States President George Bush arrived in Afghanistan on Wednesday for his first visit since US-led forces toppled the Taliban regime in 2001. Bush made the surprise stopover, landing at the US military base at Bagram, north of Kabul, as he headed to India to begin a maiden trip to South Asia
Innat Edson didn’t think it would end this way. Last year, she was making wedding plans. Now, at just 15, she is back at her mother’s cramped, dingy house, nursing a fussing baby her former fiancé refuses to acknowledge is his. Many of Malawi’s teen mothers marry much older men who they hope can give them a better life.
British low-cost airline easyJet said on Wednesday that it is to start flying to Africa for the first time with a new route to Marrakesh in Morocco from July. The no-frills carrier will offer daily flights to the continent from London’s Gatwick airport on July 4, as it expands its horizons beyond Europe.
Nelson Mandela, the country’s first democratically elected president, voted in Houghton, Johannesburg, on Wednesday.
Still in a state of reverberating shock after the defeat against relegation-threatened Bloemfontein Celtic on Sunday, Premier Soccer League log leaders Mamelodi Sundowns have received some reassuring news for their revamped PSL game against Santos at Loftus on Thursday night.
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Khutsong community stalwart Jomo Mogale on Wednesday called for a by-election in the troubled township where residents are boycotting the local government poll. He said the few voters who had trickled in to cast their ballots were mainly candidate councillors themselves.
World 4x100m freestyle record holders Ryk Neethling and Roland Schoeman will be joined by two of Lyndon Ferns, Darian Townsend, Gerhard Zandberg and Karl Thaning when the aquatics action takes centre stage on the first day of action at the 18th Commonwealth Games in Melbourne, Australia, on March 16.
Lou Vincent compiled a watchful century, and Nathan Astle and Stephen Fleming made half-centuries on Wednesday to give New Zealand a 91-run victory over the West Indies in the fourth limited-overs cricket international. New Zealand compiled 324 for six at McLean Park after being sent in to bat.
United States President George Bush on Tuesday extended by one year a series of sanctions against Zimbabwe officials, including President Robert Mugabe, deemed to be undermining democracy. The decision renews Bush’s executive orders of March 2003 and November 2005 freezing the assets of more than 100 people and 30 entities considered to be opposing reforms in Zimbabwe.
It is up for several honours at Sunday’s Academy Awards ceremony, but already Crash has taken first prize when it comes to most curse words in a movie nominated for a best picture Oscar, according to the movie watchdog group FamilyMediaGuide.com.