Two Malawian journalists, arrested and charged with publishing false information for reporting that President Bingu wa Mutharika had moved out of a palace because he feared it was being haunted, have been granted bail, their lawyer said on Wednesday.
A Nigerian man has been jailed for four years in Hong Kong over a global e-mail scam offering a ”secret fortune” of -million, a news report said on Thursday. The e-mail went around the world offering to deposit the fortune of a dead South African businessman in return for a fee of  000.
Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) President Joseph Kabila asked South Korea on Thursday to boost its investment in his mineral-rich but war-ravaged country, officials said. Kabila arrived in Seoul on Wednesday from Tokyo, where he made a similar call for investment.
Water, say some experts, is a much more likely reason for countries to go to war than oil, and in the largely arid countries along the river Nile in northeastern Africa, the lack of water risks bringing neighbours dangerously close to armed conflict. Egypt is the greatest user of the Nile waters and has been able to irrigate large parts of land to feed its people.
One of the biggest events in the swimming calendar, the National Aquatic Championships, will be going down to the shores of East London in April. Three of South Africa’s awesome foursome at the Athens Olympics, Roland Schoeman, Ryk Neethling and Darian Townsend, have already entered the competition.
Russian Federation President Vladimir Putin made his pitch to visiting Olympics officials on Wednesday to choose Moscow as host of the 2012 Games, arguing that Russia has drastically changed since hosting the 1980 Olympics, but is still a world sports power. He reminded the officials that ”Russia is one of the great athletic powers in the world”.
A recount of Namibia’s parliamentary elections ended on Wednesday with officials confirming the original results of the November polls, which handed victory to the ruling South West Africa People’s Organisation party by a landslide. A court ordered the recount of the poll in the southern African country after two opposition parties had complained of widespread irregularities.
Supersport United scored maximum points when they beat Bloemfontein Celtic 1-0 in a Castle Premiership tie played at the Seisa Ramabodu Stadium on Wednesday. United’s Dikgang Mabalane atoned for his failure in the first half when he scored in the 52nd minute, tapping in a clinical pass from Ticotico Bucuane.
The JSE Securities Exchange (JSE) was riding high in noon trade on Thursday, buoyed by a weaker rand and demand for stock ahead of the afternoon’s futures closeout. Most of the gains were seen at the top end of the market — decliners outnumbered advancers on the all-share index by 67 to 51, but on the Top 40 index, 26 shares were up and only 15 were down.
Wallaby lock Justin Harrison said on Thursday he will stand down from the New South Wales Waratahs team until a disciplinary hearing investigates a racial comment he admitted making to a South African player in a Super 12 rugby last weekend. ”I’m still coming to terms with the ramifications of what I said,” Harrison said.