The candidate hoping to become Africa’s first woman president is not worried about her big-name rivals.
The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) soccer clubs St Lupopo and TP Mazembe came, saw, but could not conquer last week when the Kudu Horn trophy returned to Kaizer Chiefs in the Vodacom Challenge.
African Union leaders got a wake up call at their summit in Mozambique this week from a cash-strapped member who is muzzled because it is behind on its dues.
Leaders in the volatile Great Lakes region lack the political will to bring peace to the region, a European Union (EU) envoy said on the second day of the African Union heads of state summit in Maputo on Friday.
The process of choosing the AU’s permanent chairperson was reminiscent of the old Africa the union seeks to replace. President Thabo Mbeki was in league with his arch rival Moammar Gadaffi to ensure that Alpha Konare got the job of first permanent chairperson of the African Union Commission.
South Africa captain Graeme Smith looked forward to the triangular series final with confidence after his side beat Zimbabwe by seven wickets at The Rose Bowl here on Thursday.
Australia’s visit to Newlands on Saturday for the opening match of the Tri-Nations series seems to have uncovered the dark side of the South African psyche. There is something very wrong when a Springbok Test match is looked upon by the public with trepidation rather than anticipation.
Zimbabwe captain Heath Streak was in an optimistic mood here on Thursday, even though his team’s tour of England ended with a crushing seven-wicket triangular series one-day international defeat by South Africa.
In the spirit of dark clouds and silver linings, South Africa have cause to be reasonably sanguine after this week’s defeat against England at Edgbaston. Past South African teams made a habit of galloping through one-day tournaments only to trip up when it really mattered.
Annika Sorenstam withdrew from the Canadian Women’s Open on Thursday due to a lingering illness that hampered her at last week’s US Women’s Open.
Sorenstam played six holes in 1-over par and walked off the Point Grey Golf and Country Club course after hitting her second shot on the par-4 seventh hole into a bunker.