Uneducated: China’s young people are grossly unaware of how Aids is spread. According to a survey, many believe people can contract the disease from mosquito bites. Two-thirds of secondary school students surveyed in Beijing did not know mosquitoes were not to blame and half were unaware that proper use of condoms can reduce the risk of contracting Aids, the Beijing Xinbao newspaper said. As a result of the study Beijing’s education department has asked all secondary schools to begin teaching Aids awareness as part of the school curriculum.

President Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe said on Friday his government will no longer procure fuel for the country, a newspaper said. Analysts have dubbed the move an admission of failure of Zimbabwe’s fuel procurement policies.

Sebastiaan Rothmann won a second world title on Saturday night on what should have been a joyous occasion. Instead the fight was a no contest and should be declared as such by the International Boxing Organisation (IBO), which sanctioned the bout.

Ever since Garry Kasparov’s sensational 1997 loss to the IBM chess monster Deep Blue, the chess world has thirsted for revenge

Official estimates for the attendance at last week’s Currie Cup final vary, but you probably wouldn’t be too far off the mark if you settled on a crowd of 62 000. You’ll be lucky if you get more than 62 through the gate on Friday morning for cricket’s equivalent — the first day of the Supersport Series final between Easterns and Western Province at Willowmoore Park.

The African Union (AU) invited Madagascar’s President Marc Ravalomanana to Pretoria this week to remind him that it still does not accept the general wisdom that the island state has resolved its political crisis.

Admonishing the Congolese belligerents gathered in Pretoria last Saturday, President Thabo Mbeki rivalled the rugby coaches that were simultaneously whipping up the Blue Bulls and the Lions before the Currie Cup final across the Jukskei river.

Australia, already considered the world’s top test nation, was named the top one-day international team on Thursday in the International Cricket Council’s (ICC) first ever rankings for the limited overs game.