Hamza al-Gahnem is 12 years old, and lives in building number 32 in an estate with 55 identical seven-storey buildings. He likes football, and pines for a Sony PlayStation, but what he wants most of all is to meet Iraq’s president, Saddam Hussein, so he can tell him the story of his birthday.
Three cricket fans have accused the Zimbabwe police of brutality at a match in Bulawayo. The members of the Queens club in Buluwayo were arrested after Zimbabwe’s game against Holland on February 28, writes Yolandi Groenewald.
The International Cricket Council (ICC) on Thursday announced a new programme by which the non Test-playing nations will compete against each other on a regular basis.
Pakistani tearaway Shoaib Akhtar confirmed on Thursday he had been approached by English county side Hampshire to play for them next season in place of disgraced spinner Shane Warne.
Kenya owe their place in the World Cup Super Sixes to New Zealand’s fears about playing in Nairobi, rain in Benoni and the leg-spin of Collins Obuya.
Just three or four weeks ago you wouldn’t have been able to sell the idea, but the Super Six stage of the World Cup kicks off today with no South Africa, no Pakistan, but with Kenya still in contention for a shot at one-day cricket’s greatest prize.
Growing government coyness about privatisation has been highlighted by the Budget, which sets low targets for the sale of state assets over the next two financial years
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The government’s decision to publish important information in all 11 official languages and less crucial documents in at least six will cost it R39,3-million, according to the Budget
South African Minister of Social Development Dr Zola Skweyiya is set to launch a programme to distribute food parcels worth over R230-million over the next three months to poor families.