STEPHEN Carr, South Africa’s 1999 prospect of the year, headlines the bill at the Carousel on Wednesday night in his last bout to be held locally this year. Rodney Berman of Golden Gloves promotions announced that Carr will be fighting his next three bouts in the UK and the USA. “Carr is a tremendously talented […]
SOUTH Africa’s Frans Botha looks to be the frontrunner to face Lennox Lewis on July 15 in London, if Lewis retains his title against Michael Grant on Saturday night. The other two fighters in the running named by Lewis’s promoter Panos Eliades last week are David Tua and Vladimir Klitschko. An announcement on who Lewis’ […]
MALAWI’s national airline has appealed for urgent World Bank funding after admitting its attempts at restructuring have failed. Malawi’s Privatisation Commission said in a statement on Tuesday that World Bank funding is essential to keep Air Malawi operational until the airline is either sold off or a joint venture investor can be found. Commissioner executive […]
PHILIP PANK & MANOAH ESIPISU, Harare | Tuesday 1.30pm. TWO supporters of Zimbabwe’s political opposition have been killed by followers of President Robert Mugabe’s ruling ZANU-PF party, opposition leaders said on Tuesday. Nomore Sibanda, a spokesman for the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) said one man was beaten to death in Shamva, about 80km northeast […]
PHILLIPE COSTE, Paris | Friday 6.00pm. TOP French specialists voiced shock on Friday at President Thabo Mbeki’s defence of alternative medical approaches to Aids, and dismissed as a “provocateur” the US researcher Mbeki has cited in support of his stance. Mbeki has made an impassioned defence of California biologist Peter Duesberg, who theorises that human […]
LAW enforcement officials warn that they will be out in force on Monday, as holiday makers return home following the Easter holidays. Over 1000 road blocks and speed checkpoints have been set up along major routes. Arrive Alive has appealed to motorists not to travel between 3pm and midnight and between 1am to 6am, as […]
EMBATTLED Inkatha Freedom Party MPL Phillip Powell has left the country mid-way through an investigation into his role in an illegal arms deals conducted by the National Directorate of Public Prosecutions. Meanwhile, the office of National Director of Public Prosecutions Bulelani Ngcuka this week said Powell has not been granted indemnity from possible future prosecution […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Pretoria | Thursday 7.30pm. SAFETY and Security Minister Steve Tshwete has blamed illegal immigrants from China, Nigeria, Pakistan and Zambia for a crime wave in South Africa. “The Chinese are stripping our coasts naked of perlemoen and are involved in trafficking women and children for the sex trade,” he told journalists. “In most […]
ANDREW MUCHINERIPI, Bloemfontein | Sunday 7.00pm THOSE of us who returned to the Free State Stadium 24 hours after the tedium of the World Cup qualifier between South Africa and Lesotho hoping for something a little more lively were sadly disappointed. A Castle Premiership fixture between Bloemfontein Celtic and Jomo Cosmos was rich in promise […]
TOP SA umpire Cyril Mitchley has revealed that he was approaced with an offer of $50000 (R325000) to influence the outcome of a test match in 1994. The Star reports that Mitchley said the offer came during the match between Pakistan and Australia in Lahore. It was the final Test match in 1994. “I was […]