FORMER Bafana Bafana coach Phillipe Troussier is meeting with the head of the Japanese Football Association, Shunichiro Okano, in Tokyo to discuss conditions for a new deal. The ”white witchdoctor” took Bafana to their first ever World Cup in France in 1998, where they had a poor showing. He took the contract to coach Japan’s […]
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FORMER Bafana Bafana coach Phillipe Troussier is meeting with the head of the Japanese Football Association, Shunichiro Okano, in Tokyo to discuss conditions for a new deal. The “white witchdoctor” took Bafana to their first ever World Cup in France in 1998, where they had a poor showing. He took the contract to coach Japan’s […]
GOVERNMENT forces regained control of a northwestern Angolan town after a seven-hour firefight with Unita rebels that left 10 people dead, news reports said on Monday. The rebels had seized Cambatela, a small town about 400 kilometers east of Luanda last Wednesday after the local army garrison retreated under heavy fire. The government recaptured it […]
THE country’s largest life and pensions group Old Mutual said on Monday it is buying US United Asset Management Corp for an agreed $1,46-billion in cash, in a tender offer at $25 per share. “We expect there to be significant opportunities for cross selling and distribution of investment products into Old Mutual’s client base,” Mike […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Tuesday 11.00am. AFTER having criticised Trott Moloto for being ‘too inexperienced’ to take the Bafana team to the World Cup 2002, Leeds United skipper, Lucas Radebe has now called for support for Moloto to be retained as an assistant mentor under a recognised Fifa-accredited tactician Carlos Alberto Parreira. “The only way […]
THREE months after the world learned of the serious drought on the Horn of Africa, the head of Unicef has warned that the lives of millions of people remain under threat. “This drought is still here, it’s very serious and the women and children of the Horn of Africa need our total commitment to help […]
THE leaders of developing countries on Tuesday began the final day of a summit expected to end in appeals to rich nations for more aid and a bigger share of world trade. The G-15, which comprises 19 countries from Asia, African and Latin America, has blamed the West for reducing member states to penury by […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Karachi | Monday 10.30am. FORMER Pakistan cricket captain Rashid Latif says fired SA skipper Hansie Cronje did not reveal all in his testimony last week before the King Commission into match fixing. “Cronje’s confession was not full, because he has hidden some names. “He should have named Australian players who are also involved,” […]
STEVEN MANN, Cape Town | Tuesday 9.30am. THE King Commission of inquiry which is probing corruption in South African cricket has postpostned its public hearings until Wednesday while the Cape High Court rules on an application by three media organizations to enable them to broadcast proceedings live. The court ruling was expected later on Tuesday. […]