EIGHT African leaders and the heir to the Moroccan throne joined 60000 people at the Saturday swearing-in of Senegal’s new president Abdoulaye Wade, ending 40 years of one-party government. Among those scheduled to hear him were the Presidents of Gabon, Ivory Coast, Burkina Faso, Mali, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, and Mauritania, the Prime Minister of Cape Verde, […]

AT least 10 people died and 50 were injured when a long-distance bus swerved to avoid a pothole and plunged into a river in western Kenya on Saturday. Police said seven people were killed at the scene while three, including the driver, died on arrival at Kisii hospital. Forty-four victims remain in critical condition in […]

THE Bulls held the Sharks to a 14-14 draw, after leading 14-7 at half-time, in their Vodacom Super 12 match at Loftus in Pretoria on Saturday, effectively relegating the Sharks to the also-rans of the tournament. Springbok hooker and Bulls captain, Naka Drotske, said on Saturday that a lack of confidence was at the core […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, PUKEKOHE | Sunday 2.00pm. SOUTH Africa’s Stormers pipped New Zealand’s Chiefs 28-25 in a Super 12 match in Pukekohe on Sunday. The Stormers’ win, after the teams had been locked 18-18 at halftime, is only the second away victory by a South African side in this season’s competition and consigned the Chiefs to […]

SEVERAL thousand Muslims marched in Cape Town on Saturday to protest against the Indian government’s actions in Kashmir. The convenor of the Islamic Unity Convention, Abe Parker, who organised the demonstration, said about 4000 people participated in the march to the offices of the Indian high commissioner. He said a memorandum calling for the immediate […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Canberra | Saturday 4.20pm. THE ACT Brumbies equalled the biggest win in Super 12 history on Saturday when they thrashed the Cats 64-0. The Brumbies ran in nine unanswered tries to completely overwhelm their opponents and match the biggest winning margin in Super 12 which they set against the Northern Bulls a year […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Friday 3.50pm. AN angry crowd tried to storm a Durban court where three men faced charges on Friday over a nightclub teargas attack that led to the deaths of 13 school children. Hundreds of protesters broke down the gates at the court where a bail application was being heard for three […]