SOUTH African police have launched an operation in Mozambique to find and destroy weapons left over from its civil war, which have often fallen into the hands of rebels and criminals in the region. The operation, which began on Monday, involves 17 members of the South African Police Service. It’s the sixth of its kind […]
THE Swazi royal family has formed an association to look after its aged, ailing and unemployed members. The association will also promote unity amongst royal ranks. There are hundreds of royals and all are the offspring of the late King Sobhuza II who died in 1982. It is believed Sobhuza II had over 80 wives […]
DINGAAN Thobela, the Rose of Soweto, will miss out on the chance to claim a third world-title after a freak accident forced him out of his WBF middleweight title challenge in London on Friday. Thobela’s trainer Thinus Strydom said Thobela injured his hand during a sparring session during the week and after consulating a doctor […]
PATRIOTIC Army of Rwanda and Tusker of Kenya had contrasting passages to the East and Central Africa club championship final in Kigali this weekend. While the Rwandans battled to overcome SC Villa of Uganda 2-1 in the first semi-final at a packed Amahoro Stadium, Tusker coasted to a 3-1 victory over Mukura Victory of Rwanda. […]
RURAL Aids victims and HIV positive residents who declare their status in Mpumalanga are treated like sexual perverts and are in danger of being stoned to death, the provincial Youth Commission warned on Monday. Commission chief executive Paulos Mnisi and a panel of commissioners said the province was so conservative that not even they were […]
A FIRE has gutted a disused mill in Newtown, where the Market Theatre, jazz bar Kippies and other cultural initiatives are also situated, in central Johannesburg. It is not known if any of the buildings surrounding the deserted Friedlanders Mill have been damaged. The fire was first reported at about 7am. At least seven fire […]
ROB DAVIES AND MARIANNE MERTEN, Cape Town | Monday 5.40pm. UNITED Cricket Board chief Dr Ali Bacher sensationally blew the lid on international match-fixing at the King Commission of inquiry on Monday, widening the focus to a problem that has had worldwide repurcussions, and alleged that two 1999 World Cup matches were rigged. Bacher told […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Cape Town | Monday 12.00pm. LIAM Botham, son of former England Test cricketer Ian Botham, will make his first appearance for an England rugby union side in a tour match in South Africa on Tuesday. Botham will play on the right wing against North West in Potchefstroom in a side named on Sunday […]
THE government has appointed Charles Nupen, former head of the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration, as mediator in the crisis at the University of Durban-Westville. Education Minister Kader Asmal said Nupen would assume his duties on Tuesday. The mediation process is expected to take five weeks. His appointment is the result of talks last […]
GOVERNMENT allied forces in Sierra Leone handed over a group of around 100 former child soldiers and war-affected children to aid workers at a camp in Masiaka. The batch of around 100 former child combattants were handed over by the Civil Defence Force, allied to the Sierra Leonean Army (SLA), to representatives of the UN […]