ROBERT Mugabe bashers now have the rare oportunity to squirt diesel in his face or throw darts at him. All they have to do is tune in to a new youth website where Mugabe’s face will be bouncing around on the screen. The player who scores the most hits in 120 seconds will set him […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Monday 11.00am. THE Black Economic Empowerment Commission, headed by Cyril Ramaphosa, has proposed that it should be given the status of a statutory body and report directly to the president, in a bid to improve the results of black empowerment. This follows the findings of a draft report by the commission […]
A FURIOUS Nigerian Football Association on Friday lodged a protest with football’s world governing body FIFA after English Premiership club Chelsea ordered their Nigerian international Celestine Babayaro to remain home, saying he is injured. Nigeria and Chelsea have been engaging for weeks in a tussle over the player who Nigeria’s Dutch coach Jo Bonfrere wants […]
CRACK Kenyan striker Mike Okoth, playing for Belgian club Genk, will miss a World Cup qualifier against Malawi in Blantyre on April 8 due to an ankle injury, the Kenya Football Federation said. Another setback for the Harambee Stars is that leading defender Musa Otieno will be released by South African club Santos only 48 […]
Castle Premiership standings (P W D L F A P) Sundowns 26 19 5 2 55 27 62 Orlando Pirates 26 15 7 4 51 24 52 Kaizer Chiefs 26 13 9 4 34 17 48 Wits Univ. 28 11 13 4 34 22 46 Hellenic 26 11 6 9 53 32 39 Jomo Cosmos […]
ROYAL Dutch/Shell said on Monday it has no immediate plans for resuming oil production in Nigeria’s troubled Ogoniland. The main group representing the ethnic Ogoni said over the weekend it has given approval to Shell to re-enter Ogoniland seven years after the oil company pulled out from the tiny Niger Delta enclave after sabotage attacks […]
AN American man involved in rescue work in Mozambique has fallen to his death at a waterfall in eastern Mpumalanga. Police spokeswoman Inspector Olga Marais said rescue workers found the body of the man on Saturday morning after he fell over the 70 metre Lisbon Falls at the tourist town of Graskop on Friday. The […]
MARCUS PRIOR, Lusaka | Monday 3.30pm. JAMES Loughnane, the Cape Town professional who plays under the Irish flag, won the R500000 Zambia Open for the second time in three years after clawing his way past overnight leader Bradford Vaughan at the very last hole of the tournament. Loughnane finished on 18 under-par after a fourth […]
THE black-controlled infotainment and media company, Johnnic, on Monday announced the much-awaited disposal of 27-million shares in South African Breweries. The sale to an unnamed buyer disposes Johnnic’s remaining interests in the brewery and will raise R1,35-billion. The move is in line with the empowerment company’s restructuring plan to become a focused “infotainment” and telecommunications […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Conakry | Sunday 6.30pm. SOUTH Africa edged closer to a first appearance at the Olympic Games football tournament by thrashing Guinea 4-1 in a final-round Group B match on Sunday. Goals by captain Matthew Booth, Siyabonga Nomvete and Benni McCarthy gave the visitors a 3-1 half-time lead and Manchester United midfielder Quinton Fortune […]