NAMIBIAN President Sam Nujoma on Sunday announced his new cabinet, little changed from the team which helped him to his third five-year term with a sizeable majority in December’s elections. Nujoma and the new cabinet — trimmed down to 22 from 25 posts — will be sworn in on Tuesday during Namibia’s tenth independence anniversary […]
SOME 70 investigators from the Directorate of Special Investigations, also known as the Scorpions, will be trained at the FBI Academy at Quantico, Virginia over the next three months, US Ambassador to South Africa Delano Lewis announced on Thursday. Lewis said the 70 investigators will receive the same training as their FBI counterparts. They will […]
ETHIOPIAN press reports say 186 people suspected of starting huge forest fires that have raged for over a month in southern Ethiopia will appear in court early next week. The suspects were arrested at the end of February and are still in detention. Two fires broke out 35 days ago in the Borena and Bale […]
DAVID SHAPSHAK, Cape Town | Saturday 7.00pm. THE ACT Brumbies recorded their first win on South African soil with a four try to none 29-15 win over the Stormers at Newlands on Saturday. Flanker Owen Finegan set up a solid platform with two first half tries and Stirling Mortlock converted the second try just before […]
THE South African Sevens Rugby team that will take part in the next two legs of the IRB World Sevens’ Series in Hong Kong from 24 to 26 March and Japan from 1 to 2 April was announced in Cape Town on Tuesday. The team will gather in Cape Town for a four-day training camp […]
TEST centres Tim Horan and Daniel Herbert failed fitness tests to deliver a major blow to Queensland on the eve of Saturday’s Super 12 match against reigning champions Canterbury. Horan was ruled out with a foot injury while Herbert was forced out with a calf problem. The Reds have lost their opening two games of […]
GRANT Muller took a one shot lead as South Africans dominated the opening round of the Vodacom Tour’s Cock of the North tournament at the Ndola Golf Club on Thursday. Muller produced a steady round of 70 (three-under par) in testing conditions. Muller, who is playing as a fulltime professional this year after trying to […]
EMSIE FERREIRA, Pretoria | Friday 8.30pm. THREE Cabinet ministers left on Friday for a weekend of talks in the Democratic Republic of Congo designed to mend fences between the two countries. Relations between DRC President Laurent Kabila and the South African government are frosty, with the embattled president accusing Pretoria of hypocritically calling for a […]
NIGERIAN striker Victor Ikpeba was slammed with a $7500 fine by Borussia Dortmund coach Bernd Krauss for remarks made to Sport-Bild magazine on Tuesday. Ikpeba unleashed a scathing attack on his team-mates, saying: “Many players here are at the end of their careers and don’t have the necessary ambition to succeed.” When asked if he […]
THERE has been a major shake-up in the Griquas rugby team that will play Namibia in Windhoek on Saturday. A number of regulars, including hooker and skipper, Luther Bakkes, prop De Waal Venter, loose forward Pierre Uys, former Namibian forward Herman Lintvelt and scrum-half Christoff Lotter find themselves on the reserve bench. A number of […]