A TOUGH challenge awaits the country’s top canoeists as they attempt the non-stop 110km Husqvarna Canoe marathon on February 25. The top competitors in the field of more than twenty paddlers are recent Dusi Canoe marathon winners Mark Perrow and Martin Dreyer. Perrow and Dreyer, who last year claimed victory in the race when he […]

ZAMBIAN President Frederick Chiluba gave a clear indication that he plans to leave office next year when he launched a Democracy and Industrial Relations Institute in Lusaka on Tuesday. He is expected to run the institute when he comes to the end of his second and final five-year term. Chiluba said he has been inspired […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Ouagadougou | Wednesday 12.15pm. BURKINA Faso fired their Belgian coach Rene Taelman on Tuesday after the national soccer team’s poor showing in this month’s African Nations Cup. Burkina Faso Football Federation spokesman Abdoulkarim Traore told state television that Taelman failed to fulfil his contractual obligation with the “unacceptable result” of the team, who […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Accra | Wednesday 1.50pm ASHANTI Goldfields of Ghana has reached an agreement with shareholders and the Ghanaian government, clearing the way for the sale of 50% of Geita Tanzanian mining company, the company said on Wednesday. Ashanti, facing severe financial problems, has estimated that the mine, expected to be fully operational later this […]

ANGOLAN President Jose Eduardo dos Santos has accused South Africa of “meddling” in the internal affairs of Angola, the official Angola news agency ‘Angop’ reported on Tuesday. Speaking after a one-day meeting with his ally, President Sam Nujoma of Namibia, Dos Santos said: “It seems to me that it would be sensible for South African […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Cape Town | Wednesday 2.00pm. ATHLETICS South Africa has hit back at the National Olympic Committee of South Africa after a weekend report, quoting Nocsa secretary-general Dan Moyo, claimed financial mismanagement within ASA. Banele Sindani, ASA chief executive, responded to the claims by saying that Nocsa is attempting to discredit his organisation, and […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Wednesday 6.30pm NEDCOR Investment Bank on Wednesday posted a 25% rise in earnings, helped in part by a lower tax charge, but suggested that plans to find an international partner might have been put on the back burner. NIB, whose parent Nedcor Ltd listed 15% of its shares on the Johannesburg […]

FORMER Mpumalanga premier Mathews Phosa has withdrawn a R1-million civil defamation suit against his successor Ndaweni Mahlangu at the urging of senior African National Congress leaders. The two antagonists confirmed they buried the hatchet in a joint statement on Tuesday after a weekend meeting chaired by ANC secretary general Kgalema Motlanthe. Phosa lodged the defamation […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Tuesday 12.30pm. BAFANA and Bolton Wanderers defender Mark Fish says he quit because he was accused of being a rascist. Fish said on Monday that a number of journalists launched a campaign to label him a racist after he allegedly had words with Bafana coach Trott Moloto. The multi-capped player told […]