OWN CORRESPONDENT, Lisbon | Tuesday 2.30pm. THE European Union expressed concern Tuesday over the illegal occupations of more than 200 white-owned Zimbabwean farms by veterans of the country’s independence war 20 years ago. “The European Union, Zimbabwe’s main development partner, is appealing to the government of the country to respect the law and re-establish public […]
HUNGARY’S Justice Minister Dr Ibolya David is expected to arrive in South Africa on Tuesday on a six day official visit. David will meet Justice and Constitutional Development Penuell Maduna on Wednesday for bilateral discussions, during which an extradition agreement would be finalised in Cape Town. A Memorandum of Understanding on Cooperation between South Africa […]
LUCIA MUTIKANI, Johannesburg | Tuesday 11.40am BUREAUCRACY and lack of skilled personnel in provincial government departments could scupper the South African construction industry’s chances of recovery in 2000. South African Federation of Civil Engineers (Safcec) Executive Director Henk Langenhoven said that although the relevant indicators are positive, an erosion in the contractual environment has prevented […]
A seven-storey screen under the stars is a sexy thing, discovers Karen Rutter at the B&H Open Air Film Festival.
DAVID Memy, coach of the Congolese national football team, has resigned. Radio Congo reported on Monday that Memy quit his post with the Red Devils and signed a contract with Manga Sport of Gabon. Memy lead the Red Devils to the African Nations Cup finals in Ghana and Nigeria earlier this year, but they suffered […]
SUSAN NJANJI, Maputo | Monday 6.00pm. FLOOD-RAVAGED Mozambique’s government on Monday said almost 500 people were now known to have died in the catastrophe, while the UN food agency was set to make a new multi-million dollar aid plea. “The total number of people dead found by local authorities is now 492,” a government spokesman […]
DEFENDING Olympic champions Nigeria have complained to soccer’s world governing body Fifa about “shabby treatment” from Angola ahead of Saturday’s Olympic qualifying match in Luanda. “Our Olympic soccer team were given shabby treatment as the hosts provided them with inhabitable accommodation,” the Nigerian Football Association (NFA) said in a statement sent to Fifa on Thursday. […]
AN African parliament to deal with the continent’s problems could be in place by the end of the year, deputy Foreign Minister Aziz Pahad said. Speaking on his return from the 71st ministerial conference of the Organisation for African Unity in Ethiopia, Pahad said the idea has the backing of all the organisation’s member states. […]
SOUTH Africa will be facing a depleted Australian side in their one-day series after Ricky Ponting was sidelined for six months following surgery on an injured ankle. Ponting, one of Australia’s star batsmen, injured his ankle badly when he crashed into the fence diving for a ball in a limited overs match against Pakistan earlier […]
ROB DAVIES, Cape Town | Monday 12.30pm. THIS weekend will go down in Super 12 history as the first round in which a South African team failed to win a match as the Sharks lost 51-10 to the ACT Brumbies, the Cats were blasted 61-16 by the Waratahs and the Stormers and Bulls managed to […]