OWN CORRESPONDENT, Cape Town | Thursday 1.25pm. WORLD Cup-winning halfback pair George Gregan and Stephen Larkham, along with rugby league convert Andrew Walker at fullback, hold the key to the ACT Brumbies breaking New Zealand’s hold on Super 12 title on Saturday. The Brumbies, in their first final since losing the 1997 final to the […]
MORE than 150 people were killed in the clashes that erupted between Muslims and Christians in the northern Nigerian city of Kaduna at the start of this week. The toll has risen past 150 with dozens of bodies observed in hospital morgues and on the streets in the two main riot-affected areas in the south […]
NICOLE MORDANT, Johannesburg | Thursday 1.20pm. THE country’s competition watchdog has opposed Nedcor’s hostile bid for rival Stanbic in its report to the central bank, an senior competition source said on Thursday. ”The commission has reasoned against the transaction on grounds that it could impede competition in the banking industry… One area of concern is […]
KIERAN MURRAY, Addis Ababa | Thursday 4.30pm. ETHIOPIA declared a decisive victory in its border war against Eritrea on Thursday after Eritrea’s government agreed to withdraw from the territories it occupied at the start of fighting two years ago. Ethiopia’s government said its army has routed enemy positions on the central front of the war […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Cape Town | Thursday 11.00am FORMER South African cricket coach Bob Woolmer said Ashley Mallett has been ”grossly unfair” in casting doubts over the integrity of the South African cricket team. Mallett, an ex-Australian Test off-spinner who was an adviser to the South Africans during their tour of Australia in 1997-98, said on […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, London | Thursday 2.15pm ENGLAND cricket chief Lord MacLaurin believes the outcome of the Pakistani match-fixing inquiry reveals just the ”tip of the iceberg”. Former captain Salim Malik and former Test bowler Ata-ur-Rehman were banned for life on Wednesday by the Pakistan Cricket Board, acting after the release of a long-awaited judicial report […]
ELLIS MNYANDU & JEREMY LOVELL, Bulawayo | Thursday 4.50pm. ZIMBABWE’s opposition succeeded on Thursday in a last ditch attempt to win more time to nominate candidates for parliamentary elections scheduled for June 24-25. The Movement for Democratic Change has taken its case to court, arguing that a postponement is vital if it is to field […]
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CONTROVERSIAL draft legislation, which proposes that gun licences will have to be regularly renewed and that anyone wanting one will have to undergo compulsory competency training, was tabled in Parliament on Monday. The government claims the Firearms Control Bill will help stem the proliferation of illegal weapons, but opposition parties say it will be difficult […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Wednesday 2.00pm. FRESH claims have been made that weapons – but no “atom” bomb – as well as an Amscor “agent” were aboard the ill-fated Helderberg. Two Johannesburg newspapers carried further “revelations” about the mysterious downing of the SAA flight in November 1987 that killed all 159 on board. Well-known businessman […]