OWN CORRESPONDENT, Harare | Sunday 3.00pm. FORMER Rhodesian prime minister Ian Smith said on Sunday that his cattle and maize farm in central Zimbabwe has been invaded by a group of about 50 people, who have pegged out plots. He however told journalists that he is not concerned about the situation. Speaking outside his house […]
KURT SCHORK, Makolo | Sunday 3.30pm. BRITISH forces in Sierre Leone say the capital Freetown has been secured, despite rebels retaking the strategic town of Masiaka on the main highway to the capital on Sunday. “We have withdrawn and we have taken up defensive positions,” a major in the Sierre Leone Army said. Revolutionary United […]
SUDANESE Foreign Minister Mustafa Osman Ismail urged Eritrea and Ethiopia on Sunday to show “self-restraint” in their border conflict, saying he fears its effects will spread across east Africa. “The effects of this war will not be confined to the two states, but will spread to affect neighbouring countries including Sudan,” he said. He called […]
UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan said on Friday he is “very disappointed” by the failure of western nations to set up a rapid reaction force to intervene in the civil war in Sierra Leone. “I am disappointed, I would even say I am very disappointed, and I am not the only one,” Kofi said in an […]
THE New South Wales Waratahs kept the Otago Highlanders on tenterhooks for a Super 12 rugby semi-final place with a gritty 22-15 victory at the Sydney Football Stadium on Friday night. The Waratahs scored two tries in the last five minutes to sink Otago’s hopes of winning points to clinch their place in next week’s […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, FREETOWN | Saturday 2.30pm. PRO-GOVERNMENT forces in Sierra Leone repelled two rebel attacks on Port Loko, 40km northeast of Freetown, late on Friday and are advancing east. “Armed rebels attacked Port Loko twice last night at 5 pm and at 10 pm, the attacks were repelled by loyal governement troops,” according to the […]
NAMIBIA have announced their squad for the Castle Cup Southern Africa quarter-final against Zimbabwe in Harare on Sunday. Namibian team: Goalkeepers: Danzyl Bruwer (Civics), Tiro Thlabanello (Black Africa) Defenders: Rodney Doeseb (Chief Santos), Steven Mbaisa (African Stars), Sylvanus Njambari (Black Africa), Mohammed Ouseb (Kaizer Chiefs/Rsa), Oscar Tjikurunda (Life Fighters), Theodor Tom (Blue Waters) Midfielders: Johannes […]
STEVEN MANN, Cape Town | Friday 4.00pm. MORE than 2000 angry Kayelitsha residents marched on Parliament on Friday, demanding an end to months of taxi violence which has claimed at least two lives. A dispute between taxi drivers and the Golden Arrow bus company over who controls routes from Kayelitsha and other suburbs has grown […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Cape Town | Saturday 5.30pm HELLENIC clinched a place in the BP Top 8 and Free State Stars moved within one point of safety after a 1-1 Castle Premiership draw at an unseasonally hot Greenpoint Stadium. The goals arrived within 60 seconds at the end of the first half with former Stars player […]
THE commander of pro-government forces in the Democratic Republic of Congo has denounced constant attacks by rebel groups in the north and east of the country. “There have been several skirmishes in which rebels supported by Rwanda and Uganda have been incessantly attacking positions held by allied forces,” said General Amoth Chingombe, commander of the […]