MOROCCO’S bid to host the 2006 World Cup finals is “very, very impressive,” Alan Rothenberg, head of Fifa’s inspection team, said on Monday. “We were impressed by the official commitment to organise the cup. The feeling is something we are very interested in,” he said at the end of the team’s five-day inspection of the […]

DEON POTGIETER, Johannesburg | Wednesday 3.15pm. FOLLOWING the controversy surrounding the February 19 world title fight between Hawk Makepula and Baby Jake Matlala, Golden Gloves Promoter Rodney Berman, said that the two fighters will meet in a rematch later this year. Before the highly anticipated rematch takes place however, they will both face other opponents. […]

FORMER Bafana Bafana and AmaZulu coach Clive Barker has been appointed as coach of Cape side Santos until the end of the season. Poor results from the Durban-based side saw Barker quitting AmaZulu before the Christmas break, and he is now responsible for getting relegation-threatened Santos back on track. The Capetonians were defeated 3-2 in […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Wednesday 12.30pm SHARES in New Africa Investments Limited (Nail) firmed on Wednesday after shareholders on Tuesday voted for a proposed radical restructuring of the black empowerment group. Shareholders ignored a lone crusade by a former director to derail it the restructuring, voting overwhelmingly in favour of Nail’s plans to unbundle its […]

NORTHERN Bulls captain Ruben Kruger will miss at least four weeks of the Super 12 after breaking a bone in his foot in Saturday’s 23-19 loss Super 12 with the Cats. Coach Heyneke Meyer is expected to name a stand-in captain this week.

HIGH levels of human faeces have been found in the drinking water in Mpumalanga’s Lowveld, as a result of the heavy flooding in the province and neighbouring Mozambique, warned provincial deputy director of health promotion, Heila Jooste, on Monday. She said laboratory tests indicated that at least 17 of 20 communities were heavily contaminated with […]

THE Nigerian government has decided to award its four GSM mobile phone operating licences by auction, after the collapse of a bidding process. The auction will be conducted by the Nigerian Communications Commission and supervised by an “internationally recognised competent body” to be appointed by the government. The government sacked NCC boss Emmanuel Nnama last […]

THERE was no pre-fight medical done before World Boxing Association number one contender Henry Akinwande’s mismatched fight in Cape Town last Tuesday. While the medical is required by law, the Western Cape Boxing Commission claimed they only found out a day before. The bout which ended in the first round was in itself a disgraceful […]

TRANSPORT Minister Dullah Omar signed an air services agreement with Yemen on Sunday, celebrating the inauguration of flights between Johannesburg and San’a, Yemen, which started in December. “The Government of South Africa has adopted a clear policy to strengthen the bonds between South African and the rest of the Indian Ocean Rim countries,” Omar said […]