THE presidents of three of the largest unions in South African rugby were brought into the game’s national governing body on Wednesday to help calm growing unrest in the sport. Harold Verster of Free State, Piet Olivier of the Blue Bulls and Mluleki George of Border were co-opted on to the executive of the South […]
FIFTY-FIVE more bodies of murdered men, women and children have been found in a mass grave in the Kampala home of a leader of a cult blamed for the deaths of about 1000 people, police said. Police spokesman Assuman Mugenyi said the bodies were exhumed from a small Kampala house rented by Father Dominic Kataribaabo, […]
SIERRA-LEONE’S president has urged his shattered nation to embrace national reconciliation and appealed to fighters from its civil war to halt atrocities against civilians. “Continued violations and abuses against innocent civilians are inimical to national reconciliation,” President Ahmad Tejan Kabbah told the nation in a broadcast message to mark the 39th anniversary of independence. Kabbah […]
THE detained son of slain Congolese independence leader Patrice Lumumba has begun a hunger strike to force the authorities to tell him why they arrested him. Francois Lumumba, who was arrested at his home in the Democratic Republic of the Congo capital Kinshasa on Saturday, began his fast on Wednesday. Francois Lumumba has emerged as […]
A TWO-DAY conference of West African foreign and defence ministers and senior military officials has opened in Accra to examine the problems of children affected by war. The conference co-hosted by Ghana and Canada is also being attended by war-affected children from Liberia and Sierra Leone. In an address at the opening ceremony, Ghana’s President […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, New Delhi | Saturday 4.00pm CRICKET chief Ali Bacher has said he never blamed Pakistan for fixing World Cup matches, said a senior Pakistani official. Bacher has clarified to the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) he did not mention the name of any country or umpire while telling Australian newspapers on April 19 that […]
LAMONTVILLE Golden Arrows have been promoted to the Castle Premier League after beating Premier United 2-1 to win the MTN First Division Coastal Stream league championships at the weekend. The team from KwaZulu-Natal ended the season on 61 points from 26 matches. Arrows were active in the old National Professional Soccer League (NPSL) during the […]
Former president Nelson Mandela on Saturday visited the survivors of last month’s nightclub stampede and their families.
It may seem that unions’ days are numbered, but labour is devising new ways to deal with globalisation Glenda Daniels Trade unions locally and internationally are on the defensive. They appear to be faced with the challenge to submit or fight changes in the economy. In reality, something in between, a third way, is emerging […]
Michael Grant is toned and in tune for his fight with Lennox Lewis Donald McRae ‘Hold on, baby,” a strange voice whispers down the phone, “the man is on his way. He’s runnin’ at ya …” I can hear him coming. Michael Grant is 2m tall, weighs over 115kg and slams across the floorboards in […]