LANCE KLUSENER, who made such a huge impact at the cricket World Cup, lost none of his enthusiasm ahead of yet another hectic season. He ran around Kingsmead with abandon — as did his national squad teammates — in preparation for the upcoming tours and occasional stints with the Natal Dolphins. He was the inspiration […]

STEVEN DOWNES, Seville | Thursday 6.00pm. STEEPLECHASE world record-holder Bernard Barmasai will be disqualified from the remainder of the million dollar Golden League circuit after admitting that he had persuaded a teammate to ease up at the Zurich Grand Prix meeting earlier this month, according to official sources. Christopher Koskei, the new world champion and […]

TWO Zambian deputy ministers survived an air crash after their chartered plane came down shortly after takeoff in northern Zambia. Deputy Transport Minister Gilbert Mululu and Deputy Education Minister Mathias Mpande described their escape in Wednesday’s crash at Mporokoso in northern Zambia as a miracle, local newspapers reported. All four people on board, including the […]

SPRINGBOK coach Nick Mallett on Wednesday thanked the provinces in the Currie Cup semi-finals and final for their “sacrifice” by releasing their players for the Springbok Rugby World Cup camp, which begins on August 30. “The sacrifice the provinces have made in giving up their players is a recognition of how important this camp is […]

SARAH BULLEN, Cape Town | Thursday 4.30pm THE Johannesburg Stock Exchange ended the day in negative territory on Thursday after a fairly sluggish day’s trade that saw some heavy losses in resource stocks. At close of trade the all share index had lost 0,55% with most key indices closing just off their lows. Dealers said […]

BODYGUARDS of the head of Liberia’s ruling party kicked and punched a journalist investigating a story about the financial affairs of a state mining company. Bob Woods of the independent daily The News said he was flogged on Wednesday by security guards working for the secretary general of the ruling National Patriotic Party, Cyril Allen. […]

FINANCIAL markets watchdog,the Financial Services Board, said on Wednesday it has closed five of its ongoing insider trading probes due to a lack of evidence. But the FSB, which began operation in January in a drive to clean up the country’s reputation for endemic insider trading, said it has a number of other investigations still […]

EVIDENCE WA KA NGOBENI and IVOR POWELL, Johannesburg | Friday 11.30am A BODY of black private security industry employers this week walked out of the statutory body charged with regulating the industry amid allegations of neoptism and corruption within the body. After a crisis meeting on Wednesday South African Black Security Employers Association (Sabsea) called […]

KABAKA (King) Ronald Muwenda Mutebi II of Buganda — Uganda’s wealthiest province — wed 35-year-old Sylvia Nagginda Luswata at a colourful ceremony in Kampala on Friday attended by hundreds of people including Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni. The head of Uganda’s most influential kingdom exchanged vows with the Nabagereka (Queen), a journalist. At 43, Kabaka Mutebi […]