MICHAEL FINCH, Johannesburg | Monday 10.00am. BE impressed Mr Ramsamy, be very impressed. In a series where South Africa were just hoping to hold their own and prove to the National Olympic Committee Of South Africa (Nocsa) that they are worthy of Olympic selection, the result could not have been better. South Africa’s sparkling 2-1 […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Harare | Sunday 5.00pm SOUTHERN African Development Community nations have not been sincere in their peace pledges, leading to extended conflicts on the subcontinent, a state-owned Zimbabwean paper said on Sunday. The Sunday Mail accused some of the 14 member countries of the Southern Africa(SADC) of backing rebel groups trying to oust some […]

THE Truth Commission on Monday granted amnesty to 60 members of an African National Congress-aligned self-defence squad for various apartheid-era crimes, including murder. The group operated in the violence-torn Thokoza and Katlehong townships east of Johannesburg, where over 2000 people are estimated to have lost their lives in political clashes between members of the ANC […]

MANDELA XI coach Jomo Sono has blasted Arsenal coach Arsene Wenger for not releasing Nigerian striker Nwako Kanu for the Nelson Mandela farewell match on Tuesday. The South African Football Association (Safa) has stepped in and appealed to Fifa in an attempt to defuse the situation. The African World XI will meet FIFA World XI […]

A MIDDELBURG court is scheduled to sentence on Monday two white men who beat a Zion Christian Church priest to death in an apparent racist attack in Marble Hall last year. The men, Marthinus Frederick Erasmus and Phillip Hopewell Maritz were found guilty on Friday by the Middelburg Circuit of the Pretoria High Court in […]

FIGHTING between rival villages in the Transkei’s strife-torn Pondoland region, which earlier this year claimed 16 lives in a bloody massacre after a village was completely destroyed, flared anew at the weekend. Police said 48 homes at Luthengele near Port St Johns, some deserted from a May attack in which 60 homes were set alight, […]

FOURTEEN people, including a ten-year-old child, were killed in a shootout between policemen and pro-government militia in Cubal,southern Angola, informed sources said on Saturday. The shooting broke out when a militiaman refused to buy a ticket costing about one US cent to enter the local football stadium. Police and militiamen traded automatic weapons fire until […]

Mpumalanga residents living near the Kruger National Park’s southern fence have been warned to be alert after about 21 lions escaped in the past three weeks. The massive escape has baffled conservationists. Fourteen of the escaped lions have already been shot dead on various farms in the Onderberg area between Matsulu, just east of Nelspruit, […]

AN estimated 450 people were left homeless on Saturday night after a devastating fire swept through an informal settlement in Alexandra, north of Johannesburg, SABC TV news reported. The entire Ward 36 was wiped out after the blaze gutted down all the shacks on Saturday afternoon. Residents joined hands with firefighters and police to save […]

MORE than 1000 temporary teachers in the Northern Province were not paid their July salaries because of an administrative mixup, said the South African Democratic Teachers’ Union (Sadtu) on Monday. The other 37000 temporary teachers were paid on time. Northern Province acting education superintendent, Professor Harry Nengwekhulu, attributed the failure to pay the teachers to […]