NEIL MANTHORP, Hove | Wednesday 1.00p m. SOUTH Africa’s top two fast bowlers, Allan Donald and Shaun Pollock, believe the World Cup will not be dominated by seam bowlers to the extent that many players have predicted — and the reason is the seam itself. Speaking after the team’s first practice session in Hove on […]
ZIMBABWE’S former president Canaan Banana has been defrocked by the Methodist church because of his conviction on charges of homosexual assault, the head of the church in Zimbabwe said on Wednesday.Bishop Farai Chirisa said the church decided to strip Banana of the ministry after he was convicted in the High Court earlier this year on […]
AN inquiry into why Trevor Tutu, the wayward son of Truth and Reconciliation Commission chairman Desmond Tutu, failed to appear in court last November to face reckless driving charges has been scheduled for May 17. Tutu, who was found guilty on a charge of reckless driving on April 19, will also be sentenced on that […]
MONDAY, 6.00PM: COLD shivers of doubt pulled down most major indices on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange on Tuesday, as confusion set in after release of a varied batch of economic figures. The demons in the digits were marginally better March broad money supply figures and a worse-than-expected private sector credit extension figure. The South African […]
BIG landmine producers and users such as the United States, China and Russia watched from the sidelines on Tuesday as the first meeting of the signatories of the 1997 Ottawa Treaty banning the production and marketing of mines entered its second day. Mozambican ambassador to the United States Carlos dos Santos said that only 15 […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Wednesday 2.00pm. GUINEA club Kaloum sprang the biggest surprise during a weekend of African action with a 3-0 Champions League victory over Shooting Stars of Nigeria, while Sundowns failed to impress and Pirates made good headway in the Cup Winners Cup. Mamadouba Bangoura dealt the first blow to the West African […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Cape Town | Tuesday 12.50pm. THE United States government has classified vigilante groups People Against Gangsterism and Drugs (Pagad) and Qibla as terrorist organisations. It linked the militant Pagad and the small revolutionary movement Qibla to 170 bombings and 18 other violent incidents in Western Cape in 1998, Die Burger newspaper reported on […]
CHIEFS’ boss Kaizer Motaung has complained about excessive numbers of his players doing duty with Bafana Bafana in the Caribbean. Motaung claims he was assured his players would not be called up as Chiefs are in a tight premiership race with Sundowns. Four Chiefs players are in the island-hopping squad: Brian Baloyi, Doctor Khumalo, Pollen […]
ZAMBIAN President Frederick Chiluba is expected to meet his Angolan counterpart Jose Eduardo Dos Santos in Swaziland next week to discuss allegations of gun-running by officials in Lusaka to Angola’s Unita rebels. The persistent allegations have severely strained relations between the neighbouring southern African states. Zambian state radio announced the meeting Tuesday, quoting foreign minister […]
INTERNATIONAL football federation FIFA is to put in place two multi-million dollar aid packages to help develop football in Africa, Michel Platini, special advisor to FIFA president Sepp Blatter, revealed on Friday. Platini, who is heading a FIFA delegation to West Africa, said that that the organisation is committed to giving $1-million over four years […]