NIGERIA’S national female football team, the Falcons, fresh from its 2-1 win over North Korea in the current Women’s World Cup, is set to take on the US team Thursday at Chicago’s Soldier’s Field stadium. The Falcons, who had a two-week training tour of the US before the competition began on 19 June, have improved […]
THE Mpumalanga Parks Board warned residents in Nelspruit on Wednesday to be on the lookout for a large black bear reportedly spotted in hills just outside the town limits. MPB spokesperson Gary Sutter said rangers were at first dubious about the spotting until they checked the area roughly 12km from town and found spoor very […]
AFTER the qualifying matches for the African Cup of Nations 2000 tournament, the leading scorers are: 6 goals – Theodore Ngue-Nguema (Gabon) 4 – Mahamadou Dissa (Mali), Fabrice ‘Akwa’ Maieco (Angola), Hamid Merakchi (Algeria), Christopher Perle (Mauritius) 3 – Ruphin Menakley, Etienne Rasoanaivo (Madagascar), Samson Okoth, Maurice Sunguti (Kenya), Faouzi Rouissi, Adel Sellimi (Tunisia), Modibo […]
GOVERNMENT officials flew to Lusaka on Tuesday to take part in talks to prepare for a regional summit aimed at ending the 10-month conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the foreign ministry said. The South African government team, led by foreign ministry director-general Jackie Selebi, is expected to be followed on Saturday by a […]
AUSTRALIA celebrated its cricket World Cup victory Monday as joy turned to sadness for captain Steve Waugh and twin brother Mark as their grandfather died just hours after the win. Edward Waugh, 89, died at a northern New South Wales hospital just hours after the Australians, led by the Waugh twins, thrashed Pakistan in the […]
TOKYO Sexwale, the ex-Premier of Gauteng now turned businessman, has unveiled plans for his long-anticipated foray into the diamond mining industry. In a R55 million deal negotiated, structured and advised by BoE Merchant Bank, Sexwale has acquired a 34% strategic stake in alluvial diamond mining company Gem Diamond Mining Corporation.
STRIKING labourers on the R2-billion Maputo Corridor toll road torched a large grader and an excavator during a wage dispute on Tuesday night. No one has been arrested for the attack yet but regional police spokeswoman Sergeant Thabisile Gama said police have strong leads and expect to take some of the culprits into custody soon. […]
STRIKING labourers on the R2-billion Maputo Corridor toll road torched a large grader and an excavator during a wage dispute on Tuesday night. No one has been arrested for the attack yet but police say they expect to make arrests soon. The vehicles were not completely gutted but damage has been estimated at R60000. Labourers […]
THE Heath Special Investigating Unit on Wednesday announced that it has been granted nine orders by the Special Tribunal on Monday against nine former Butterworth town councillors, who owe the council a collective R157187 in unpaid cellphone debts. The council’s resolutions had stipulated that councillors could have a cellphone from the council, if they paid […]
AUSTRALIA’S Steve Waugh lifted the cricket World Cup on Sunday after his side sent Pakistan spinning to the greatest humiliation in the tournament’s history. They won with eight wickets and an extraordinary 29.5 overs to spare. What was expected to be a rousing finale between two well-matched sides, turned into a no-contest as Pakistan were […]