ORLANDO Pirates equalled the record victory margin for a South African club in Africa with a 6-0 thrashing of Botswana Defence Force, who survived only 10 minutes before Simon Makhubela triggered a Johannesburg goal avalanche. Veteran Egyptian star Hossam Hassan scored a hat-trick this weekend as Al-Ahly sounded an early warning to their African Champions […]

MALAWI, one of the last few countries in the world without its own television signal, may soon have one if plans by government to launch Television Malawi materialises. TV Malawi Project Coordinator Benson Tembo said on Friday that all equipment for the project has arrived and training for technicians and anchors is completed. Secretary for […]

HAVING been admitted to hospital suffering chest pains and hypertension on Monday evening, veteran African National Congress leader Walter Sisulu (86) was discharged by Soweto’s private Lesedi clinic on Thursday afternoon. He will be under close observation for some time and has strict instructions to get lots of rest.

THE 1999 National and Open Shearing Championships kicked off in Bloemfontein on Friday. This is likely to be a trial run for the 2000 World Shearing Championships which are to be hosted in Bloemfontein. The event is expected to be attended by participants from more than 20 countries. In 1996 and 1998 South Africa teams […]

LIBERTY Life and Standard Bank Investment Corporation are considering becoming wholly subsidiaries of a single parent company, which will become the vehicle for investors, Business Day reported on Friday. Stanbic recently purchased Liblife Controlling Corporation, which heads the Liberty corporate pyramid of ownership. Negotiations between the two companies in 1998 fell apart when they could […]

ZIMBABWE’S hopes of winning a second chance to be the hosts of next year’s African Nations Cup rest on a meeting of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) in Conakry, Guinea, on Monday. Zimbabwe were stripped of the right to host the 2000 finals last month after the CAF said their preparations were inadequate. But […]

THE Botswana Technology Centre (BOTEC) has installed a Photovoltaic Power Station in Motshegaletau, 40 kilometres west of Serowe. The power station is the first of its kind sub-Saharan Africa. It is a pilot project aimed at providing electricity to rural villages outside the electricity grid. According to a press release from BOTEC, the power station […]

ANGOLAN authorities have grounded seven airlines deemed irregular and most frequently involved in accidents, officials said on Friday. This comes after an Antonov-12 plane crashed in a heavily populated area of the capital, Luanda, on February 2, killing 30 people. Since then aviation officials have clamped down on airlines and have expelled three Ukranians involved […]

SOUTH Africa’s is to host the Commonwealth Summit from November 12 to 15 in Durban, the foreign ministry announced on Friday. The 54 member Commonwealth is marking its 50th year. It was established in 1949 when Commonwealth prime ministers adopted the London Declaration.

SYNTHETIC fuel group Sasol said on Thursday it is not considering launching a new bid for chemicals group AECI, as reported in Business Day. “Sasol places on record that it is not considering a new bid for AECI. Sasol is also not considering securing an interest in AEL (AECI’s explosives arm),” the company said in […]