STEPHEN FLEMING has been included in a New Zealand squad of 12 named on Monday for the second cricket Test against South Africa at Jade stadium, Christchurch, starting on Thursday. Fleming, who underwent a groin operation in January and hasn’t played a first-class game since, has been given 48 hours in which to prove his […]

The Mpumalanga town of Belfast is bracing itself for the start of a sensational hearing on Monday when a 63-year-old Hungarian herbalist appears in the Belfast Magistrate’s Court on child rape and child labour charges. Charles Josef Baksai was arrested in February after allegedly bribing groups of girls with food and promises of money in […]

THE bidding contest for copper mining firm Namibian Tsumeb Corporation Limited is continuing, with a Namibian company insisting that it remains in the running for the lucrative copper mines. Namibian bidders — Namibia Mining and Processing (Pty) Limited, formerly Namibia Base Metals — offer to buy TCL for N$360-million remains on the table and is […]

THREE South African films took top honours at the Panafrican Film and Television Festival in Ouagadougou, Burkino Fasa on the weekend. Fools, a film by South African director Ramadan Suleiman won the prize for the best debut, while the award for the best documentary film went to Masseko Zola for The Life and Time of […]

THE rebel Sudan People’s Liberation Army and southern factions loyal to the Khartoum regime have agreed to observe a ceasefire, an official of one of the factions said on Monday. Teny Youk of the United Democratic Salvation Front and a state minister in an interim governing body, said SPLA leader John Garang himself gave instructions […]

NIGERIA’S trade union umbrella body, the Nigeria Labour Congress, has ordered an indefinite public sector strike from next Monday if workers are not paid a promised minimum wage. NLC President Adams Oshiomhole said that the federal government and the governments of Bayelsa, Delta, and Lagos states should abide by promises to pay all workers a […]

THE 63-year-old Hungarian herbalist accused of drugging girls as young as 10 and then having sex orgies with them was remanded in custody in the Belfast magistrate’s court in Mpumalanga on Monday. Members of the Congress of South African Students filled the courtroom where Charles Josef Baksai of Machadodorp appeared on two rape charges and […]

THE four short-listed companies that are potential strategic management partners for the South African Post Office were announced on Monday by Posts and Telecoms Minister Jay Naidoo during debate on his budget vote. They are Canada Post, Deutsche Post, Italy’s La Posta and a consortium of New Zealand Post and Royal Mail. Each party has […]

PRESIDENT Laurent Kabila of the Democratic Republic of Congo has asked Nigeria to send troops to help end the fighting in his war-torn country, the independent radio station Ray Power said on Sunday. Kabila sent a delegation of officials to Nigeria this weekend to pass on the request. They met top foreign ministry officials and […]

SOUTH African netballers were whipped again, losing their fourth straight match in Kingston, Jamaica on Sunday. The team was beaten 61-35 by Jamaica, in apparent retaliation for the Windies’ humiliation at cricket recently. The game was never in contention, and poor passing sank the Proteas again. The team has lost all of its games on […]