LLEWELLYN Herbert won the 400m hurdles in 48.96 seconds at the Stuttgart international meeting on Sunday. An attempt to crack the 17-year-old world mark in the 4x800m relay race failed as a South African quartet missed the record by 7:04.70 by 0.89 seconds

THE Malawi Electoral Commission has fired two District Commissioners from acting as Returning Officers during the country’s 15 June general elections for “not cooperating” with the Commission. Chief Elections Officer Roosevelt Gondwe says the two men — Geoffrey Mwanja and Martin Mainja — created problems in the run up to the elections. Opposition and civil […]

FIERCE fighting was reported on Wednesday in Angola’s northern Vije province, where UNITA rebels have taken the Ambuila district. According to humanitarian aid sources, clashes in the region have intensified since the end of last month in western and southwestern parts of the province. Aid workers say delivering relief to victims of the fighting is […]

ZAMBIA’S Opposition United Party for National Development is seeking the arrest and prosecution of President Frederick Chiluba’s sons, Castro and Miko. The UPND wrote to Inspector General of Police Francis Ndhlovu, expressing “utter disappointment and disgust” with his office for failing to prosecute Castro and Miko Chiluba, who allegedly assault and maim innocent citizens with […]

PAKISTAN captain Wasim Akram has rapped young pace bowler Shoaib Akhtar over the knuckles for his part in their World Cup defeat by South Africa. He told the Sunday Telegraph that Shoaib, the fastest bowler in the tournament, had not bowled “according to the plan”. “At the death the best policy is to bowl full […]

DENMARK, long one of Zimbabwe’s closest allies, has suspended more than $26 million worth of aid — until Zimbabwe pulls out of the Democratic Republic of Congo. Denmark had pledged the aid to upgrade Zimbabwe’s eight airports.The Danish Ambassador to Zimbabwe, Erik Fiil, said on Thursday that the move was a protest against Zimbabwe’s continued […]

POLAND’S ambassador to South Africa, Zofia Kuratowska, has died of cancer, a foreign ministry spokesman said on Wednesday. Kuratowska, who had been posted in South Africa for 18 months, died in the Pretoria Heart Hospital on Tuesday, ministry spokesman Marco Boni said. Kuratowska had previously been a deputy speaker of the Polish parliament and was […]

TUESDAY, 12.30PM: THE SOUTH AFRICAN under-23 team opened their Four Nation International Youth soccer tournament campaign with a 1-1 draw against Zimbabwe at the Orlando Stadium in Johannesburg on Tuesday. The South Africans played amateurish football in the first half, but surprisingly scored in the first 45 minutes. The Zimbabweans, on the other hand, played […]

WEDNESDAY, 12.30PM: SOUTH AFRICAN goalkeeper Andre Arendse’s World Cup may be over as he bacame the latest victim of the injury jinx surrounding Bafana Bafana as he injured his knee during practice on Monday night. Arendse was on crutches before he was taken to hospital in Vichy to undergo tests and observation on the injured […]

FOUR teenagers who were convicted of murder on Thursday will be medically tested to verify their claim that they are under 18, and minors in the eyes of the law. The Nelspruit Regional Court found that the four, along with Mathews Thabe (18) murdered Amos Nkosi (46) on March 15 after Nkosi refused to move […]