OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Monday 9.00am. SAM NXUMALO was elected on Sunday to take over as chairman of the United Democratic Movement (UDM) in KwaZulu-Natal from Sifiso Nkabinde, who was assassinated Richmond last month, party spokeswoman Annelise van Wyk said. The new leader of South Africa’s youngest political party promised peace between his own party […]
THE African National Congress praised cricket’s governing body on Friday for its firm handling of two incidents of players using racist language. Former South African test all-rounder Brian McMillan was forced by the United Cricket Board of South Africa on Thursday to make a public apology using the term “coolie creeper” and another provincial player, […]
FRANK POOE successfully defended his South African marathon title in Cape Town on Sunday, but failed to run a time that will assure him a place in the national team for the World Championships. The 24-year-old clocked 2:12:40 to beat provincial teammate John Monyatso by two seconds and another Central Gauteng athlete, Joshua Peterson. Pooe […]
NAMIBIAN Benvinda Mundenge was the new M-Web Face of Africa on Sunday after the sudden death of her 14-year-old sister on Thursday. Namibia scored a double by providing not only the venue for the contest but also the winner. The four runners-up will go to represent Africa in the Elite Model Look of the Year […]
UNITED States President Bill Clinton used his visit with Ghanaian President Jerry Rawlings on Wednesday to push for approval of a controversial Bill to promote US trade and investment in Africa. Clinton hopes to have the Bill, the Africa Growth and Opportunity Act, passed by the House of Representatives early next month before an unprecedented […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Cape Town | Monday 6.00pm. INFORMATION technology firm Dimension Data and black investment group Worldwide African Investment Holdings launched a massive black-controlled telecommunications firm on Monday that will bid against multinational giants for telecoms integration contracts in Africa. The new company — to be named Plessey — is a result of the acquisition […]
MOROCCAN coach Henri Michel said on Wednesday he is confident the North African nation could host the 2000 African Nations Cup in place of Zimbabwe, the original scheduled hosts. The African Football Confederation (CAF) stripped Zimbabwe of its right to host the tournament earlier this month over what it deemed were inadequate preparations and Michel […]
THE Sharks and New South Wales drew their Super 12 rugby union match at King’s Park in Durban on Saturday 13-13 (halftime 13-5). Wayne Fyvie got the Sharks’ lone try, while Jacques Benade made the conversion. Andre Joubert and Benade also scored penalties. For the Waratahs, Christian Warner and Chris Whitaker made tries, while Warner […]
EIGHT members of the Afrikaner Weerstandsbeweging were denied amnesty for murdering four people and injuring six others at a bogus roadblock west of Johannesburg in December 1993. The eight men told the Truth and Reconciliation’s Amnesty Committee they were trying to scupper South Africa’s first democratic elections. The eight men sprayed 10 black people with […]
THE Organisation of African Unity (OAU) on Monday called for an immediate end to the fighting between Ethiopia and Eritrea, now that both sides have accepted its blueprint for peace. OAU officials are expected to meet members of the Ethiopian government on Monday before heading for Asmara, where authorities said clashes are still taking place. […]