INJURED key players Gary Teichman and Henry Honiball have been excluded from the Sharks’ opening Super 12 clash against New South Wales in Durban on Saturday.Despite the absence of injured prop Adrian Garvey and centre Pieter Muller, South Africa’s most successful side in the regional competition against New Zealand and Australia still features an impressive […]

EIGHT small Mozambican opposition parties at the weekend announced they are to form a united front, the Mozambican Opposition Union to battle the ruling Mozambique Liberation Front (Frelimo). UMO leader Wehia Ripua said his group would back a single presidential candidate and a single parliamentary list. Ripua came third in the presidential race after Afonso […]

UNBEATEN in Zimbabwe, England A leave for South Africa on Monday on the second stage of their winter tour. England completed a clean 3-0 sweep in the one-day international series against their Zimbabwe following a two-wicket victory in Harare on Saturday. England A won with just five balls to spare to make it 3-0 in […]

BLACK business leaders, politicians and social leaders meet in the Kruger National Park on Thursday to evaluate the successes and failures of the government and black business since goals for black economic empowerment were set at the last meeting in 1993. The meeting, called Mopani II, follows Mopani I where 200 black business delegates and […]

A Mail & Guardian cartoon which appeared more than two weeks ago depicting Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe as a naked emperor, is gaining a cult following in Zimbabwe. The independent Standard newspaper reports that the cartoon — which shows a journalist barking: “..and next time show some respect when describing his clothes.” — is being […]

ZIMBABWE’S Standard newspaper editor, Mark Chavunduka, and his chief writer, Ray Choto, will appear at the Harare Magistrate’s Court on Monday to face charges of contravening section 50 of the Law and Order Maintenance Act. The two journalists were illegally detained and tortured by state agents before being released and brought to the court on […]

MAIL & Guardian Chief Executive Mike Martin announced on Monday he is to quit after nine years with the M&G. M&G Media Ltd chairman Bob Phillis said the board accepted Martin’s resignation on Friday. The name of a successor will be announced shortly and Martin will stay with the company until May 31 to assist […]

THE Taipei government is seeking to extradite from Mauritius a Taiwanese skipper suspected of shooting to death two Chinese sailors on his ship during a mutiny last week, a Taiwanese official said on Monday. Mauritius recognises Beijing rather than Taipei. On February 16, captain Kung Tai-an of the Chin Ching 12 allegedly shot and killed […]

MPUMALANGA’S third largest hospital, Rob Ferreira Hospital, warned on Monday that patients would have to bring their own bedding and food for the next six weeks because the hospital has run out of money. Eskom recently threatened to cut electricity to the Nelspruit hospital because it had failed to pay an outstanding bill of R500000. […]

THE Libyan national oil company’s budget has been reduced by 40% because of lower crude oil prices and international sanctions, an industry journal reported on Monday. The National Oil Corporation budget for 1999 was $500-million, a steep drop from the previous year’s budget of $850-million, the weekly Middle East Economic Survey said. The newsletter attributes […]