A PROMINENT local leader of the Inkatha Freedom Party in KwaZulu-Natal was shot dead when a lone gunman sprayed his vehicle with gunfire, police reported on Thursday. Elliot Shangase (57) was a traditional chief and a local leader of the IFP in the province, site of sporadic feuding between the IFP and the African National […]
WORLD Cup holders Sri Lanka managed to beat cricket minnows Kenya in both sides’ final qualifying match in Group A of the World Cup in England on Sunday. The match had little significance, as both teams have already been eliminated from the Super Six second round. At 275/8 in their opening innings, Sri Lanka had […]
EGYPTIAN archeologists have discovered a 3000-year-old temple honoring the Pharaonic-era sun God Horus, in the first such find in the northern Sinai, the antiquities authorities said on Monday. Black granite and sandstone statuettes of gods and people were found inside the temple which dates from the New Kingdom (1567-1065 BC), the Supreme Council of Antiquities […]
A 50-year-old Parow man has been arrested for allegedly making telephonic death threats to Deputy President Thabo Mbeki. His office said on Friday that the arrest should send a clear message to those considering any such actions, that they will have to face the legal consequences of their acts. Mbeki was threatened in five calls […]
OUTPLAYING Burkina Faso easily and consistently, Ghanaian Under-17s took a 3-1 victory and the championship home from Guinea. This is Ghana’s second U-17 championship. It was the first time that Burkina Faso had ever played in the final of the Under-17 African championship. In the consolation game played earlier in the day, Mali beat Cameroon […]
THREE separate incidents of violence in school sports matches marred South Africa’s weekend both on and off the field. Two pupils were killed, a parent was beaten with a pipe, and a rugby match was halted, reports Beeld on Monday. In the most serious incident, in the Northern Province, police were called in to break […]
DE BEERS announced on Thursday that more than 60 of its employees have volunteered to work at the Independent Electoral Commission’s results centre on June 2 and 3. Most of the volunteers are from De Beers’s information technology department. The staff came forward after the IEC approached the diamond mining company for assistance earlier this […]
THE Organisation of African Unity said on Monday it has sent a team of 65 observers to South Africa for the country’s second all-race elections. The deployment comes under the OAU’s “continued efforts to promote and strengthen the democratization process in Africa,” the body said in a statement. South Africa goes to the polls on […]
PACE bowler Geoff Allott became the cricket World Cup’s leading wicket-taker in Edinburgh on Monday as New Zealand dismissed Scotland for 121 to give themselves a chance of reaching the second round. New Zealand need to overhaul the total inside 20 overs – a rate of 6,10 per over – to overtake group B rivals […]
THE government has said it will freeze any of Slobodan Milosevic’s assets found in the country, Network Radio News Service reported on Friday. The United Nations war crimes tribunal on Thursday appealed to the international community not to allow Milosevic access to money hidden in other countries. It was rumoured that he had been routing […]