FOUR of five Ivorian newspaper journalists who were detained for more than a month for allegedly disrupting public order and offending the head of state were freed from an Abidjan detention centre on Thursday. Le Populaire managing editor Raphael Lakpe was arrested on April 28 after a riot in Abidjan allegedly sparked by a story […]
THE Azanian People’s Organisation (AZAPO)has complained to the Independent Election Commission (IEC)about the abnormalities that allegedly marred the elections. The organisation’s Deputy President Bandelani Nefolovodwe told journalists in a press conference at the Pretoria Media Resource Centre on Wednesday evening that “we have got certain concerns that we have put through to the IEC.” He […]
JUDGES at the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda on Friday elected South African Navanethem Pilla as their president to replace Laity Kama of Senegal, who stepped down after two two-year terms. Of Indian ancestry, Pillay was born in 1941 and is the mother of two daughters, the Swiss-based Hirondelle news agency reported from the northern […]
TREVOR Tutu, son of Archbishop Desmond Tutu, on Thursday paid his R8000 traffic fine in Johannesburg. The fine was imposed on May 17 by a Johannesburg magistrate after Tutu was found guilty of reckless driving following a four car pile-up in early morning traffic in Johannesburg on January 22 last year. On Tuesday this week, […]
DEMOCRATIC Republic of Congo rebels wounded a Zambian soldier and three civilians in a raid across the border, state media reported on Friday. Police said 67 rebels looted and torched four shops in the Kaputa district after an exchange of fire with Zambian troops. A Zambian patrol chanced upon the rebel soldiers but they were […]
FIFTY Sudanese troops, including six officers, were killed when a military plane crashed near Khartoum on Thursday evening, the army said Friday. A military transport plane was flying from Kassala in eastern Sudan to Khartoum at 8pm on Thursday when it suffered technical problems, according to the statement from the Sudanese armed forces general command. […]
FRIDAY, 12.30PM: THE IRISH touring squad has named a shadow test side for their match against Western Province at Newlands on Saturday. Ten of the players chosen for the team played in the tour opener when Ireland beat Boland 48-35 at Wellington last Saturday. Jonathan Bell, who is struggling with a hamstring injury, was not […]
FRIDAY, 7.00PM: THE key indices on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange drifted lower throughout the day on Friday, bringing an explosive week to a slow close. Despite the directionless market, the day recorded the highest volume of stock traded this year at R2,432-billion, with a number of asset swaps, late trades and block trades pushing the […]
FRIDAY, 12.30PM: VETERAN South African off-spinner Pat Symcox has been signed by Griqualand West in attempt to shake off their label as the traditionally wooden-spoonists of South African cricket. Symcox has been signed for a year by the province where he started his provincial career in the 1977-78 season. The 38-year-old, who seemingly gets better […]
NIALL EDWORTHY, Headingly | Saturday 6.00pm. HIGH-FLYING Zimbabwe, short on superstars but strong on team spirit, take on New Zealand in the cricket World Cup in Headingly on Sunday knowing that one more victory should see them into the semi-finals. The Africans have already made history in getting as far as the second round. Having […]