SOUTH Africa’s Natalie Grandin qualified for the semifinal of the girls’ singles at the Australian Hardcourt International junior championships in Melbourne on Thursday. Grandin beat Australian Melissa Dowse 7-5, 6-4 in a quarterfinal match. Grandin’s doubles partner and fellow South African Nicole Rencken went down to sixth seed Katherine Basternakova 2-6, 2-6. However, Rencken and […]

ZAMBIA’S opposition United Party for National Development has asked President Frederick Chiluba to explain why foreign planes are seen in Zambezi and Solwezi at odd hours. The UPND Lusaka Province chairman Joseph Chilengi said despite United Nations sanctions against Jonas Savimbi and his rebel Unita movement, Unita officials are seen in Zambia. “The truth is […]

THE Reserve Bank is facing fresh scrutiny of its apartheid past if President Nelson Mandela grants permission for a new probe into its activites in the final days of white rule. Department of Justice Deputy Director General Deon Rudman confirmed that an official team headed by Judge Willem Heath probing state malpractice has requested a […]

NAMIBIAN journalists Andreas Frai and cameraman Vincent Spiegel were arrested in the Botswana capital, Gaborone, on Tuesday and released on Wednesday afternoon, the Namibian Broadcasting Corporation reports. The journalists were in the country to report on the court appearance of former Namibian opposition leader Mishake Muyongo and 92 others, allegedly involved in a movement for […]

BRAVE Warriors coach Seth ‘Orlando’ Boois left the Mokati Stadium a happy man after the Namibian national soccer team routed an Otjiwarongo Invitational XI 4-2 in an exciting friendly on Saturday. The Brave Warriors outscored their hosts 2-0 at halftime. Two goals from recalled striker Berlin ‘Pancho’ Auchumeb and one each from his Chief Santos […]

CONTROVERSIAL canned lion hunter and banana farmer Roy Plath accused the Mpumalanga Parks Board on Tuesday of attempting to destroy private sector lion farmers and of waging a vendetta against him. Plath said in a statement that the MPB had interests in private game parks in the region and had laid criminal charges against him […]

THE Law Commission has released a discussion paper on the need to pass a law on Aids-related offences. The move follows reported incidents of deliberate transmission of HIV, the virus that causes Aids. A number of political parties have called for legislation making willful spread of HIV a criminal offence. The Law Commission was formally […]

MOPPING up began in the Eastern Cape on Tuesday after a tornado killed 21 and left 309 injured in Kokstad, Mount Ayliff and Tabankulu on Monday. SABC TV news reports that most of the dead were crushed when the walls of their homes collapsed. Others were hit by flying corrugated iron while fleeing their houses. […]

THE Central Bank of Nigeria said on Wednesday it hopes to introduce a 100 naira note, worth around $1,2 — which is double the value of the highest denomination note currently in circulation. CBN governor Paul Ogwuma is “hopeful” military ruler General Abdulsalami Abubakar “will approve the proposal before the end of this quarter,” CBN […]

WAYNE Ferreira, apparently back in form after a string of injuries, beat Czech Daniel Vacek 6-4, 2-6, 6-3, 6-1 in Melbourne to advance to the third round of the Australian Open. Ferreira looks forward to a third round clash with ninth seed Richard Krajicek. Krajicek made the semis in the 1992 Aussie Open, and won […]