BAFANA Bafana coach Trott Moloto on Tuesday drafted Jomo Cosmos midfielder Godfrey Sapula into his squad for the African Nations Cup qualifier against Mauritius on Saturday. Sapula replaces John Moeti, who was axed from the squad on Monday due to disciplinary squabbles with Orlando Pirates. “It was not easy to arrive at a replacement for […]

THE German government, which is expected to finance a substantial part of Malawi’s scheduled May 18 elections, has expressed concern over political violence in the run up to the elections. Juergen Hellner, the German ambassador to Malawi, said his government is alarmed with persistent reports of violence in the media. “I must say we are […]

THE Cabinet agreed on Wednesday that there is a need for a new national coat of arms. At the regular weekly Cabinet meeting it was decided to examine the implications of a new coat of arms for “corporate image”, and to formulate a process to involve public participation and assessment of costs. Among other resolutions […]

MALAWI’S sole cigarette manufacturing company, British American Tobacco, has halted production, citing a 40% decline in sales volume. Reacting to the closure of the factory, the Consumer Association has blamed the government for pursuing unfettered liberalisation. It argues that it is better to protect the industries which are already in the country and Malawi cannot […]

SOME of South Africa’s top heart surgeons will this week put their skills to the test on their most unusual patient yet — a six-month-old Jack Russel puppy named Milo. Cape Town University cardiac-thoracic surgeon Johan Brink said a team of 12, “including one or two surgeons”, planned to perform open-heart surgery on the dog […]

THE 944 families illegally living in the Dukuduku State Forest near the protected St Lucia estuary in northern KwaZulu-Natal have agreed to resettle on alternative land provided by the government. Water Affairs and Forestry Minister Kader Asmal said on Tuesday that the police and the army have been requested to assist with resettling the community. […]

MOZAMBICAN riot police were called in to rescue 30 senior Concor site managers after they were taken hostage by 400 striking construction workers at the R7,5-billion MOZAL aluminum smelter near Maputo city on Tuesday, African Eye News Service reports. The demonstrators held the group of Mozambican and South African managers hostage for seven hours after […]

THE Independent National Electoral Commission on Wednesday set out the rules governing the February 27 election to choose Nigeria’s first civilian president in more than 15 yearsr. Thenext president of Africa’s most populous country must be a Nigerian citizen, aged 40 or over, and educated to at least School Certificate level, under rules announced on […]

ROSE-MARIE BRUBALLA, Freetown | Wednesday 8.00pm. THE West African intervention force Ecomog on Wednesday “liberated” an area east of Freetown considered to be the last bastion of the rebels who stormed the Sierra Leonean capital a fortnight ago, a spokesperson said. In a simultaneous offensive in the north-west of the West African country, Ecomog is […]

FLOODING on the Pungue and Buzi rivers in the central Mozambican province of Sofala has continued to worsen, reports Tuesday’s issue of Noticias, the Maputo-published daily. The Pungue river water has covered and inundated a 2-3km stretch of the Beira-Zimbabwe highway, making it unadvisable for anything other than four wheel drive vehicles to attempt to […]