TUESDAY, 10.45AM: The fighting in Sierra Leone, following the coup d’etat there, has forced the Confederation of African Football (CAF) to shift the Sierra Leonean national team’s two remaining matches in the African Cup of Nations Cup qualifiers to Mali. Sierra Leone needs to win both games to qualify for the finals in Burkina Faso […]
TUESDAY, 11.00AM: ERNIE ELS, David Frost, Retief Goosen and Gary Player were the only South Africans who did not have to qualify for the British Open. Apart from them, only one South African — Wayne Westner — won one of the 52 places available for 480 would-be qualifiers. Another 11 South Africans failed to make […]
TUESDAY, 5.00PM VIOLENT confrontations between students and Kenyan riot police which reignited in Nairobi on Monday continued on Tuesday. Cars were damaged and road signs ripped down, but no injuries were reported. Students from Kenya Polytechnic clashed with riot police outside the High Court building where 14 of their colleagues were due to appear in […]
MONDAY, 11.45AM: FRANK POOE clocked an amazing 1:02:24 to win the PG Bison Central Gauteng half marathon on Saturday. Controversy erupted when it was suggested the course was 400m short, although it had been certified by the Central Gauteng referees association. Pooe’s win came as no suprise, but the time he registered led observers to […]
MONDAY, 11.30AM: SOUTH AFRICA’s under-23 squad went down 2-0 to their Australian counterparts in Canberra, Australia on Saturday, in the first of their two friendly international encounters. Coach Mich D’Avray said he was very impressed with the way his charges performed even though they lost. D’Avray and the squad are in Australia on a two-week […]
MONDAY, 11.00AM: THE SA Football Association (Safa) will meet with its marketing arm Awesome Sports International (ASI) on Monday to discuss the withdrawal of Foodcorp as the sponsor of the Four Nations Cup. “I’m in the dark about the whole thing. I hope the meeting will bring some clarity,” said Safa CEO Danny Jordaan. ASI’s […]
MONDAY, 5.00PM FEARS have been expressed that the Jewish community could become the target of Muslim groups after the Cape Town home of a prominent Jewish resident was petrol-bombed early on Monday morning. The attack, reminiscent of recent shootings and bombings of houses of alleged drug dealers by People Against Gangsterism and Drugs vigilantes, followed […]
MONDAY, 11.30AM: SOUTH AFRICAN striker Philemon Masinga has joined a Italian Serie A side, Bari, from his Serie B side Sarlenitana. Masinga, who joined Sarlenitana from St Gallen of Switzerland confirmed the move “I had a three-year contract (with Sarlenitana) but I had to terminate it because of the lucrative offer that presented itself. I […]
MONDAY, 5.00PM THE Department of Health has awarded a R7-million contract to a consortium of non-governmental organisations for the “Beyond Awareness” media campaign on Aids. The consortium, led by the Society for Family Health, includes the Community Agency for Social Enquiry (Case), Dramaide, Soul City, Ulwazi Educational Radio and Siyakha Communications. The consortium was selected […]
MONDAY, 11.00AM MANAGEMENT and labour at parastatal SA Forestry Company (Safcol) have reached agreement on the company’s imminent restructuring, including that it should not be split up. Business Day on Monday quoted a document outlining areas of agreement and disagreement in the ongoing negotiations on Safcol’s privatisation, which is due go before a cabinet committee […]