South African winger Breyton Paulse was given a three-week suspension on Sunday after being found guilty of kicking Australian prop Al Baxter during the Springboks’ 22-19 Tri-Nations rugby win over Australia on Saturday. The incident happened in the 77th minute, leaving Baxter with an abrasion to his face.
Prospects of a respite are dim for Zimbabweans as the southern African country’s currency continues to tumble and runaway inflation sends prices of basic goods soaring. The council says the food basket for a family of six has increased by more than 200% since January.
The city of Johannesburg has given boom gates in the city’s suburban areas a nod, SABC news said on Saturday. The Johannesburg news agency reported that over eighty boom gates in and around the city have been approved and will be advertised in the government gazette by the end of this month.
Three hundred graduates of Zimbabwe’s controversial youth training camps have been hired to work with police in Harare to help curb ”illegal businesses” in the wake of the government’s clean-up campaign. More than 18 000 youths have graduated from the National Youth Service programme, introduced in 2001.
It is the wedding season in Gaza. Every day last week the streets were jammed by wedding convoys, up to 20 a day. It is in stark contrast to the intifada years of endless funeral processions. Predictions of a bloodbath in Gaza during the Israeli disengagement have not come true.
The leader of Côte d’Ivoire rebels said he had held ”fruitful” discussions in the South African capital, Pretoria, on Saturday with President Thabo Mbeki, who sought to resolve a crisis of confidence over his role as mediator in the divided country’s conflict.
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Black boxes that were recovered from the crashed Ugandan Russian-built M1-172 presidential helicopter that killed ex-Sudanese rebel chief and vice president John Garang will be taken to Russia for analysis. Most believe the accident was due to poor weather, darkness or possible pilot error.
Candles were lit all across America last week in one of the largest single anti-war protests in recent US history. At more than 1 600 vigils tens of thousands of protesters gathered in solidarity with the woman who has been the catalyst for the rebirth of the anti-war movement: Cindy Sheehan.
The nightmare that has tormented Kaizer Chiefs from the start of the new season produced more excruciating heartache and horror at FNB Stadium on Saturday night as Amakhosi tumbled to a shock 2-1 SAA Supa8 defeat against Bloemfontein Celtic.