THE number of teachers colleges is to be halved to 25 next year, with the remainder incorporated into universities and technikons, Business Day reports. Introducing his budget vote to the National Council of Provinces, Education Minister Kader Asmal said it has become clear that no teachers’ training college can sustain itself. In 1994 about 150 […]
TWO security guards working for a company contracted by oil group Shell to build a road through Nigeria’s troubled Ogoni region have been shot dead. The two were driving through the town of K-Dere on Tuesday when they were attacked. The shooting comes a week after unrest erupted in the town. Police blame the unrest […]
A HITHERTO unknown rebel group in the Democratic Republic of Congo has said it is behind an explosion at Kinshasa airport last week in which over 100 people died. “The attack on Ndjili airport is only the beginning. [DRC President Laurent] Kabila knows now we can get him when and where we decide,” said a […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Sydney | Wednesday 3.00pm AUSTRALIAN batsman Mark Waugh, fined for taking money from bookmakers five years ago, refused on Wednesday to talk about the Hansie Cronje scandal. “I’m going home, the season’s over,” said Waugh, who declined to answer questions when he returned from South Africa where Australia’s three-match limited overs series was […]
BRONWEN ROBERTS, Johannesburg | Tuesday 6.45pm. SOUTH African conservationists are to introduce artificial insemination among lions in game parks to save them from the harmful effects of inbreeding. The Endangered Wildlife Trust (EWT) said inbreeding among isolated lion populations in southern African game reserves had eroded their reproductive capacity and resistance to disease. “In order […]
AUSTRALIAN paceman Brett Lee on Sunday bowled the fastest delivery measured in South Africa when he let fly with a 156km/h snorter in the one-day final against South Africa at the Wanderers in Johannesburg. Lee’s delivery is 1,5km/h faster than the previous best, a delivery of 154,5km/h bowled by Pakistani speedster Shaoib Akhtar also recorded […]
KENYAN national football coach Christian Chukwu has perhaps his last chance to prove his worth when he leads his team against Malawi in a 2002 World Cup qualifier on Saturday. But with the absence through injury of the country’s veteran striker Mike Okoth, the Nigerian-born coach has his work cut out. Since taking over in […]
LEFT-arm wrist spinner Paul Adams, sidelined since breaking a finger while fielding in the fifth test against England in January, returns to the South African squad for their tour of Sri Lanka in July and August. The 16-man squad named on Monday includes the 13 players who contested the three-match one-day series against Australia which […]
THE Amaglug-glug, South Africa’s under-23 footballers, will face New Zealand at North Harbour Stadium in their Olympic soccer qualifier on May 19. The stadium was confirmed for the vital clash after a meeting between New Zealand Soccer representatives and the Oceania Football Confederation. The second leg will be played in Johannesburg on May 27.
ANGLO American plc has disposed of another two of its non-core assets as part of the company’s programme of disposals. Anglo announced on Monday that it has sold its remaining 25% of die cast wheels manufacturer NF Die Cast and 5,7-million shares in industrial and media group Johnnic. Anglo also announced that on March 28 […]