THE Egyptian Olympic Committee on Tuesday said that the country has expressed interest in hosting the 2008 Summer Olympics in Cairo. An official letter declaring Cairo’s candidacy was sent to the International Olympic Committee, a day before the Tuesday midnight deadline for cities to make their bids, said Committee spokesman Hasan el-Husseini. El-Husseini said the […]

A RWANDAN human rights official on Tuesday accused Belgian army officers of having protected an exiled former mayor wanted by a UN tribunal to answer charges of genocide. The Belgian justice minister said on Tuesday that former mayor and top paramilitary Augustin Ndindiliyimana was arrested on Friday at his home in Belgium at the request […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Tuesday 5.00pm. SHARES on the JSE continued to power higher in afternoon dealings alongside stronger world markets and after two weeks of sustained weakness. Banking, financial services and information technolgy stocks rallied the highest after being hit the hardest. The overall ended a whopping 3,40% or 288 points up, with financials […]

GAUTENG batsman Daryll Cullinan faces charges of bringing the game into disrepute when he appears before a disciplinary tribunal at the United Cricket Board headquarters in Johannesburg on Tuesday evening. The hearing comes after UCB managing director Ali Bacher lodged a report on an incident involving Border paceman Makhaya Ntini and Cullinan during the Supersport […]

PROVINCIAL rugby player Braam Hendriks, 24, appeared in the Bloemfontein Regional Court on Tuesday on charges of rape. The alleged rape occurred in a flat on Saturday afternoon. Hendriks played for the Cheetahs in the Vodacom series last year and also represented the Free State in the Currie Cup series He will appear in court […]

ALAN RAYBOULD, Abidjan | Tuesday 8.45am. AIRLINE industry officials are gathering in Abidjan on Tuesday to begin an inquiry into the crash of a Kenya Airways plane off Ivory Coast that killed 169 passengers and crew. Ten people are known to have survived Sunday’s crash, but rescuers late on Monday gave up hope of finding […]

Dealers said the currency’s weakness, after a period of relative stability, has little to do with South Africa’s economic fundamentals and was mainly the result of the strength of the US dollar, particularly against the euro.

DEON POTGIETER, Johannesburg | Monday 4.25pm. ALTHOUGH it will be just over a year since Vuyani “The Beast” Bungu last climbed into the ring, when he faces “Prince” Naseem Hamed on 11 March, he is confident of victory. “Hamed isn’t invincible,” says Bungu “He can have all his fanfare, but he’s still only a man. […]

DEON POTGIETER, Johannesburg | Monday 4.25pm. ALTHOUGH it will be just over a year since Vuyani “The Beast” Bungu last climbed into the ring, when he faces “Prince” Naseem Hamed on 11 March, he is confident of victory. “Hamed isn’t invincible,” says Bungu “He can have all his fanfare, but he’s still only a man. […]