BRITISH courts have Cape Plc until February 1 to challenge a last-ditch attempt by South African asbestos claimants to have their suit heard in Britain, a court official said on Monday. Three appeal court judges declared last November that the case belonged in South Africa but the 1500 claimants have asked the House of Lords, […]

ENIWOKE IBAGERE , Lagos | Tuesday 6.00pm. SUNDAY Oliseh, Nigeria’s newly elected captain, said on Tuesday he is finding his new role a tough challenge. Juventus midfielder Oliseh was named team captain after striker Daniel Amokachi failed to make the African Nations Cup squad because of injury. Oliseh led Nigeria to a 4-2 victory over […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Wednesday 11.30am. SHARES in Randgold Exploration Co lost 10% of their value on Tuesday as investors continued to shun the gold mining stable run by the Kebble family after a recent loan and share scandal. Randgold’s shares slumped 55 cents to 495 cents, bringing its losses since the controversial transaction to […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Cape Town | Wednesday 11.00pm. SOUTH Africa avenged Sunday’s emphatic loss to England with a one-run win over Nasser Hussain’s side on Wednesday night. England surged to victory by nine wickets in Bloemfontein on Sunday but on Wednesday at Newlands they fell tantalisingly short, reaching 203 for nine in reply to South Africa’s […]

MOROCCO will impose a three-month ban from February 1 on the fishing of cephalapods to protect the existing stock and to render the industry more profitable. The ban’s period is being extended by one month compared to previous years. In the previous years the ban period started on March 1 and ended on April 30, […]

MANOAH ESIPISU, Lusaka | Wednesday 3.35pm. THE United Nations refugee agency on Wednesday lambasted the 14 members of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) for rejecting refugees from outside the region. ”There is a tendency within SADC of not accepting refugees from outside the region. That is unacceptable,” United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) […]

SUSTAINED automatic weapons fire broke out near the home of Central African Republic President Ange-Felix Patasse overnight, when uniformed youth militiamen marched on the residence, witnesses said on Monday. Panic spread among residents of Bangui when twice on Sunday evening live or tracer bullets were fired and volleys of teargas grenades unleashed. The shaven-headed youths […]

THREE Cape Flats policemen were arrested over the weekend and have been charged with armed robbery. Police said Captain Daniel Stander, 34, and Sergeant Steven October, 31, were charged with armed robbery on Monday. A third policeman, Inspector Horatio Lawrence, 35, gave himself up on Sunday. They allegedly robbed self-employed members of the public in […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Cape Town | Tuesday 7.30pm. SOUTH Africa’s cricketers, fresh from a humiliating nine-wicket defeat on Sunday, will again meet Nasser Hussain’s England in a Triangular Series one-dayer at Newlands on Wednesday. The locals have Jonty Rhodes back in the side, and his presence is likely to give the South Africans’ morale a sorely […]