THE Côte d’Ivoire’s military-led government, in power since ousting Henri Konan Bedie on December 24, announced Friday that a constitutional referendum will be held in April and that presidential elections will be held later. The statement did not indicate an exact date in April for the referendum, nor did it announce when presidential elections will […]

THE cash-strapped National Symphony Orchestra, facing closure at the weekend, is involved in urgent talks with a number of potential sponsors Friday, NSO chairman Don MacRobert said on Friday. MacRobert said that he has been contacted by a banking group and a life assurance company, as well as a number of private citizens, offering to […]

CLOSE of play scores on the first day of four-day South African SuperSport Series cricket matches on Friday. In Port Elizabeth: Boland 193-9 declared, Eastern Province 26-4. In East London: Western Province 111 (Vasbert Drakes 5-37), Border 116-3.

SUDAN and Eritrea have agreed on how to ensure security following the reopening of their borders and the restoration of diplomatic relations, the SUNA news agency reported on Sunday. The two sides on Saturday concluded a two-day meeting on security in east Sudan’s Kassala town by opening the border to traffic and creating a mechanism […]

SUDANESE President Omar al-Beshir and Islamist leader Hassan al-Turabi held a face to face meeting for the first time since a political conflict between the two about six weeks ago. Al-Rai Al-Akher independent daily said a ruling party mediatory committee managed to bring Beshir and Turabi together in a luncheon Friday to mark the end […]

SARAH BULLEN, Cape Town | Sunday 5.00pm THE Department of Foreign Affairs on Sunday rejected recent reports that South Africa is arming certain rebel groups in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The department in a statement denied it is providing assistance to any faction in the conflict and said its intevention is on a diplomatic […]

BAFANA Bafana will stand in line for a R2-million incentive bonus by team sponsor Castle Lager if they win the African nations Cup in Ghana and Nigeria next month. The team incentives were announced by Godfrey Morley, South African Breweries’ head of sponsorships. Bafana will stand to win R1-million should they win the semi-finals of […]

PRESIDENT Thabo Mbeki and former leader Nelson Mandela were among 500 mourners who attended the funeral on Saturday of South Africa’s first post-apartheid foreign minister Alfred Nzo. Nzo, who died on January 13 at the age of 74, was buried at the Rhema Bible College in Randpark Ridge, north of Johannesburg. Mbeki said Nzo was […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Kano, Nigeria | Sunday 10.30pm. ARCH predator Hossam Hassan struck as holders Egypt began their defence of the African Nations Cup title with a 2-0 victory over Zambia on Sunday in the opening Group C match. Hassan, joint leading scorer in the previous finals with Benni McCarthy of South Africa, punished a moment […]