ELLIS MNYANDU, Cape Town | Tuesday 6.45pm LAWMAKERS on Tuesday voted overwhelmingly to ask parliament to pass a law seeking to boost small black businesses through government contracts when it sits on Friday. The Preferential Procurement Policy Framework Bill is among four crucial pieces of legislation that parliament is expected to pass before a constitutional […]

MARK GLEESON, Accra | Tuesday 3.30pm. CAMEROON’S Issa Hayatou is expected to remain president of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) in Thursday’s election at the congress in Accra. Hayatou, president for the last 12 years, faces a rare challenge from Armando Machado of Angola. Machado, until last November president of his country’s football association, […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Cape Town | Tuesday 10.15pm. WESTERN Cape fire chiefs suspect that arsonists could be behind some of the 120 fires that have destroyed thousands of hectares of veld, wine farms and dozens of homes in the region since the weekend. Firefighters battled from early on Sunday until late on Monday to bring most […]

KEY defender Emeka Ifejiagwa has dropped out of Nigeria’s African Nations’ Cup squad because of a knee injury. Nigeria have asked the Confederation of African Football for permission to replace him. Ifejiagwa, with Spanish second division Osasuna, had been in Nigeria’s squad of 22 for the 16-nation finals, starting on Saturday. Juventus midfielder Sunday Oliseh […]

NIGERIAN’S white collar oil workers are to strike if the government moves the unit responsible for safety for its members, a union official said on Wednesday. The official of the Petroleum and Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria told state-run television the union issued a 21-day ultimatum to the government on Tuesday to withdraw plans […]

THE South African Revenue Service announced on Wednesday that is has installed a new computer-based income tax system that will largely stamp out tax evasion and increase state revenue. The system was installed last month. “We can now confidently announce that we have made it much harder for tax evaders to escape the tax net,” […]

ALGERIA, Burkina Faso and Congo plan to finalise preparations in Cotonou with matches against leading local clubs Atlantic Sharks, Dragons Oueme and Mogas 90, a Benin football official said.

SOUTH Africa midfielder John ‘Shoes’ Moshoeu told weekend newspapers he is considering retiring after the African Nations Cup. Moshoeu, 33, has won a record 56 caps for Bafana Bafana. PREMIERSHIP RESULTS Sunday. At Free State Stadium: Bloemfontein Celtic 3 (Matsau 19, 55, Lebohang Kukame 46) Wits University 3 (Sammy Magalefa 10, Charles Yohane 35, William […]

FOR the first time in more than a century since British colonial rule and later apartheid abolished the tradition in favour of subservient paramount chiefs, a King of the Xhosa will be installed in the Eastern Cape later this year. The Xhosa Royal Council, an elected body which serves the interests of the paramount chief […]