NAMIBIAN police blamed Unita fighters on Sunday for the latest attack on the country’s tense border with Angola. Three nurses were among four Namibians killed in a Friday ambush in the northern Caprivi region, close to the spot where a family of French holiday-makers were attacked and three children murdered on January 3. Windhoek said […]

PLAY has been cancelled in the fourth day of the fifth Test between England and South Africa on Monday. “Not coming back for the rest of the day,” said umpire Rudi Koertzen at 1pm, after a pitch inspection. Koetzen and felloew umpire Darrell Hair are concerned that wet patches on the bowlers run up Play […]

THE Democratic Republic of Congo owes the African Football Confederation $16000 in fines and levies, a spokesman for the continental body said. Congolese clubs face exclusion from the 2000 championships unless the arrears are paid this month.

PRIZE money for the Castle Cup Southern Africa championship has been increased to R1,5-million , a spokeman for the sponsors said. A record 11 countries will compete in the annual event which kicks off on March 4 when Zimbabwe host Lesotho.

KINSHASA-based members of the DR Congo squad have arrived in Benin to complete preparations for the African Nations Cup, an official said. Poor camp conditions here and a lack of competitive matches got the build-up off to a bad start. COTE D’IVORE TO PLAY GUINEAN CLUBS CONKARY: Cote d’Ivoire have arrived in Conkay confident after […]

ANDY Flower will captain Zimbabwe in next month’s limited overs tournament involving South Africa and England. Squad: Andy Flower (captain), Neil Johnson, Alistair Campbell, Grant Flower, Murray Goodwin, Guy Whittall, Andy Whittall, Craig Wishart, Gary Brent, Heath Streak, Mpumelelo Mbangwa, Everton Matambanadzo, Henry Olonga, John Rennie, Stuart Carlisle.

MPUMALANGA’S 43-year-old former finance chief, Shadrack Mashele, appeared briefly in Nelspruit’s regional court on fraud charges on Monday after allegedly using State funds to settle personal business debts. Mashele appeared in court with Mpumalanga assistant finance director Sellion Maseko, 37, but was not asked to plead when they were both released on their own recognisance. […]

ASOKWA Stadium, one of two Ghanaian venues for the finals, has been given the green light after the floodlights and scoreboard were improved, the African Football Confederation has announced.

ANDREW MUCHINERIPI, Pretoria | Monday 11.00am. IT cannot be long before Bruce Grobbelaar demonstrates to us mere mortals how easy walking on water really is. The new coach of struggling SuperSport United made it two wins in two matches with a 3-0 victory over fourth-placed Classic that was even easier than the scoreline suggests. Before […]

SARAH BULLEN, Cape Town | Monday 5.30pm THE Johannesburg Stock Exchange showed no signs of slowing down its bull run on Monday as it raced to a spectacular close powered by IT shares. By close of trade the all share index was 191 points (2,12%) in the green at 9226, with the industrial index — […]