EGYPTIAN brothers Hossam and Ibrahim Hassan have become the first African members of the Century Club, FIFA said on Monday. The club comprises players who have represented their countries in at least 100 competitive or friendly internationals and is headed by Lothar Matthaus of Germany and Thomas Ravelli of Sweden with 143 caps each. Retired […]

ANDREW MUCHINERIPI, Johannesburg | Thursday 8.00am. KAIZER Chiefs and Orlando Pirates triumphed again in the Castle Premiership on Wednesday to keep the pressure on pacesetters Sundowns at the top of the standings. The Amakhosi squeezed past stubborn Wits University 1-0 at Johannesburg Stadium and the Buccaneers defeated Jomo Cosmos 3-1 at Vosloorus Stadium as the […]

SOUTH Africa’s border gates with Mozambique and Swaziland will remain open an extra two hours over the festive season in an attempt to cope with the expected flood of holiday-makers. The Department of Home Affairs said on Wednesday it expects at least 250_ 000 vehicles to travel to through the border gates during December. An […]

ZAMBIA were merciless in their Cosafa Cup match against Namibia at Vosloorus Stadium on Tuesday, beating their hapless opponents 5-0. The Chipolopolo scored four goals in the first half to put the match out of the reach of the Namibians. Striker Solomon Banda drew first blood when he scored in the sixth minute beating goalkeeper […]

FIFTEEN people were killed when a five-storey building collapsed overnight in Fez in central Morocco, local authorities said in issuing a new provisional death toll on Wednesday. Another 37 were injured, including three seriously. Workers are still searching for further victims as well as for survivors. Cracks had recently appeared in the facade of the […]

TWO people were injured in a chemical explosion at a city centre satellite campus of Pretoria Technikon on Monday. Technikon spokeswoman Willa de Ruyter identified the two as Trevor Haug, 40, and Samuel Monageng, 35 — both technikon employees. She said the men were moving chemicals at the technikon’s natural sciences campus in Vermeulen Street […]

ANDREW MUCHINERIPI, Durban | Wednesday 7.00am. Manning Rangers …. (0) 0 Free State Stars … (1) 1 (Tsiu 45) SO there is room in South African soccer for fairytales after all as Free State Stars reached the Rothmans Cup final on Tuesday night against all the odds. Few gave the QwaQwa-based club much hope after […]

BRONWEN ROBERTS, Johannesburg | Wednesday 12.45pm. FORMER Ethiopian dictator Mengistu Haile Mariam, wanted by Addis Ababa on charges of genocide, left South Africa before a formal request for his extradition had been received, a presidential aide said on Wednesday. Mengistu travelled to South Africa last month from his home in exile in Zimbabwe for heart […]

COMMUNICATIONS Minister Ivy Matsepe-Casaburri said on Monday she will block the awarding of a third cellular licence if evidence of bid tampering comes to light. But Matsepe-Casaburri added that despite two probes over allegations of corruption in the South African Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (Satra), the evaluation of bids for the lucrative licence is on schedule. […]