PRESIDENT Thabo Mbeki has announced the appointment of three new senior management appointments in the Public Service sector. In a statement on Saturday, Mbeki said Hilton Dennis (41) has been appointed as director-general of the South African Secret Service (SASS), replacing Billy Masetlha (45) who had been redeployed as director-general of the Home Affairs Department. […]

GOVERNMENT troops in the Democratic Republic of Congo recaptured the strategic rebel-controlled town of Bokungu in the northwest of the country, a rebel spokesman said on Friday. It is the first time rebels in the DRC conceded losing one of their positions to Kinshasa’s forces since their war to oust President Laurent-Desire Kabila began in […]

MOROCCAN international striker Ahmad Bahja has been transferred from the Emirati side Al Wasl to Saudi club Al Nassr for $900000 in time for January’s World Club Championship. Bahja, 29, joined Al Wasl in May from another Saudi club, Al Ittihad, for $1_,05 million but he hardly played because of a five-game suspension after a […]

ANDREW MUCHINERIPI, Johannesburg | Monday 12.00pm. BAFANA Bafana will launch their campaign for a second consecutive appearance at the World Cup against Botswana, Lesotho, Madagascar, Sudan or Swaziland in the middle of next year. Provisional dates for the home-and-away first-round matches are the weekends of June 2, 3, 4 and June 16, 17, 18, which […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Harare | Monday 4.45pm. THE Zimbabwean fight-back against Sri Lanka has been cut short as bad light forced the players to leave the field on the third day of the final Test in Harare. Zimbabwe were 48-2 in their second innings when the umpires called off play as dark clouds swept across the […]

ARRIVE Alive road safety campaign said on Monday that at least 52 road deaths in 33 accidents have been reported on South African roads since the start of the holidays on December 1. Figures indicate that the highest death toll was reported in the North West, where 23 people have died in road accidents. The […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Durban | Monday 5.35pm. ENGLAND’S final warm-up match before this week’s second Test against South Africa ended in a draw with KwaZulu-Natal successfully preventing the tourists from claiming a morale-boosting victory. Natal, starting their second innings with a 111-run deficit after bowling England out for 421, finished on 152 for two with opener […]

MIKE COLLETT, Tokyo | Monday 12.20pm. PELE confirmed his support for South Africa’s bid to stage the 2006 World Cup on Monday, saying he thought Brazil could be ready to stage the finals four years later. Pele, who played and scored for Brazil at four successive World Cup finals, told a news conference that he […]

ZIMBABWE defeated Namibia 2-0 in a Cosafa Cup Group B under-20 soccer match at Vosloorus Stadium in Johannesburg on Friday. The first half belonged to the Zimbabweans, but they failed to score any goals despite dominating their opponents completely. Namibia lost their goakeeper, Heribert Kapeng two minutes before the break when he hurt himself after […]