OWN CORRESPONDENT, Kumasi | Thursday 10.30pm. SOUTH Africa became the first country to reach the African Nations Cup quarter-finals when Bafana Bafana defeated the Democratic Republic of Congo 1-0 on Thursday in a Group B match. A goal at the end of the first half by Shaun Bartlett raised his tournament tally to three after […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Kumasi | Thursday 12.45pm. WITH three points in the kitty, Group B leaders South Africa are not leaving anything to chance in their encounter with unfancied Democratic Republic of Congo on Thursday. “We are playing to consolidate our position in the group,” Captain Lucas Radebe said in Kumasi on Thursday. The match kicks […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Cape Town | Thursday 2.00pm. PACE bowler David Terbrugge will miss the rest of the season with a stress fracture of the left ankle. Opening batsman Gary Kirsten has asked to stand down from the one-day series against England and Zimbabwe because ”he is not on top of his game at the moment”, […]

SENEGAL has jurisdiction to try Chad’s former president Hissene Habre, who has been accused of crimes against humanity. Local and international human rights groups on Tuesday filed a complaint with a Dakar court on Tuesday against Habre, whom they described as the “Pinochet of Africa.” Under international conventions ratified by Senegal, “when a complaint is […]

MORE than 40000 illegal squatters in Zululand’s Dukuduku forest have created a malaria death trap by chopping down the lush trees and undergrowth of their new home. It’s getting so bad the medical authorities are thinking of calling in the army because nearby Hlabisa Hospital is overflowing with malaria cases – and the peak season […]

TWO Swazi men who slipped across the South African border to visit a herbalist got more than they bargained for: the muti they were given killed them off in a few minutes. Nazareth Shabangu, 42, and Mfanasibili Maduna, 21, believed they were suffering from an excess of bile that was making them ill. They illegally […]

A NUMBER of financial institutions in Swaziland have cut their rates following a drop in the prime rate from 15% to 14%. The prime rate cut was announced by the Central Bank of Swaziland in a statement on Monday, and on Tuesday economists in Mbanane said a further cut in Swaziland is possible later in […]

THE South African Sevens rugby team has included two new caps in the 12-man squad to take part in three IRB World Sevens series tournaments in New Zealand, Fiji and Australia. Eastern Province winger Wonga Joka and Border under-21 wing Tobela Mdaka join the squad as rookies while Edrich Fredericks, who last played for SA […]

THE United Cricket Board (UCB) on Tuesday named two teams to meet North West and Griquas in friendly three-day matches over the next two weekends. The combined teams are made up of provincial players. Ashwell Prince of Western Province will captain the team playing North West in Potchefstroom from January 28-30, while Boland’s Justin Ontong […]