KENYAN football premier league champions, Mumias Sugar, have been stripped of their title and banned from all football activities for one year for match-fixing. The disqualification, announced on Thursday by the Kenya Football Federation’s National League and Competitions Committee, means that Mumias will not play in the African Club champions’ Cup or the African Cup […]

FIFTEEN workmen were killed in Harare on Thursday when a construction hoist dropped 17 floors to the ground. Government inspectors have launched an investigation into what is being described as one of Zimbabwe’s worst construction accidents. The hoist carrying the men and construction materials fell more than 67 meters to ground level shortly after 7.30 […]

FLIGHTS from three of South Africa’s international airports were delayed on Wednesday following a major computer crash. The Star reports the breakdown of the checking in and boarding computer system delayed flights to Swaziland, Dubai, Harare and Luanda from Johannesburg International Airport. South African Airways said the crash also affected Cape Town and Durban international […]

ANDREW MUCHINERIPI, Pretoria | Thursday 8.00am. WORLD rugby’s elite coaches gave lineouts the thumbs-up on Thursday but will continue the debate over scrummaging problems following the first day of an International Rugby Board conference on the playing of the game. Set pieces were the major topic scrutinised by a brains trust of national coaches including […]

President Bill Clinton on Wednesday proposed giving the world’s poorest countries greater duty-free access to US markets. The United States is discussing the initiative with Japan and the European Union, which has floated a similar proposal ahead of the World Trade Organisation meeting in Seattle this week. The initiative, announced in a White House statement, […]

The United States said it supports the appointment of former president Nelson Mandela to be the new mediator in Burundi.

Robben Island have been declared world heritage sites by the United Nations’ culture and science body.

SARAH BULLEN and Reuters, Cape Town | Thursday 10.45am COMBINED gold and foreign exchange reserves beat economists’ forecast continuing their upwards rise in November to $7,4-billion — a $500-million rise from October’s reserves, Reserve Bank figures released on Thursday show. In rand terms this translates into a rise of R2,6-billion to R45,2-billion from October’s R42,6-billion. […]

WESTERN Cape police commissioner Lennit Max says transforming the police service to make it representative of the communities it serves and a crackdown on corruption are among his priorities, reports Marianne Merten. The former Eastern Cape deputy commissioner on Wednesday morning officially assumed office in the province which this week was rocked by another bomb […]