ANGOLAN authorities on Monday introduced journalists to a young man purporting to be a son of Unita leader Jonas Savimbi with whom he has fallen out. “I am in disagreement with him,” said Araujo Domingos Sakaika (22) who bears an Ivorian passport. Sakaika said he left the central Unita stronghold of Andulo, which fell last […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT and AFP, Maputo | Tuesday 6.00pm MOZAMBIQUE said on Tuesday that South Africa is pulling out of a joint an agricultural resettlement scheme undertaken by the two countries. Camal Meraji, spokesman for the Mosagrius Development Corp. (SDM), said the South African Chamber for Agricultural Development in Africa (Sacada) is relinquishing its 50% stake […]

THE first South African Ambassador to be accredited to the Central Asian Republic of Tajikistan on Monday presented his credentials to President Emomali Rahmonov in the capital Dushanbe. Ambassador to Turkey based in Ankara, Tom Wheeler, is now also South Africa’s non-resident Ambassador to the Republic of Tajikistan. Tajikistan, which borders China, Afghanistan, Uzbekistan and […]

EGYPT’S 71-year-old president, Hosni Mubarak, is flying to Paris on Monday for medical tests in the Val de Grace military hospital, Information Minister Safwat al-Sherif announced. “Mr. Mubarak will make a private visit of a few days for medical tests … following an ear infection he picked up last week,” the minister said. “During his […]

NEW Zealand coach John Hart on Tuesday made four changes for his team’s World Cup third-place playoff match against South Africa at the Millennium Stadium on Thursday evening. Byron Kelleher, who failed to shine against the French, has a calf injury and has lost his spot at scrum-half for a match that will be a […]

THE Eastern Cape coastal town of Hamburg has been without water for the last 40 days, despite water being pumped daily at 2,3 litres per second into its two brand new bulk supply reservoirs. The reservoirs hold 545 kilolitres of water and a third, scheduled for completion by Christmas, part of a R1,6 million upgrade […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Cardiff | Tuesday 7.30am. SPRINGBOK coach Nick Mallett has made four changes to his side for the World Cup third-place playoff match against New Zealand on Thursday night. Back-rower Bobby Skinstad and wings Deon Kayser and Pieter Rossouw are all be ruled out with injuries suffered in the South Africans’ semi-final loss to […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Tuesday 12.15pm. DUTCH soccer giants Ajax Amsterdam have bought local under-17 national captain Zitha “Ninja” Mofokeng. The acquisition follows an agreement between the South African Football Association-Transnet soccer academy and Ajax director of youth development Hans Westerhoff. Mofokeng leaves for Holland in January because he is busy writing his Grade 11 […]

DEON POTGIETER, London | Monday 9.15am. ALTHOUGH showing signs of his former greatness in the late rounds of his World Boxing Federation world middleweight title fight on Sunday night, Dingaan Thobela should hang up his gloves. Thobela lost a twelve round decision to champion Cornelius Carr in England. “The Rose”, a shadow of the man […]