A FRENCH couple wounded in an ambush by suspected Unita rebels in northeastern Namibia in which their three children were murdered, arrived back in Paris late on Sunday aboard a private medical flight. Claude and Brigitte Bidoin, wounded in last Monday’s attack, flew in from Windhoek and were whisked to hospital. The bodies of their […]

THE death toll on South African roads passed the 900 mark on Monday, Arrive Alive said. The traffic safety campaign said 902 deaths had been recorded in 632 crashes since the start of the December holidays. KwaZulu-Natal led the fatality rate with 140 followed by Eastern Cape and Free State with 124 deaths each. The […]

IRISH Prime Minister Bertie Ahern arrived in Lesotho on Monday for a brief official visit to be followed by a four-day trip to neighbouring South Africa. Ahern and a delegation of Irish trade and aid officials were met at Maseru’s airport by Prime Minister Pakalitha Mosisili and members of his cabinet. The Irish premier was […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Cape Town | Monday 3.00pm. ERNIE Els found himself on the receiving end of yet another Tiger Woods PGA Tour blitz when he lost the season-opening Mercedes Championship played at Kapalua, Hawaii in a playoff on Sunday. Woods birdied the second extra hole to beat the South Arican after a riveting final-round head-to-head […]

ENIWOKE IBAGERE, Lagos | Monday 5.30pm. NIGERIA’s national soccer team captain and Turkey-based striker Daniel Amokachi will not make the final squad for the African Nations’ Cup tournament because of injury, assistant team coach Amodu Shaibu said. Shaibu said injuries and lack of form among key players had significantly weakened the side before the contest […]

EMMA THOMASSON, Johannesburg | Monday 4.30pm INVESTORS piled into the Johannesburg Stock Exchange on Monday, pushing equities to fresh record highs and bond yields down to levels not seen since the emerging markets crisis of 1998, as economists predicted a rosy 2000. The Johannesburg All-Share index ended up 3,58% at 8963 points after briefly breaching […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Monday 4.30pm INVESTORS piled into South African markets on Monday, pushing equities to fresh record highs and bond yields down to levels not seen since the emerging markets crisis of 1998, as economists predict a rosy 2000. In a massive rally that swept across the market, the financial index rocketed over […]

THE sixth MTN Cape-to-Rio yacht race got off to a slow start on Saturday, with hardly enough wind to fill the sails of the 71-boat fleet. The weather and smooth water was however perfect for hundreds of spectators who took to the water in all kinds of craft to watch the start of the race, […]

LAZARUS Zim, Managing Director of M-Net has joined the board of Supersport United Football Club, serving as Vice Chairman. The announcement was made at the team’s headquarters by SuperSport United Chairman Khulu Sibiya. Zim is no stranger to football administration, having served as a director and secretary of Free State Stars in the late 80’s […]