ABOUT 1000 members of the extremist Islamic group Qibla staged a peaceful protest in the streets of Cape Town on Friday, burning American, Israeli and Russian flags. Chanting “One Zionist, one bullet,” and “Death to America,” the protestors marched through the center of town first to the Russian consulate, and then to the American consulate, […]
PEOPLE Against Gangsterism and Drugs (Pagad) is running out of money and battling to fund legal representation for 23 members facing criminal charges. In an interview with Sunday Argus Ebrahim Francis admitted Pagad is in dire financial straits. “Our people are being arrested under scheduled offences, which means they have to prove why they should […]
ONLY taxis displaying new route-based permits will be allowed to operate in Soshanguve and its surrounding areas, north of Pretoria, from next week, SABC radio news reported on Thursday. This follows an agreement between two Soshanguve taxi associations and transport officials to stabilise the taxi industry. The agreement applies to Mabopane, Ga-Rankuwa, Hammanskraal and Soshanguve. […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Perth | Saturday 6.00pm. SOUTH Africa found success in its eighth appearance at the $585000 Hopman Cup, beating qualifier Thailand 3-0 on the back of a pair of sterling singles performances to claim the trophy on Saturday. Victory at the Burswood Dome on Rebound Ace, the surface of the upcoming Australian Open, was […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Saturday 4.30pm. SOUTH Africa will back incumbent Issa Hayatou of Cameroon in the African Football Confederation presidential election in Ghana this month. National football association president Molefi Oliphant announced Friday that his organisation favoured Hayatou ahead of lone challenger Armando Machado from Angola. “We believe Hayatou has displayed great leadership, uplifted […]
SOUTH Africa’s selectors have retained the squad that defeated England at Newlands for the fifth and final Test next week and have included Border captain Pieter Strydom to “cover” for injuries. “Both Jonty Rhodes and Daryll Cullinan are carrying minor hamstring injuries, so we thought it best to cover ourselves by adding Strydom to the […]
THE rebel Sudan People’s Liberation Movement/Army (SPLM/A) on Sunday denied involvement in an attack in southern Sudan which two Sudanese aid workers died and two other went missing. SPLM/A spokesman Samson Kwaje said that his rebel group has no forces operating in Western Upper Nile, where the incident occurred, and that most of the rebel […]
JOHN Tlale, one of three goalkeepers named by South Africa for the African nations Cup tournament, is a doubtful starter due to an ankle injury. His place would probably go to Brian Baloyi, who was voted second best goalkeeper at the 1998 finals in Burkina Faso behind Egyptian Nader al-Sayed.
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Windhoek | Sunday 4.00pm NAMIBIA said on Sunday that acts of banditry of the kind that killed three French children in the far northeast of the country reflect mounting Unita desperation in the face of a successful Angolan government offensive. Windhoek has given permission for Angola’s troops to launch attacks from Namibian soil, […]
FORMER French champions Lens said on Friday that they are prepared to ignore Ghana’s demand that midfielder Alex Nyarko join his national side this weekend to prepare for the African Nations Cup. A Lens spokesman said that they want to keep the 26-year-old until after their crucial relegation clash with Nancy on January 12. “We […]