OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Friday 4.40pm. STOCKS on the JSE look set for more gains next week, underpinned by prospects of a stronger economy in 2000, but some equity analysts warned on Friday that rate fears offshore might trigger volatility. Analysts said the Johannesburg bourse, which vaulted by 57% last year, hitting new highs for […]
ALGERIA were thrashed 7-0 by world club championship contenders Vasco de Gama of Brazil in Rio after trailing by three goals at half-time. The Desert Warriors meet South Africa, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Gabon in Group B at the African Nations Cup finals.
THE African National Congress celebrated its 88th birthday with rallies across the country on Saturday. ANC president Thabo Mbeki addressed the official meeting in the Northern Province where he launched 2000 as the ANC’s year of the dawn of the African century. In KwaZulu-Natal provincial ANC chairman S’bu Ndebele addressed a crowd of supporters at […]
ZAMBIA suffered another shock in their build up to the African Nations Cup when they lost 4-3 to the Zimbabwe Olympic team on Saturday. Dennis Lota, Bernard Makufi and Andrew Sinkala, who play their club football in South Africa, Sweden and Germany respectively, scored for Chipolopolo (Copper Bullets). Zambia, who launch their Nations Cup Group […]
THE ANC headquarters in central Johannesburg were evacuated on Friday morning following a bomb-scare. ANC Chief Information Officer Smuts Ngonyama said security personnel were told that there was an explosive device in the building and relayed the information to the authorities. The bomb incident comes a day before the party celebrates its 88th anniversary on […]
FOREIGN affairs media director Marco Boni on Friday lost his bid in the Pretoria High Court to order his minister, Nkosazana Zuma, to grant him a voluntary severance package worth more than R800000. Boni had claimed that deputy foreign minister Aziz Pahad approved the package on November 1 last year. On November 29, Boni received […]
FORMER African Footballer of the Year Kalusha Bwalya is among 12 foreign-based players in a preliminary Zambian squad named by coach Ben Bamfuchile for the African Nations Cup. Chipolopolo (The Bullet) play Egypt, Burkina Faso and Senegal in Group C.
ANDREW MUCHINERIPI, Johannesburg | Saturday 4.30pm. Kaizer Chiefs ………. 2 (Nomvete 53, Mooki 61) African Wanderers …… 1 (Mthalane 14) IT may have been the first senior competitive club match of the new century in South Africa, but there was no sign of Buck Rogers on Saturday as Chiefs moved into second place on the […]
DEFENDING African Nations Cup champions Egypt defeated fellow-finalists Togo 2-1 through a late headed goal from defender Abelzaher al-Sakka in Aswan on Wednesday. Yasser Radwan put the Pharaohs ahead in the first minute and Mohamed Azim levelled after 63 minutes.
MODESTE Eta scored after 84 minutes to give Congo a 1-0 victory over French first division club Lyon. Some Congolese observers believe Eta will be the only local player in the starting line-up for their first African Nations Cup Group D match on January 25 against Morocco in Lagos.