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 […]

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 […]