HAMBURG’s Ghanaian striker Tony Yeboah has claimed he has been cleared by judicial authorities of an alleged tax evasion scam during his spell with German Bundesliga outfit Eintracht Frankfurt. German newspaper reports at the weekend claimed that Yeboah, Frankfurt’s former vice-President Bernd Holzenbein and another official at the club were under investigation for involvement in […]

NIKI MOORE, St Lucia | Wednesday 3.30pm. MOZAMBIQUE, Swaziland and South Africa will sign the region’s first international protocol on malaria control in Johannesburg on Thursday in an attempt to stem the spread of the often fatal disease. The new Lubombo Malaria Control protocol will enable the launch of a R50-million spraying programme in deep […]

MALAWI’S already endangered fish industry faces new crisis with the news that thousands of fish in Lake Malawi are dyingfrom apparent poisoning or infection. Southern African Development Community (SADC)project manager for fisheries in Malawi, Alexander Bulilani, said on Mondayinvestigations havebeen launched to determine thecause of the massive deaths. He said preliminary reports indicatedthe fish may […]

NIGERIA’s northern state of Zamfara is poised to introduce the Islamic Sharia legal system with effect from 27 October, following the signing into law of the bill passed by the state’s assembly by the governor, Ahmed Sani. This will make Zamfara the first of the 36 states of the Nigerian federation to adopt the Islamic […]

NINE people including two expatriate United Nations workers were killed by rebels on Tuesday in Burundi’s southern province of Rutana, Burundian army spokesman Colonel Longin Minani said. Those killed in a camp for “regrouped” civilians in Muzie included the representative for Burundi of the UN’s Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and a World Food Programme staffer. A […]

DOCTORS treating Tanzania’s founding president Julius Nyerere in London said he is now brain dead and being kept alive by a life-support machine. The Kiswahili language Mtanzania newspaper quoted unidentified doctors as saying that results of brain scans conducted Monday night on the 77-year-old Nyerere, show his brain is not functioning and that he is […]

AN evangelical German preacher operating in Nigeria, Reinhard Bonnke, is being sued for $630000 dollars by the family of one of the victims of last week’s deaths at a crusade in southern Nigeria. 16 people died when a stampede broke out as a group of worshippers attempted to catch a glimpse of Bonnke, a controversial […]

CONVICTED rapist Makhaya Ntini appeared in two premier league club cricket matches this season despite being ordered by the Border Cricket Board to refrain from playing until his appeal has been heard. Ntini, who also played Test cricket for South Africa, played in matches against Rhodes and Healdtown. The chairman of Willows Cricket Club, Simon […]

ANDREW MUCHINERIPI, Johannesburg | Tuesday 11.15am. SUNDOWNS stretched their lead at the top of the Castle Premiership national championship standings to five points with a 3-1 win over lowly Mother City while closest rivals Manning Rangers lost 1-0 at home to Kaizer Chiefs. Daniel Mudau, the leading league scorer last season, has lost little of […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Edinburgh | Wednesday 7.45pm. URUGUAY have made two changes for the World Cup group A match against world champions South Africa at Hampden Park on Friday. Fernando Sosa Diaz comes in at scrumhalf for Federico Sciarra while blindside flanker Nicolas Grille plays instead of Nicolas Brignoni. Both started in the 43-12 defeat by […]