EGYPT on Tuesday heaped praises on the Egyptian-American winner of the 1999 Nobel Prize for Chemistry, Ahmed Zewail. “I’m proud that a son of Egypt has received a Nobel prize. It is an honor for Egypt and all Egyptians,” Higher Education Minister and Minister of State for Scientific Research Mufid Shehab said. The Arab League […]

A MOZAMBIQUAN Supreme Court has rejected two presidential candidates for alleged failure to present all the necessary documentation. The two are Wehia Ripua, leader of the Mozambican Opposition Union, and Joaquim Nyota of the recently established Democratic and Liberal Party of Mozambique. Ripua claims that he had presented all the necessary papers and that the […]

THE government should decide this month on its preferred bidders for the sale of its state-owned forestry company and other assets, an official said on Tuesday. “We are hopeful that by the end of October some decisions will have been made on the bidding process,” Lael Bethlehem, chief director of forestry, told parliament’s water and […]

ED STODDARD, Pretoria | Wednesday 6.45pm ANGOLA’S Unita rebels are believed to be bartering South American cocaine for weapons and stolen vehicles from South Africa for use in their war with the government, a senior United Nations official said on Wednesday. ”We have reason to believe that cocaine from producer nations like Colombia is being […]

PATRICK VIGNAL, Edinburgh | Monday 11.35am. SHRUGGING off brave challenges from the minnows of world rugby is not proving much fun for the Springboks, who are trying to keep their focus on more demanding battles ahead in the defence of their World Cup crown. After his second-string side defeated Spain 47-3 in an uninspiring performance […]

FLY-half Henry Honiball has been named in the South Africa team to play Uruguay in a World Cup Group A game at Hampden Park on Friday. Honiball, who replaces Jannie de Beer, will make his first appearance in the World Cup after recovering from a hamstring injury. South Africa coach Nick Mallett has named a […]

SA EXPRESS, which flies about three flights a day to Gaborone, has stepped in to assist Botswana Air’s passenger load between Johannesburg and Gaborone after a pilot on a suicide mission wiped out three of the airline’s four aircraft on Monday. Captain Chris Phatshwe, who is believed to have suffered from Aids, commandeered one of […]

POLICE in Zimbabwe have opened investigations into the torture of two journalists over a story on a foiled coup against President Robert Mugabe. Editor Mark Chavunduka and reporter Ray Choto were arrested in January by the military after their paper ran a story of a thwarted coup plot. The charges against the pair arose from […]

A SENIOR Northern Province education official involved in the matric exams died in a three-car smash on Tuesday morning. Deputy education specialist Michael Sebake’s car and two others collided at about 7am on the road between Pietersburg and Lebowakgomo. Central police spokesman Inspector Matjokotja Masenya said Sebake and social worker Matjatji Tlhapane, driving the second […]