DEFECTS in Botswana’s single largest development project have delayed the commissioning of the controversial 367km water pipeline until late November, a government spokesman said on Wednesday. The 1,2-billionpula pipeline is designed to supply water from the northern Okavango Swamps region to Botswana’s parched capital, Gaborone, in the south east. The pipeline was supposed to be […]
AN ancient skeleton, thought to be of the San people, has been found by an archaeologist at Melkbosstrand, on the Cape west coast, the Cape Times reported on Thursday. The skeleton, thought to be between 500 and 1000 years old, was found in an old sand dune due to be flattened for the development of […]
THE worst flooding in 30 years in northern Nigeria has affected at least 300000 people, submerging hundreds of villages and putting thousands of hectares of farmland under water, authorities said on Wednesday. Niger State appears to be the area the worst affected by the flooding which began several weeks ago following unusually heavy rains. The […]
EAST LONDON police have confirmed they have taken a blood sample from the driver of the bus that plunged from a Transkei mountain pass on Sunday night, killing 19 people. They said they have forwarded it to a medical legal laboratory in Cape Town for analysis. The move follows driver Khawulezile Mase’s hospital bed confession […]
ADVERTISING industry watchdog body, Advertising Standards Authority, on Thursday confirmed that it has received formal notification of an appeal from the Rape Crisis and Trauma Centre. This follows the Advertising Standards Committee’s ruling some ten days ago that the anti-rape commercial featuring Charlize Theron has to be amended to conform to the Advertising Code of […]
ALAN LORIMER, Edinburgh | Wednesday 10.00am. SPRINGBOK assistant coach Alan Solomons admitted on Tuesday there had been a number of flaws in the defending champion’s opening World Cup game against Scotland. ”There are areas for improvement. We made a lot of mistakes and were punished for them. Our second phase ball was not of a […]
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SPRINGBOK coach Nick Mallet is eager to have injured flyhalf Henry Honiball back as soon as possible. Despite the impressive display of stand-in Jannie de Beer in the Springboks 49-26 victory against Scotland, Mallett is determined first-choice Honiball will be given a run-out to ensure he is fit for the quarter-final showdown against either New […]
DEON POTGIETER, Johannesburg | Tuesday 5.15pm. MICHAEL Carbajal announced on Tuesday that he has had a change of heart and will not be relinquishing his World Boxing Organisation (WBO) junior flyweight world title. Instead he will make his eagerly awaited defence against Baby Jake Matlala. Carbajal earlier stated he would relinquish his title and move […]
EGYPTIAN President Hosni Mubarak began another six years in office on Tuesday by sacking his prime minister, immediately making good on his swearing-in pledge to “inject new blood” into the government. The 71-year-old Mubarak, who won a fourth term with 94% of the vote in a referendum last month in which he was the only […]