SOUTRHERN African defence ministers have agreed a timetable for establishing a multi-national United Nations-style peacekeeping brigade for the region, the Sunday Times reports. Quoting from a confidential paper reportedly endorsed by the 14 Southern African Development Community members in Swaziland last week, the newspaper said December next year has been set for the allocation of […]
JUST hours after Christians gathered in churches throughout the Lesotho on Sunday to pray for rain at the injunction of King Letsie III, it began to pour. The Lesotho weather office predicts that more rain was on the way, Sapa reports. In the capital Maseru, people sought shelter from the rain along the main streets […]
KENYA dominated the Lisbon Half Marathon on Sunday, notching eight of the top ten positions, including three medals, in the men’s event and snatching the women’s gold. Jophet Kosgei clocked 1:00:01 to win the men’s run, just 25 seconds ahead of Joseph Kimani who took the silver. Philip Rugut seized Kenya’s third medal in the […]
BALLOONISTS Bertrand Piccard and Brian Jones made a picture perfect landing in the desert sands of Egypt on Sunday, ending their record-setting 20 day dash around the world in the Breitling Orbiter hot-air balloon. The pair touched down near the remote town of Mut, some 700km south-west of Cairo. Swiss Piccard (41) and Briton Jones […]
LAWYERS representing three Americans suspected of being mercenaries have said they were denied access to medical reports that might show their clients were tortured, a Sunday paper reported. The Standard quoted a statement released to it by the lawyer, Jeremy Callow, saying he had been unable to gain access to the reports by two government […]
ZAMBIA’s copper output fell to 18970 ton in February, due mainly to a shortage of concentrates and production problems at largely state-owned Zambian Consolidated Copper Mines (ZCCM) , a report said on Thursday. Zambian copper production totalled 21&nbssp;708 ton in January, Citibank’s Lusaka office said in a report. Aside from production problems at ZCCM, the […]
THE descendants of Saartjie Baartman, the Khoikhoi woman known as the Hottentot Venus, have given a French museum until July to return her remains to South Africa, SABC TV news reported. Baartman was displayed as a freak in Europe at the turn of the century until she died in Paris at the age of 25. […]
TURN-out appeared low as Togolese voters began casting their ballots on Sunday in legislative elections boycotted by the opposition to veteran President Gnassingbe Eyadema. The capital Lom, home to about one in five of the west African country’s 2,3-million eligible voters, witnessed short queues at the polling stations. Turn-out was especially low in Lom districts […]
UNITED States First Lady Hillary Clinton, accompanied by her daughter Chelsea, arrived on her first visit to Egypt on Sunday as part of a North Africa tour to campaign for women’s rights and promote US ties with the Arab world. Clinton was greeted on her arrival at the capital’s international airport by Cairo governor Abdel […]
FRENCH-based defender Pierre Issa has been recalled to the South African squad for their next African Nations Cup qualifying match against Gabon in Libreville on April 10, coach Trott Moloto said on Thursday. Bafana Bafana beat Gabon 4-1 last month .Issa, who plays for Marseille, has missed the last two qualifiers through injury. The squad […]