SARAH BULLEN, Johannesburg | Monday 5.30pm. SOUTH African markets continued to climb on Monday as stronger international market continue to provide a firmer base for local stock. International markets perked up on Friday evening when the New York’s Dow Jones Industrial Average kicked its earlier slump to gain 2,15% (167 points) to 7 899. Positive […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Tuesday 11.00am. THE Golden Cats may end up using the Riverside Sun resort as their base for the Super-12 season next year, while taking advantage of training facilities in Vanderbijlpark, according to new coach Andre Markgraaff. Soon to be called simply “the Cats”, the team feels the Riverside Sun has the […]

President Nelson Mandela said in Durban on Tuesday that he is optimistic a solution will be reached to end the policital crisis in Lesotho.

EMMANUEL GOUJON, Kindu | Tuesday 7.30pm. DEMOCRATIC Republic of Congo rebels, now in control of the strategic town of Kindu, have admitted that Rwandan soldiers are fighting with them. They have also admitted that Rwanda has been controlling all flights in rebel-held territory, and to and from Kigali in Rwanda and Kampala in Uganda. Rebel […]

OWN CORRESPONDENTS, East London and Johannesburg | Tuesday 9.00pm. AN Eastern Cape amnmesty applicant who took part in Fort Beaufort’s violent political conflict in 1993 faces the next six years in jail after the Truth and Reconciliation Commission rejected his application on Tuesday. The TRC’s amnesty committee, sitting in East London, refused to pardon former […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT | Monday 8.30pm. TANZANIAN police and FBI investigators uncovered a vital clue in their inquiry into the August 7 bomb blast in Dar es Salaam on Monday when they stumbled on a piece of metal with the vehicle’s chassis number on it. The Tanzanian Daily Mail claims that Tanzanian and FBI investigators have […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Monday 10.30am. AUSTRALIAN veteran John Fitzgerald beat five-time Wimbledon champion Bjorn Borg 7-5, 6-3 to take the R240000 MTN Champions title at the University of Pretoria on Sunday. Fitzgerald’s victory marked his first Champions Tour singles title, his previous best being a final berth in Saudi Arabia a few years back, […]

AGENCE FRANCE PRESSE, Dar es Salaam | Monday 11.30pm. A TOTAL of 10,367 refugees from fighting in the Democratic Republic of Congo have arrived in western Tanzania since the start of fighting there two months ago, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees said on Monday. A group of 147 were registered in Kigoma on […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Monday 12.30pm. AFRICAN runners swept the board at the Chicago Marathon on Sunday, taking the top three palces in both the men’s and women’s races. Kenyan Ondoro Osoro, running in his first marathon ever, blitzed through the field to finish in two hours, six minutes and 54 seconds, the third-fastest marathon […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Arusha | Monday 8.30pm. THE subject of economic sanctions against Burundi will not be discussed at talks aimed at ending the civil war in the country, organisers said on Monday. The talks, due to start on Monday, have been postponed to Tuesday. “Sanctions are not on the agenda,” General Hashim Mbita of the […]