CRACK Kenyan striker Mike Okoth, playing for Belgian club Genk, will miss a World Cup qualifier against Malawi in Blantyre on April 8 due to an ankle injury, the Kenya Football Federation said. Another setback for the Harambee Stars is that leading defender Musa Otieno will be released by South African club Santos only 48 […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Conakry | Sunday 6.30pm. SOUTH Africa edged closer to a first appearance at the Olympic Games football tournament by thrashing Guinea 4-1 in a final-round Group B match on Sunday. Goals by captain Matthew Booth, Siyabonga Nomvete and Benni McCarthy gave the visitors a 3-1 half-time lead and Manchester United midfielder Quinton Fortune […]
A FURIOUS Nigerian Football Association on Friday lodged a protest with football’s world governing body FIFA after English Premiership club Chelsea ordered their Nigerian international Celestine Babayaro to remain home, saying he is injured. Nigeria and Chelsea have been engaging for weeks in a tussle over the player who Nigeria’s Dutch coach Jo Bonfrere wants […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Monday 11.00am. THE Black Economic Empowerment Commission, headed by Cyril Ramaphosa, has proposed that it should be given the status of a statutory body and report directly to the president, in a bid to improve the results of black empowerment. This follows the findings of a draft report by the commission […]
ROBERT Mugabe bashers now have the rare oportunity to squirt diesel in his face or throw darts at him. All they have to do is tune in to a new youth website where Mugabe’s face will be bouncing around on the screen. The player who scores the most hits in 120 seconds will set him […]
PRESIDENT Thabo Mbeki has held talks in Pretoria with Rwandan strongman Paul Kagame regarding peace efforts in the Great Lakes region, Mbeki’s spokesman said. The meeting lasted about an hour, spokesman, Parks Mankahlana, said on Sunday. He had no details of the meeting but said discussions would have included the situation in the Democratic Republic […]
PRESIDENT Thabo Mbeki congratulated Vladimir Putin on Monday on his election as Russian president, saying he believes Russia will continue to play a major role in international affairs. Mbeki said South Africa and Russia have both gone through momentous change during the past decade but that many great challenges still lay ahead for both countries […]
MARCUS PRIOR, Lusaka | Monday 3.30pm. JAMES Loughnane, the Cape Town professional who plays under the Irish flag, won the R500000 Zambia Open for the second time in three years after clawing his way past overnight leader Bradford Vaughan at the very last hole of the tournament. Loughnane finished on 18 under-par after a fourth […]
THE black-controlled infotainment and media company, Johnnic, on Monday announced the much-awaited disposal of 27-million shares in South African Breweries. The sale to an unnamed buyer disposes Johnnic’s remaining interests in the brewery and will raise R1,35-billion. The move is in line with the empowerment company’s restructuring plan to become a focused “infotainment” and telecommunications […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Sharjah | Monday 4.35pm. SOUTH Africa have dismissed India for 164 with some fine fielding and bowling in the fifth Sharjah Cup one-dayer on Monday. South African skipper Hansie Cronje was asked to field after Saurav Ganguly won the toss, and his bowlers immediately knuckled down and dismissed Ganguly cheaply. The Indian skipper […]
ENGINEERING company Siemens is part of a consortuim that has lodged a proposal with the National Electricity Regulator to build South Africa’s first independent power producer. Siemens’ partner in the R1,2-billion bid is Rainbow Technologies, an electrical engineering company. Together they form the Rainbow Millenuim Power Company. It is estimated that the proposed coal-fired power […]
ZIMBABWE’S Murray Goodwin was taken to hospital for an X-ray after he was hit on the head by the ball during the second test against West Indies on Sunday. The first innings century-maker was fielding at short leg when he was felled after a massive pulled shot by Ridley Jacobs from a long hop by […]
GAUTENG’S season ended not with a bang, but a whimper as they crashed out of the Standard Bank Cup in the final leg of the semi-final against Eastern Province. EP’s 62 run victory means that they will play Boland in Paarl in the final on Wednesday. Gauteng, the Supersport Series champions, looked set for a […]
TALKS to thrash out a negotiated settlement of Burundi’s devastating civil war resumed in Tanzania on Monday, attended by six heads of state and under the stewardship of former South African president Nelson Mandela. The highlight of the morning’s proceedings was an address by Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo, invited by Mandela to offer the experiences […]
AN American man involved in rescue work in Mozambique has fallen to his death at a waterfall in eastern Mpumalanga. Police spokeswoman Inspector Olga Marais said rescue workers found the body of the man on Saturday morning after he fell over the 70 metre Lisbon Falls at the tourist town of Graskop on Friday. The […]
BOBSAVE Superbowl results, fixtures and draw. Second round At Caledonian Stadium SuperSport United 1 (David Notoane 33) City Sharks 0 At Chatsworth Stadium Manning Rangers 3 (Fees Moloi 40, 65, Helder ‘Mane Mane’ Muianga 24) Mabopane Young Masters 1 (Percy Malesta 43) At Greenpoint Stadium Mother City 0 AmaZulu 1 (Alban Newman 54) At Rand […]
ZAMBIAN squad for Cosafa Cup first-round match against Botswana. Zambia Goalkeepers: George Kolala (Zamsure), Collins Mbulo (Green Buffaloes) Defenders: Laughter Chilembi, Elijah Tana (Nchanga Rangers), Justin Kunda (Mufulira Wanderers), Kingsley Musabula (Zanaco), Jones Mwewa (Power Dynamos) Midfielders: Gift Kampamba, Mark Sinyangwe (Nkana), Charles Lota, Richard Chewe (Kabwe Warriors), Francis Kasonde (Konkola Blades), Numba Mumamba (Zanaco) […]
ANDREW MUCHINERIPI, Pretoria | Saturday 6.30pm. SuperSport United 1 City Sharks 0 THE magic wand waved by Bruce Grobbelaar continues to bring forth success for SuperSport United as they reached the Bob Save Super Bowl quarter-finals at Caledonian Stadium on Friday night. Success was achieved through a 33rd-minute goal from David Notoane, his second vital […]
AT least six people were killed and seven were still missing on Sunday following a flash flood which turned a whitewater rafting adventure in the Eastern Cape into a disaster. The tragedy occurred when a party of 24 thrillseekers in tractor tyre inner tubes were struck by a surge of water while they were negotiating […]
ZIMBABWE’S Murray Goodwin was taken to hospital for an X-ray after he was hit on the head by the ball during the second test against West Indies on Sunday. The first innings century-maker was fielding at short leg when he was felled after a massive pulled shot by Ridley Jacobs from a long hop by […]
THE head of Burundi’s second guerrilla army agreed on Friday to join peace talks in Tanzania alongside the leader of the biggest rebel group, who agreed on Monday to take part, though setting terms. Kabura Cossana, who described himself as the commanding officer of the National Liberation Forces, told journalists he had agreed to join […]
CAPE Town professional James Loughnane, who plays under the Irish flag, ground out a superb six under-par 67 to go with his first round 69 and take a one shot lead at the halfway stage of the R500000 Stanbic Zambia Open here at the Lusaka Golf Club. Loughnane, the winner here in 1997, is ten […]
BOTSWANA’S Castle Cup first-round squad for the match against Zambia. Botswana Goalkeepers: Anthony Matengu (Police), Kagiso Tshelametsi (Mogoditshane Life Fighters) Defenders: Mogogi Gabonamong (Mogoditshane), Lovemore Mokgwetsi (Mochudi Centre Chiefs), Agisanyang Mosimanengape (Notwane), Shepherd Motshega (Defence Force), Busang Rasefako (Comets) Midfielders: Itumeleng Duiker, Phineas Maimela (LCS Gunners), Barney Marman, Masego Ntshingane (Mogoditshane), Kabelo Kgosiang (Prisons), Keitumetsi […]
Fiona Macleod Graa Machel, the “first lady” of South Africa and Mozambique, has agreed to be co-patron of the Nedbank/Mail & Guardian Green Trust Awards. She will share patronage of the country’s premier environmental awards with Anton Rupert, founder of the Rembrandt Group and long-time conservationist. The new patrons have been asked to attend this […]
Evidence wa ka Ngobeni The Northern Province Department of Health has challenged a group of white doctors to prove that their application to start a new private hospital is not racially motivated. The challenge comes amid simmering racial tension in the province’s state hospitals, with some white patients refusing to be treated by black hospital […]
Justin Arenstein Self-confessed fraud, African National Congress factionalist and sacked Mpumalanga ANC Youth League secretary James Nkambule is demanding a R867 000 golden handshake from the government for agreeing to “leave quietly”. The outspoken youth leader, who is credited with toppling former premier Mathews Phosa from power in a bruising political stand-off last year, confirmed […]
Barry Streek The rich just clicks a computer mouse he calls that an honest day’s labour The following are some extracts from a most extraordinary book, Of Money, Mandarins and Peasants: A collection of South African poems about poverty, launched in Johannesburg this week. Last year, the South African NGO Coalition (Sangoco) and Homeless Talk […]
IN the first successful land claim dating back to the colonial era, more than 900 members of the Hlubi tribe are set to return to their ancestral lands in northern KwaZulu-Natal. The claim is for some 8600 hectares, comprising 43 farms near Estcourt. The transfer, which is expected to be made official in November, will […]
Jubie Matlou There could not have been a better place than The Netherlands, with its intricate system of dykes and canals to protect the country from floods, to host the Second World Water Security Forum this week. The conference was not meant to be an ambitious exercise to get 4E000 delegates to find consensus, according […]
New evidence linking an alleged murderer to the NIA could damage South Africa’s post-apartheid intelligence services Paul Kirk and Jaspreet Kindra One of Richmond strongman Sifiso Nkabinde’s alleged assassins, who turned to become the prosecution’s star witness, has been in the pay of the National Intelligence Agency (NIA) and was in possession of sophisticated NIA […]
Bertrand Rosenthal The Restoration of the Ten Commandments of God cult, of which about 470 members apparently committed mass suicide in rural Uganda, is the latest manifestation of indigenous Christian sects with apocalyptic, sometimes revolutionary overtones. In Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi and Uganda, the synthesis of Christianity and traditional African religions, partly as a rejection […]
MORE than 1400 ancient Egypt specialists from 50 countries will gather near the Great Pyramids of Giza next week for the eighth International Congress of Egyptologists. Subjects such as the “origins of the alphabet in the Egyptian western desert,” x-raying mummies and “women in the cult of Isis” will be discussed during the nine-day meeting […]