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ANDREW MUCHINERIPI, Pretoria | Monday 11.30am. TRADITIONAL giants Sundowns, Kaizer Chiefs and Orlando Pirates scored four goals each as they triumphed with varying degrees of comfort in the Castle Premiership at the weekend. Leaders Sundowns defeated fourth-placed Hellenic 4-2 at Loftus Stadium to go six points clear at the top of the standings in the […]

TUNISIAN club Esperance are in line for a unique hat-trick after qualifying at the weekend for an African Champions League final showdown against Raja Casablanca of Morocco. The Blood and Gold won the 1997 African Football Confederation (CAF) Cup and the 1998 Cup Winners Cup and victory over Raja would complete a clean sweep of […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Cape Town | Monday 6.45pm. ENGLAND happily settled for a draw against a second-string Western Province/Boland XI at Newlands on Monday after being outplayed comprehensively. Set a target of 250 runs off 47 overs, England had amassed a second innings total of 82/2 off 41 overs when play was called off 30 minutes […]

BRITISH Aerospace said on Sunday that South Africa’s Denel Aviation will be the sole supplier of rudders and ailerons for the company’s Avro Regional Jet (RJ) airliner. Denel Aviation, a unit of state arms manufacturer Denel, will initially produce 18 rudder and aileron sets a year, British Aerospace said in a statement. The agreement carries […]

STAKEHOLDERS in the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration on Monday reaffirmed their support for the commission which has been rocked by allegations of racism and financial mismanagement. A joint statement by the Department of Labour, the Congress of South African Trade Unions, Business South Africa and the National Council of Trade Unions said the […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Tuesday 9.55am GOVERNMENT and business leaders from throughout the Commonwealth are in Johannesburg on Tuesday for the start of the three-day Commonwealth Business Forum. Ten government leaders are due to attend. The forum, hosted by South African President Thabo Mbeki, comes ahead of a full Heads of Government summit in Durban […]

THE United States on Monday rejected a threat by the leader of a rebel group in the Democratic Republic of Congo to no longer abide by a ceasefire. State Department spokesman James Rubin said in a statement that Jean-Pierre Bemba’s declaration on Saturday that a three-month old ceasefire signed in Zambia was “null and void” […]

AUSTRALIAN fullback Matthew Burke scored 25 points as the Wallabies downed France 35-12 in Saturday’s World Cup final – but his tally left him one point short of ending up as the tournament’s leading scorer. Argentine fly-half Gonzalo Quesada ended the Cup with 102 points to Burke’s 101, but the Australian was more interested in […]

ARCHBISHOP Desmond Tutu will be admitted to hospital in Atlanta on Tuesday for further prostate cancer treatment. Tutu is to undergo cryosurgery, a procedure during which liquid nitrogen is used to freeze the prostate in order to destroy the cancer cells. The treatment will be carried out at the Emory University Hospital. Tutu was was […]

SOUTH African Airways will in December resume twice-weekly flights to Kinshasa, capital of the war-ravaged Democratic Republic of Congo a spokeswoman said on Monday. SAA suspended the flights last year soon after rebels attacked the government of President Laurent Kabila in August. “We have reviewed the political situation and other airlines are also flying in,” […]

BRITAIN’S Queen Elizabeth II is expected to express regret for the loss of life on all sides in the Boer War during her visit to South Africa, a British newspaper reported on Tuesday. The queen and her husband the Duke of Edinburgh are due to arrive at an air base outside Pretoria on Tuesday afternoon […]

FINANCIAL services group Old Mutual Plc on Monday dismissed as speculative newspaper reports that it might consider buying Britain’s Gartmore Investment Management from National Westminster Bank. But Old Mutual spokesman James Poole added that the South African group is looking at various acquisition possibilities in Britain. He accused NatWest of using rumour tactics to gauge […]

DRIVERS of commercial buses left thousands of Lagos workers and traders stranded on Monday when they went on strike to protest at what they call extortion and harassment by Nigerian transport officials. Representatives of the striking drivers said that their industrial action will continue until road transport officials stop harassing them under the guise of […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Tuesday 8.15pm.. THE SA Human Rights Commission said on Tuesday that it would decide on what steps to take only once Health Minister Manto Tshabalala-Msimang had responded to allegations that denying the anti-retroviral drug AZT to pregnant women was unconstitutional. “The commission, again in keeping with its procedures, will put these […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Cardiff | Monday 9.45am. AUSTRALIAN centre Tim Horan, named player of the World Cup, may have played his last game of rugby for Australia. The Wallabies were to fly home from Britain later on Monday with the World Cup following Saturday’s no nonsense 35-12 defeat of France. And the 29-year-old Horan’s 80th Test […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Tuesday 11.45am. THEY left the defending champions and although they returned untriumphant, the Springboks were still treated to a hero’s welcome on Tuesday morning when their plane touched down. A cheering crowd of over a thousand supporters were at Johannesburg International Airport, and broke into applause when the Boks made an […]

GERMAN web television company Metabox AG said at the weekend that it has expanded into its first foreign market by signing a distribution deal for South Africa with Eagle International Ltd. Shares in Metabox, which manufactures set-top boxes that provide internet access on TV sets, surged more than 16% on the news of the company’s […]

PETROS AUGOUSTI, Johannesburg | Monday 9.00am. GAUTENG mopped up a sorry Easterns tail dismissing them for a paltry 83 to take the honours and the points on the final morning of their SuperSport Series match at the Wanderers on Sunday. The tail did not so much wag as fall off with David Terbrugge starting the […]

UGANDA’S Minister of State for Regional Cooperation Amama Mbabazi on Sunday played down the repudiation of a ceasefire pact by one faction involved in the war in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The head of the Ugandan-backed rebel Movement for the Liberation of Congo (MLC), Jean-Pierre Bemba, on Saturday said the ceasefire in DRC is […]

MICHAEL FINCH, Kimberley | Monday 9.00am. THANKS to two whirlwind innings’ from Hansie Cronje and Nicky Boje, Free State finally got the better of the plucky North West side to win their Supersport Series match by four wickets in Potchefstroom on Sunday. Cronje scored 44 off 40 balls (5×4, 1×6) and Boje 76 off 67 […]

Friday: At Newlands Stadium — Ajax Cape Town 2 (David Kannemeyer 17, Carlo Scott 37) Bush Bucks 0; At Investec Stadium — Wits University 2 (Alois Bunjira 22, 39) Manning Rangers 2 (Robbie Milne 19, Sipho Ndzuzo 25). Saturday: At Johannesburg Stadium — Kaizer Chiefs 4 (Siyabonga Nomvete 40, 88-pen, Thabo Mooki 81, Patrick Mbuthu […]

XHOSA King Xolilizwe Sigawu on Sunday called for a meeting with Queen Elizabeth II, due to arrive in South Africa on Tuesday, saying he wants an apology for the British oppression of his people in the 19th century. Sigawu told SABC television the Xhosa are still suffering because the British seized their cattle and land […]

THE tourism ministry on Sunday urged the country’s tour bus operators to force clients to wear seat belts following two road accidents in which 31 foreigners were killed. “This would save a lot of lives on our roads,” Tourism Minister Valli Moosa’s spokeswoman Didi Moyle said. She said there is no law forcing tour operators […]

SOUTH Africa’s 739 traditional leaders collectively earn more than R48-million a month, and do not even have to sign performance contracts, Sydney Mufamadi, the minister of provincial affairs and local government said Monday in reply to a parliamentary question.In KwaZulu-Natal, the North West, and the Northern Province they are also paid generous allowances for attending […]

MANAGING director of the United Cricket Board, Ali Bacher, has paid tribute to legendary West Indian paceman Malcolm Marshall who died late on Thurdsday after a long battle with colon cancer in Bridgetown, Barbados. Marshall was 41. “Malcolm was a brilliant fast bowler and an outstanding ambassador for the game of cricket,” said Bacher. “He […]

ZIMBABWEAN strike bowler Heath Streak has again been ruled out of the squad to play South Africa in the second Test of the two match home-away series in Harare on Thursday. Streak has been suffering from a knee injury which again flared up after surgery. The 13-man Zimbabwean squad shows three changes to the one […]

FIVE people were killed and another 10 injured when their village was struck by lightning in a violent thunderstorm that lashed the northern Transkei on Sunday. Umtata police said two people were killed instantly and 10 injured in a homestead in the Elliottdale district, while another three people were struck by lightning at a nearby […]

THE three African squads to compete at the world junior football championship in New Zealand from November 10-27 have been released by FIFA. The squads are: Burkina Faso Goalkeepers: Daouda Traore, Jean-Jacques Kabore. Defenders: Lamine Traore, Jose-Hermann Yameogo, Aboubacar Sanou, Soumaila Tassambedo, Charles Pafadnam, Siaka Sanou. Midfielders: Ibrahim Kabore, Issaka Ouedraogo, Ousseni Zongo, Gaston Rouamba. […]

POLICE have arrested 90 members of the vigilante group People Against Gangsterism and Drugs (Pagad) in the first six months of this year, Tshwete said in reply to another parliamentary question. This compares to the 57 detained in 1998. Only one Pagad member had been convicted this year, and just two last year.

BETWEEN October last year and September this year, 99 charges of rape and 26 of sexual assault had been laid against police officers, Safety and Security Minster Steve Tshwete said on Monday. Just 23 policemen have been suspended as a result and none are currently serving sentences, he said in reply to a question in […]

THE murder trial of seven men accused of the murder of slain United Democratic Movement secretary-general Sifiso Nkabinde was delayed in the Pietermaritzburg High Court on Monday morning. The delay is to allow defence lawyers to inspect the murder scene. Nkabinde was gunned down outside a supermarket in Richmond, KwaZulu-Natal on January 23. The state […]

SOME eighteen solid imbuia wall clocks are among the casualties of a rising problem of theft that has hit the Cape High Court. The Cape Times reports that Cape High Court building is being stripped by thieves with little regard for the law, and judges’ possessions and valuable equipment and fittings have been stolen. Among […]