JEAN-CLAUDE Ganga, one of six International Olympic Committee members expelled from the organisation in March for taking bribes, is to resign as president of the African Olympic body, a South African Olympic official said on Monday. Ganga is expected to leave the Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa (Anoca) at an extraordinary meeting in […]
THE Malawi Electoral Commission has fired two District Commissioners from acting as Returning Officers during the country’s 15 June general elections for “not cooperating” with the Commission. Chief Elections Officer Roosevelt Gondwe says the two men — Geoffrey Mwanja and Martin Mainja — created problems in the run up to the elections. Opposition and civil […]
THE African National Congress and the Inkatha Freedom Party on Thursday agreed to form a coalition government in KwaZulu-Natal. In a joint statement the parties said that they commit themselves to a need for the formation of a coalition government between the ANC and IFP. They said they hope “to finalise the talks in due […]
THE son of a prominent Pagad member has died after being shot while playing soccer in Mitchell’s Plain, Cape Town, on Sunday. Moegamat Heuwel (17), son of People Against Gangsterism and Drugs member Abdul Heuwel, died in Groote Schuur Hospital early on Wednesday morning. He was shot four times, in the head and body, by […]
THE draws for the quarter-finals and semi-finals of the African Football Confederation (CAF) Cup were made in Cairo on Sunday: Quarter-finals Club Sportif Sfaxien, Tunisia (holders) vs Etoile du Sahel, Tunisia; Kwara United, Nigeria vs Zamalek, Egypt; Etoile Filante, Burkina Faso vs Canon Yaounde, Cameroon; Wydad Casablanca, Morocco vs USMA, Algeria; First leg: Sept 3-5, […]
LLEWELLYN Herbert won the 400m hurdles in 48.96 seconds at the Stuttgart international meeting on Sunday. An attempt to crack the 17-year-old world mark in the 4x800m relay race failed as a South African quartet missed the record by 7:04.70 by 0.89 seconds
ZAMBIA’S Opposition United Party for National Development is seeking the arrest and prosecution of President Frederick Chiluba’s sons, Castro and Miko. The UPND wrote to Inspector General of Police Francis Ndhlovu, expressing “utter disappointment and disgust” with his office for failing to prosecute Castro and Miko Chiluba, who allegedly assault and maim innocent citizens with […]
TUESDAY, 12.30PM: THE SOUTH AFRICAN under-23 team opened their Four Nation International Youth soccer tournament campaign with a 1-1 draw against Zimbabwe at the Orlando Stadium in Johannesburg on Tuesday. The South Africans played amateurish football in the first half, but surprisingly scored in the first 45 minutes. The Zimbabweans, on the other hand, played […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Wednesday 4.20pm BAFANA Bafana coach Trott Moloto on Wednesday kept the essence of the team who played against Mauritius last weekend in Durban, but recalled five players to a 21-man squad for next week’s double-header against Zimbabwe and Angola. South Africa meet Zimbabwe in a challenge match at the FNB Stadium […]
THE Mpumalanga education department is expected to announce the results of its probe into last year’s matric results scandal later on Thursday. There has been no word yet on whether any officials will be dismissed. The claimed pass rate was 72%, but the SA Certification Council dropped it to 52%, and Judge Eberhard Bertelsmann found […]
JOCKEY Jacob Mutemararo died on Tuesday after falling from his horse during the seventh race at Borrowdale Park on Sunday. Mutemararo fell at the 1400m mark while leading the field on Ancient Glory. He was ahead of 18 runners when his left stirrup iron broke, causing him to fall. Several of the horses following were […]
WEDNESDAY, 6.30PM: SOUTH AFRICAN all-rounder Shaun Pollock made the most of the chance to hone his batting when he clubbed a depleted Nottinghamshire attack all over Trent Bridge on Wednesday. Pollock hit 87 off just 59 deliveries to take the tourists to a commanding 50-over total of 284/6. The 25-year-old Natalian spent his hour at […]
WEDNESDAY, 12.30PM: SOUTH AFRICAN goalkeeper Andre Arendse’s World Cup may be over as he bacame the latest victim of the injury jinx surrounding Bafana Bafana as he injured his knee during practice on Monday night. Arendse was on crutches before he was taken to hospital in Vichy to undergo tests and observation on the injured […]
SOUTH Africa’s last Olympic festival of the millenium will take place on July 4 in Johannesburg when Nocsa hosts the Coca Cola Olympic Day north of Johannesburg. The festival, which will take in 5km and 10km fun runs, with no entrance fee, takes place at Olympic House in Melrose. Sporting celebrities Olympic marathon champion Josia […]
DENMARK, long one of Zimbabwe’s closest allies, has suspended more than $26 million worth of aid — until Zimbabwe pulls out of the Democratic Republic of Congo. Denmark had pledged the aid to upgrade Zimbabwe’s eight airports.The Danish Ambassador to Zimbabwe, Erik Fiil, said on Thursday that the move was a protest against Zimbabwe’s continued […]
MOROCCO beat Guinea 1-0 in an African Nations’ Cup group two qualifier on Saturday night in Rabat. Morocco’s only goal, scored in the first half, wnet to Abdeljalil Hadda in the 6th minute — in front of a crowd of 70000.
JAMES BRYANT, Edgbaston | Tuesday 12.25pm WORLD Cup favourites South Africa will receive a simple message from Hansie Cronje before their second-round clash with New Zealand here on Thursday — let’s try and win without Lance Klusener’s help for a change. The South Africans, fresh from beating main tournament rivals Pakistan, can make sure of […]
THE Malawi Electoral Commission has fired two District Commissioners from acting as Returning Officers during the country’s 15 June general elections for “not cooperating” with the Commission. Chief Elections Officer Roosevelt Gondwe says the two men — Geoffrey Mwanja and Martin Mainja — created problems in the run up to the elections. Opposition and civil […]
BRYAN PEARSON, Cape Town | Wednesday 9.00pm. THREE opposition parties in the Western Cape agreed Wednesday to form a coalition and said the ANC — which won the provincial election last week — could join them or be excluded from the provincial government. However, the New National Party, Democratic Party and the African Christian Democratic […]
AT least 18 suspected robbers have been killed by irate Lagos residents in the last week, press reports said on Wednesday. The victims were roasted alive by the residents, who organised themselves into a vigilante group in the Ebute-Metta area of the city, the independent newspaper The Punch said. Amid escalating crime in Lagos, residents […]
ZAMBIA’S Opposition United Party for National Development is seeking the arrest and prosecution of President Frederick Chiluba’s sons, Castro and Miko. The UPND wrote to Inspector General of Police Francis Ndhlovu, expressing “utter disappointment and disgust” with his office for failing to prosecute Castro and Miko Chiluba, who allegedly assault and maim innocent citizens with […]
PRESIDENT-ELECT Thabo Mbeki hinted strongly that an alliance with the Inkatha Freedom Party is on the cards when he invited IFP leader Mangosuthu Buthelezi to join him on the podium on Monday night to receive the election results. A deal with the IFP gives Mbeki 75% of seats in the National Assembly, and control of […]
WATER supplies were early Wednesday cut off across Kinshasa, a city of five million people, because of a lack of treatment products, the national distribution company announced. Stocks of the products, such as chlorine, arrived at the southwestern port of Matadi several days ago and should reach the capital soon, the company said on national […]
THE son of a prominent Pagad member has died after being shot while playing soccer in Mitchell’s Plain, Cape Town, on Sunday. Moegamat Heuwel (17), son of People Against Gangsterism and Drugs member Abdul Heuwel, died in Groote Schuur Hospital early on Wednesday morning. He was shot four times, in the head and body, by […]
TUESDAY, 12.30PM: SOUTH AFRICAN cricket captain Hansie Cronje has acknowledged the fact that his two main strike bowlers Allan Donald and Shaun Pollock were a tad out of sorts during the first Test at Headingley against Englandwhich was called a draw on Monday due to intermittent rain. Cronje said that the South Africans are confident […]
AN independent candidate in Malawi’s parliamentary elections due next week said on Tuesday she had been warned at gunpoint by a member of the ruling party to withdraw from the race. Patricia Chipungu said a candidate from President Bakili Muluzi’s United Democratic Front threatened her at the weekend, saying she was causing problems in the […]
THE Angolan army is to keep its troops in the Congo Republic to help maintain stability in the region, its commander in the Central African nation said in a newspaper interview on Tuesday. General Sanjar Nelumba told the Congolese weekly, Le Pays, a withdrawal would allow the Angolan rebel group Unita to slip back into […]
MORE than 60 people are feared drowned after their overloaded boat sank on Ghana’s sprawling Volta Lake at the weekend, police in Accra said on Tuesday. The accident happened some 500km northeast of the capital. Some 25 passengers who survived and swam to safety told police that the boat, which sank in high winds on […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Edgbaston | Tuesday 12.25pm THURSDAY’S clash between South Africa and New Zealand will produce an interesting player head-to-head. Among them are: Geoff Allott vs Gary Kirsten Left-arm seamer Allott, once dropped because he was regarded as overweight and unfit, is the surprise top wicket-taker in the World Cup with a record-equalling 18 victims. […]
TUESDAY, 5.30PM: The seven-member South African Olympic Weightlifting team returned from the 12th African Weightlifting championships held in Algeria with a bag of 15 medals, including six silver and nine bronze. Henk Booysen won three of the six silver medals almost equalling the South African clean-and-jerk record in the 105kg weight class. Booysen clean-and-jerked 185kg, […]
BREEDERS in Benin called on Tuesday for a import ban on European poultry products, in the wake of fears that Belgian chicken might be tainted with dioxin. In a statement sent to food importers, the national breeders’ association demanded that all imported food bear certificates identifying the country of origin. Since last Friday, shipments of […]
THE Mpumalanga education department is expected to announce the results of its probe into last year’s matric results scandal later on Thursday. There has been no word yet on whether any officials will be dismissed. The claimed pass rate was 72%, but the SA Certification Council dropped it to 52%, and Judge Eberhard Bertelsmann found […]