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 […]
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.
ALL four opposition parties in Mpumalanga’s legislature appear set to form a coalition against the ruling African National Congress. The Democratic Party, which won 4,5% of the provincial vote, met with New National Party representatives in Witbank on Tuesday to discuss the proposed alliance. Further meetings between the NNP, United Democratic Party and Freedom Front […]
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 […]
SENIOR officials from the departments of Health and of Agriculture and Land Affairs are to meet in Pretoria on Wednesday to discuss a health scare caused by the importation of alleged cancer-causing Belgium food products. Department of Agriculture and Land Affairs director for food safety and veterinary public health, Gideon Bruckner said the meeting will […]
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 […]
FOUR teenagers who were convicted of murder on Thursday will be medically tested to verify their claim that they are under 18, and minors in the eyes of the law. The Nelspruit Regional Court found that the four, along with Mathews Thabe (18) murdered Amos Nkosi (46) on March 15 after Nkosi refused to move […]
THE National Maize Producers’ Organisation has been dissolved to make way for a new national controlling body made up of a coalition of the country’s four main grain producers’ organisations. Nampo’s demise was ratified at a congress on a farm outside Bothaville in the Northern Free State on Wednesday. The new grain body will be […]
TROUBLED black empowerment group New Africa Investments Ltd (Nail) said on Thursday it has appointed Warburg Dillon Read to act as independent financial adviser on its restructuring. Nail said in a statement that Warburg will “provide advice to the board of Nail regarding its restructuring plans, with specific regard to reviewing its shareholder structure and […]
ZIMBABWE admitted on Thursday that the village of Manono in the Democratic Republic of Congo has fallen to rebel forces, but said southern African troops made a “tactical withdrawal”. Army spokesman Chancellor Diye said in a statement that just 94 men had held out at Manono, the birthplace of DRC President Laurent Kabila, against several […]
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 […]
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 […]
A farm school teacher in the Mondeor area was shot and killed in a classroom on Thursday. Nandi Mhlongo, 31, was conducting classes at the Oliphantsvlei farm pre-school on the Eikenhof/Lenasia Road at about 9.15am. Two men entered the classroom and demanded the whereabouts of the principal. One of the men fired two shots at […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
BRYAN PEARSON, Johannesburg | Wednesday 7.30pm. OUTGOING President Nelson Mandela on Wednesday concluded his final cabinet meeting before his retirement next week with an emotional address to his ministers and deputy ministers. “The meeting was businesslike … but towards the end it became quite emotional,” chief government spokesman Joel Netshitenzhe said after the four-hour cabinet […]
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 […]
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, 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, […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Wednesday 11.00am. THE Beka provident fund was ordered by the Pension Funds adjudicator on Tuesday to change its rules to accommodate homosexual relationships, and to give a pension to the partner of one of its deceased members. The Gay and Lesbian Legal Advice Centre, which has been representing the new beneficiary, […]
A 65-YEAR-OLD Northern Province woman was arrested on Monday for cutting out one of her 27-year-old son’s testicles for muti. The woman, from Cunningmoore village 60km from Bushbuckridge, was arrested with three other suspects after they evaded police for two days. The other suspects are two men, aged 22 and 23, and a woman of […]
THE New National Party, the Democratic Party and, in most likelihood, the African Christian Democratic Party are in discussions on Tuesday on the future leadership of the Western Cape. Marianne Merten reports that sources in the NNP told ZA*NOW that negotiations are at an “advanced stage” and an announcement is expected later in the day. […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Cairo | Tuesday 5.00pm. FIFA President Joseph Blatter urged Africa to pull behind one of its two national candidates to give the continent a good shot at hosting the World Cup in 2006. “To have a real chance… Africa should make sure that there will be only one candidate from Africa,” Blatter said […]
FIERCE fighting was reported on Wednesday in Angola’s northern Vije province, where UNITA rebels have taken the Ambuila district. According to humanitarian aid sources, clashes in the region have intensified since the end of last month in western and southwestern parts of the province. Aid workers say delivering relief to victims of the fighting is […]
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 […]
ALL four opposition parties in Mpumalanga’s legislature appear set to form a coalition against the ruling African National Congress. The Democratic Party, which won 4,5% of the provincial vote, met with New National Party representatives in Witbank on Tuesday to discuss the proposed alliance. Further meetings between the NNP, United Democratic Party and Freedom Front […]
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 […]
TUESDAY, 6.30PM: VODACOM CUP winners Griqualand West continued their excellent run of form beating Ireland by 52-13 in a tour match played at Hoffe Park in Kimberley on Tuesday. The Irish, who have now lost three games on the trot, will no doubt be somewhat under-confident when they meet the Springboks for the first of […]
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 […]