MOUNT Cameroon, a volcano about 70km from Cameroon’s economic capital, Douala, erupted and began spewing lava late on Sunday, people living close to the mountain said. Initial reports said there have been no casualties so far and the lava flows do not directly threaten any inhabitants. However some radio and television installations have been damaged. […]
SPAIN’S Alberto Martin captured his first ATP Tour tennis singles title on Sunday, winning the $215000 Casablanca Open with a 6-3 6-4 win over compatriot Fernando Vicente. The 20-year-old Barcelona-born Martin, ranked 94th in the world, saw off Vicente, two years his senior and the world number 54 in an hour and 18 minutes. Like […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Hong Kong | Monday 11.30am. SOUTH Africa is learning the art of seven-a-side rugby in a correspondence course with traditional rivals New Zealand as it rebuilds towards the next World Cup. The reigning 15-a-side world champions want to dominate the shortened version of the game as well, Sevens coach Deon Oosthuysen said as […]
AT LEAST 50 United States businessmen said on the weekend that they will not attend an international exhibition in the Ugandan capital Kampala next month, citing the March 1 rebel attack on tourists in southwest Uganda that left two Americans dead. The expo will coincide with a general assembly of the Group of 77 developing […]
SOUTH Africa’s Shaun Pollock became the fastest player to record the double of 1000 runs and 100 wickets in one-day internationals in the replayed fourth match against New Zealand on Friday. Pollock broke the record of England’s Ian Botham in one-day cricket by seven matches. Pollock had scored 989 runs and taken 99 wickets in […]
THE privatisation of Zambia’s mining assets has resulted in mounting optimism that the Lusaka Stock Exchange could register growth this year. The bourse’s market capitalisation for January 1999 improved to $318-million against $273-million recorded in February 1999. At its peak in 1999, LuSE registered a market capitalisation of $698-million, largely on expectations of privatisation of […]
SIMON LOUISSON, Auckland | Saturday 9.00pm. DARYLL Cullinan scored a searing 94 from just 56 balls as rampant South Africa defeated New Zealand by 143 runs in the fifth limited-overs international at Eden Park on Saturday. The New Zealanders never recovered from a South African batting blitz led by Cullinan as the visitors took a […]
ISCOR said on Friday that a week-long strike at its Grootegeluk coal mine in Northern Province has been called off. The strike, which started last Wednesday, was in response to the dismissal of National Union of Mineworkers chairman at the mine, ML Ngoepe, for serious misconduct. Iscor spokesperson Phaldie Kalam said employees will return to […]
NEVILLE VAN DER MERWE, the South African body builder and stuntman accused of kidnapping and murdering a British accountant in 1991, pleaded not guilty to the charges in the Maidstone Crown Court in Britain on Thursday. Van der Merwe (28) was allegedly sent to Britain with an accomplice, Glen Chait, to kill Simon Law, an […]
REGIONAL wars in parts of the Common Market for East and Southern Africa, Comesa, are stifling trade which could reduce gains scored in recent years. A Comesa report says that fighting on the horn of Africa, Eritrea-Ethiopia and the Democratic Republic of Congo has caused a disruption in trade and fueled congestion in some ports. […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Sunday 4.00pm SUSPENDED foreign affairs official Robert McBride, who was detained in Maputo for six months on charges of espoinage and gunrunning said on Saturday that the Mozambican Supreme Court has dropped all charges against him. McBride said his lawyers have informed him from Mozambique that an appeal against taking the […]
ACT Brumbies scored their biggest victory in the four-year history of the Super 12 when they thrashed South Africa’s Northern Bulls 73-9 on Saturday. The Brumbies scored 10 unanswered tries to wreck the Bulls, producing superb form in the wet conditions. Fullback Joe Roff scored 22 points for the Brumbies from two tries, two penalty […]
ITALIAN Superbike newcomer Doriano Romboni suffered a suspected broken wrist on Friday after crashing in the first practice for Sunday’s season-opening race. Romboni raced in Motorcycling Grands Prix before switching to Superbikes this year on a non-works Ducati. Ironically, he also crashed in practice for the season-opening 500cc GP in Japan last year and broke […]
NAMIBIAN President Sam Nujoma transferred ruling Swapo party veteran Andimba Toivo ya Toivo from his post as mines and energy minister to labour minister on Friday. The reshuffle came as a surprise as Toivo (74) is the oldest member of cabinet and was tipped to retire before Namibia’s elections, due at the end of the […]
AMERICAN Michael Johnson easily won the men’s 200m at the Cape Town international athletics meeting on Friday, crossing the line with a wind-blown 20,41 seconds, half a second faster than South Africa’s Corne du Plessis with 20,95. Morne Nagel was third witha a 21,05 second time. Marion Jones also handily won the women’s 100m in […]
PRESIDENT Nelson Mandela and his deputy Thabo Mbeki on Sunday launched their African National Congress’ campaign for South Africa’s June 2 election with pledges to speed up social change. Introducing the party’s election manifesto to the masses at a rally in Johannesburg’s Soweto township, Mbeki said the ANC will remain true to its promise of […]
THE Johannesburg Stock Exchange, Bond Exchange of South Africa and the South African Futures Exchange aim to complete their planned merger by the end of this year, JSE executive president Russell Loubser said on Thursday. Loubser said the marriage of the three exchanges, announced last August, could proceed once Parliament passes enabling legislation, likely to […]
THREE time world champion Carl Fogarty won both heats of the opening round of this year’s world Superbike Championship with a pair of thoroughly commanding performances on Sunday. Fogarty won the first race by just over five seconds from team-mate and former world champion Troy Corser, and took the second heat by more than six […]
BOTSWANA’s balance of trade in 1998 swung into positive territory at the end of the third quarter despite a budgeted deficit. Presenting the national budget in February this year, Finance Minister Ponatshego Kedikilwe warned that the 1998 trade balance would slip into deficit for the first time since the 1980s as a result of falling […]
SOUTH African Airways signed a partnership deal on Thursday with Ghana Airways enabling the two airlines to forge a commercial alliance. Speaking at the signing ceremony in Johannesburg, SAA CEO Coleman Andrews said Ghana Airways will be instrumental to SAA’s Africa networking strategy. The deal is set to take effect from July and will offer […]
AFRICAN club championship fixtures this weekend (first-leg score in brackets): Champions League: Preliminary round, second leg Kaloum, Guinea v Real Banjul, Gambia (2-0) First round, second leg Al-Ahly, Egypt v Maji Maji, Tanzania (3-0); AFC Leopards, Kenya v Rayon Sport, Rwanda (1-2); Raja Casablanca, Morocco v Ndiambour, Senegal (0-1); Cotonsport Garoua, Cameroon v Djoliba, Mali […]
The latest chapter in her continuing fascination with pathology, psychosis, sick humour and sleazy soap opera is Shireen James’s new play Viagra Falls. James is the writer/director of When Suicides Meet, a meditation upon the inner torment of Sylvia Plath, and Alice Threw The Looking Glass, a harrowing and gruesomely comic portrayal of a young […]
Tara Turkington Northern Cape MEC for Safety and Security and Public Works Eunice Komane has scorned the high life, choosing to live in the servants’ quarters of a house in one of Kimberley’s downmarket suburbs, rather than in a palatial home she could easily afford. When asked about her home, Komane, who generally avoids publicity, […]
ENGLAND rugby union star Jeremy Guscott has been charged with causing grievous bodily harm after an incident in Bath, police said on Friday. Guscott (33), a centre noted on the field for his bursts of speed and his sidestep, was released on bail late on Thursday to appear before the Bath Magistrate’s Court on April […]
Shaun de Waal Finding Peter Mayle’s book about France, Toujours Provence, in the contemporary fiction section of a bookshop recently, I pedantically pointed out that it wasn’t fiction and should perhaps be in the travel section. “But it’s travel fiction,” said one of the assistants, clearly not swayed by my arguments. I was reminded of […]
Michael Brooks A new Dude could do away with city slickers. Instead of expensive consultants to interpret the terrifyingly complex modelling programs used by many businesses, the job may be done by software being developed at Leeds University, United Kingdom. Dude (decision-support user documentation environment) gives other applications a user- friendly interface and produces “active” […]
AMANDA COETZER is out of the Lipton Championships in Florida, after American Serena Williams beat the ninth seeded South African 6-4 6-0 on Wednesday. Williams now faces Martina Hingis in the event’s semifinals, after the Swiss top seed crushed Austria’s Barbara Schett 6-1 6-1 in 42 minutes. The 18-year-old Hingis has not dropped a set […]
A few years ago, I attended a lecture by a Canadian constitutional lawyer, David Beatty. Briefly, his thesis was that the most important task for a judge in a constitutional state was to balance the rights guaranteed in the Constitution with the provision that such rights may be limited by government action. In short, the […]
The Mail & Guardian’s holding company, M&G Media Limited, has announced the appointment of Govin Reddy as its new CEO. A media executive with national and international experience, Reddy most recently served as the deputy CEO of the SABC. He steps into the shoes of Mike Martin, the M&G’s first CEO. Said Reddy: “There are […]
Oupa Bodibe One of apartheid’s many enduring legacies is the culture of secrecy that pervades public and private sector institutions. Our Constitution recognises a right of access to information, and Parliament has to enact legislation by February 2000 to give full effect to this right. This week, the portfolio committee on justice held hearings on […]
Poverty and short-sighted planning are hindering effective and permanent service delivery to rural communities, writes Charlene Smith In the rush to deliver, government departments are ignoring the fact that many rural communities are unable to pay for the services provided, which is leading to the collapse of projects around the country. Poverty and planning that […]
music day With top-class gigs happening across the country for an entire 24 hours, South African Music Day is set to take local is lekker to new heights. Michelle Constant takes the microphone The key to the very first South African Music Day (March 27) is not to find all the answers but to feel […]