Neil Manthorp in Christchurch Cricket `It couldn’t have happened at a better time in my career. I grew up more in that week than I did in the rest of my life put together. If I hadn’t and I’d been the same person I was before then, I would never have survived, I just wouldn’t […]
The introduction of six bull elephants seems to have sorted out the `aberrant behaviour’ of the young males in Pilanesberg, writes Barbara Ludman It was the sort of scene certain to delight visitors lucky enough to come upon it: a young bull elephant and two much younger males browsing peacefully together in the sparse bushveld, […]
FORMER Azanian People’s Liberation Army members will assemble in Umtata on March 20 for their final parade, in line with a decision taken late last year that they should formally disband. Although Apla was part of the integration of the non-statutory and statutory forces into the South African National Defence Force, it has never officially […]
Chris McGreal in Lagos Of all the mysteries surrounding the capture of the Lagos “man-eater”, the fate of the missing heads is the most disturbing. Clifford Orji was caught frying up human feet and ribs for breakfast under a city flyover. Severed hands lay about the place. There was even a policeman’s helmet resting on […]
Matthew Krouse Down the tube `No politicians behind desks and no talking heads,” promise the producers of Real Lives, e.tv’s new 13-part documentary series aired on Wednesdays at 9pm. The first two episodes, now shown, have indeed been free of laboured political invective and emotional commentary – proving what light relief a non-judgmental approach to […]
Imagine you’re a Parisienne and morning by morning, as you sit on your balcony sipping cappuccino, you notice that the Eiffel Tower is slowly getting shorter. One morning you almost swallow your croissant whole when you discover that it’s no longer there. It’s been dismantled and no longer exists. The city’s signature has become memory. […]
Kevin Mitchell backs Lennox Lewis in this weekend’s world heavyweight unification bout On Saturday night at Madison Square Garden in New York, two big men will slug it out for the biggest title on offer, the heavyweight champion of the world. One of them, Lennox Lewis, is certain to be as happy as anyone in […]
RISING black rugby star from Boland John Daniels makes his Super 12 debut on Friday for the Stormers clash against the Otago Highlanders in New Zealand. Pacey wing Daniels is regarded as one of the most nimble runners in South African rugby and gave Springbok star Pieter Rossouw the slip a number of times in […]
THE South African National Defence Force has delivered 1,7 tons of food aid to flood-hit areas of Mozambique since it began an aid drop on Wednesday. According to a SANDF press release, aerial reconnaissance showed many roads and bridges washed away and homes under water. However, the statement added: “No life-threatening situations were observed and […]
APARTHEID chemical wepons supremo Dr Wouter Basson will face at least 50 charges, including drug dealing, fraud and conspiracy to murder, when he goes on trial in October. Business Day reports that his defence will be paid for by the SA National Defence Force. The paper adds that the trial, scheduled to last two years, […]
MINERAL and Energy Affairs Minister Penuell Maduna said on Wednesday that he expects state oil firm Mossgas to generate a cash surplus of R730-million in the current financial year. Maduna said that Mossgas saves the country “in excess of a billion rand per year in foreign exchange” despite flagging oil prices. He added that the […]
THE Swazi government confirmed on Wednesday that it has allocated R70-million for the construction of a huge dam in the north-west of the country. Work on the dam, which will form part of the Komati River basin water scheme, is due to start this month. The dam will be operational within a year. In the […]
THE Anglican Archbishop of Cape Town, the Most Reverend Njongonulu Ndungane, has called a meeting for Saturday of political leaders in the Western Cape to pre-empt any further political violence in the province. Four United Democratic Movement leaders and an African National Congress leader have been killed in the province since Sunday evening.
POSTS and Telecoms Minister Jay Naidoo said on Wednesday that South Africa is on track to launch a satellite programme that will see it own and operate its own regional communications satellite. He said that South Africa — through the various users of satellite facilities, such as Telkom, Sentech, Transtel and Orbicom — spends between […]
ENGLISH rugby player Austin Healey has been banned for eight weeks by the Rugby Football Union for stamping on South African scrumhalf Kevin Putt during a league match last month. The ban announced this week rules Healey out of the remainder of the Five Nations Championship and key games for his club, Leicester. He misses […]
SUDANESE First Vice President Ali Osmane Mohamed Taha has vowed that government troops would retake all areas held by rebels before June 30, press reports said Thursday.”The armed forces are determined to liberate all positions by next June 30,” Taha was quoted as declaring Wednesday at a rally in Port Sudan on the Red Sea.Taha […]
THREE clubs have withdrawn from this year’s African club competitions which kick off this weekend, the Confederation of African Football said on Wednesday. Ethiopian club Coffee FC, who achieved a shock first-round win over Egypt’s Al Ahli in last year’s Champions League, have pulled out of the African Cup Winners’ Cup, giving first-round opponents Inter […]
FIVE Namibian asylum seekers were voluntarily repatriated to their country on Tuesday ahead of Namibian President Sam Nujoma’s two-day state visit to Botswana which begins Wednesday, officials confirmed on Tuesday. The five people, airlifted to the Namibian capital Windhoek, were the first people to declare their intention to go back home since the visit of […]
ORLANDO Pirates and Hellenic shared the spoils after their 1-1 draw in a Castle Premier League match at the FNB Stadium on Wednesday night. Sibusiso Zuma put Pirates ahead in the 16th minute when he headed home a Thabo Mngomeni cross to beat keeper Marumo Dithebe. But Pirates’ joy was short lived when in the […]
MALAWI’s electoral commission, plagued by poor planning and poor funding from government and donors, has postponed the country’s second multi-party general elections from May 18 to May 25, an official said on Wednesday. Zeria Banda, the commission’s publicist, said the change was made to allow proper planning of the polls because most of the logistics […]
President Nelson Mandela, first lady Graa Machel and Foreign Minister Alfred Nzo left for state visit to the Netherlands.
THE government is to enlist the help of spies and private detectives to help track down “missing” state buildings and clandestine apartheid-era property deals. The department of public works said on Wednesday that it is also thinking of advertising in local and foreign media for help in identifying these properties. The elusive building are those […]
A TEAM from the University of the Witwatersrand announced on Wednesday it has discovered a 260-million-year-old fossil animal species in the Northern Cape. The fossil is the skull of a sheep-sized animal that is the most primitive member yet found of a group of plant-eaters on the evolutionary line to mammals. The group is called […]
AFTER their heavy 39-10 defeat at the hands of the New South Wales Waratahs last week, the Cats will go into Saturday’s Super 12 match against the Sharks in Johannesburg as underdogs. The importance of the match for both sides is paramount. The Cats can ill afford another defeat so early in their campaign. The […]
STORMERS captain Bobby Skinstad and a host of first choice players have been excluded from the Super 12 team to face the Otago Highlanders in Carisbrook on Friday. Also out of the 22-man squad named on Wednesday are Springboks Pieter Rossouw, Percy Montgomery, Braam van Straaten. Flanker Lodewyk Hattingh takes over the captaincy while Anton […]
EVERGREEN “Baby” Jake Matlala is likely to challenge WBU flyweight champion Peter Culshaw in England on May 15 in a bid to win his fourth world title, boxing promoter Rodney Berman said on Wednesday. If victorious, 37-year-old Matlala — the current IBA junior flyweight title holder and former WBO flyweight and WBO junior flyweight champion […]
THE Banking Council and the trade and industry department have agreed to make changes to the Companies Amendment Bill that will make the new legislation less stringent. The bill is set to force disclose on nominee shareholding accounts. The original bill required nominee shareholders to compare the number of shares which they hold on behalf […]
SOUTH Africa’s third opponent in the pool stages of the Rugby World Cup in Wales this year is undecided despite reports that it will be Tonga or Georgia, Sarfu spokesperson Alex Broun said on Wednesday. South Africa play Scotland on October 3 followed by Spain on October 10, both in Edinburgh. Their third opponent, whom […]
FIVE people, including two Frenchmen and two Portuguese, were feared kidnapped by armed separatists on Wednesday in the Angolan enclave of Cabinda. A vehicle in which the men were rtavelling with an Angolan woman was found abandoned in the tiny, oil-rich enclave, according to local police. The Portuguese were named as Jose Manuel Pereira and […]
THE department of correctional services has reversed an earlier decision to allow convicted assassin Janusz Walus to marry gospel singer Berril Roy in Pretoria Maximum Security Prison. Walus is serving time for the murder of Communist Party leader Chris Hani in 1993, plotted with fellow prisoner and former Conservative Party MP Clive Derby-Lewis. Prison authorities […]
WORLD Cup hero Hennie le Roux will appear before a Golden Lions Rugby Union (GLRU) disciplinary committee on Tuesday next week for snubbing a call-up from Cats coach Andre Markgraaff. This was decided after a meeting between Le Roux, GLRU president Jomo King, CEO Johan Prinsloo and Lions coach Laurie Mains. When Le Roux declined […]
THE National Assembly on Wednesday unanimously approved the constitutional amendment that will enable President Nelson Mandela to immediately formally proclaim June 2 as the date for this year’s election. The amendment was necessary as currently Mandela may not proclaim the election date until after the end of the sitting of Parliament at which the proposed […]