Boxing boss allegedly ordered to resign By Mesuli Zifo EAST LONDON -- Border's Wandisile Ntandazo is not the only casualty from last weekend's SA bantamweight title fight tournament in Cape Town -- national boxing commission chairperson Rod Solomons has also been left battered by the t... Ncamashe to be reinstated BISHO -- The Eastern Cape House of Traditional Leaders (HTL) was ordered by the high court here yesterday to re-instate Prince Zolile Burns-Ncamashe and pay all his remuneration as from the date of the termination of his membership. High Court Ju... Ciskei soldiers charged with killing Bisho marchers By Lulamile Feni and Louise Flanagan BISHO -- The field commander of Ciskei troops at the Bisho massacre and a rifleman who fired a grenade are facing charges of murder in connection with the Bisho massacre killings. ANC leader Ronnie Kasrils, C... Dagga worth R1,3m seized By Denver Donian and Mayibongwe Mhloyane KING WILLIAM'S TOWN -- Maluti police this week confiscated 48 bags of dagga with a street value of R1,3 million in the Malubaluba district after receiving a tip-off. The suspect, Malusi Langa of Malubalub... Judge raps advocates for messy documents BISHO -- High Court Judge President Bobbie Pickard lambasted advocates Toyo Mnqaba and Viwe Notshe for tabling "unprofessional" documents that were almost illegible and wasting the court's time. They were appearing in the case between the House ... Reinstated grant under threat By Adrienne Carlisle GRAHAMSTOWN -- Disabled Molteno resident Ngayithini Bushula, 52, is again facing the cancellation of his disability grant some 18 months after the high court here ordered the Welfare Department to reinstate it, after it was ... Alleged serial killer points out four bodies JOHANNESBURG -- Swaziland's alleged serial killer, David Simelane (alias David Mhlanga), yesterday showed police four more decomposed bodies of women he had allegedly strangled. This brings to 38 the number of women and children allegedly killed ... Govt 'had no part' in SAA CE's pay CAPE TOWN -- Public Enterprises Minister Jeff Radebe yesterday moved to distance his department from reports that Coleman Andrews was paid about R200million during his tenure as South African Airways chief executive. The government was still awai... Hani killers in freedom bid JOHANNESBURG -- The killers of the late SA Communist Party secretary general Chris Hani will launch an application today to petition the Chief Justice for leave to appeal against a Cape High Court ruling earlier in May. On May 11, a full bench of... Holomisa won't apologise to Ginwala CAPE TOWN -- United Democratic Movement (UDM) leader Bantu Holomisa says he will not apologise to National Assembly Speaker Dr Frene Ginwala for accusing her of interfering in the probe into the multi-billion arms deal. This is despite a demand f...

ALL FALL DOWN: The ruins of the JG Strijdom monument after it suddenly collapsed yesterday morning. Inset: The monument as it was. It was built in honour of the former prime minister in the apartheid era. Palestinian issue clouds conference GENEVA -- Arab non-government organisations (NGOs) accused the international community yesterday of affording more protection to racist states than to victims of racism by ignoring the Palestinian question. Addressing a news conference at the Uni... McVeigh to seek stay of execution TERRE HAUTE, Indiana -- Convicted Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh, scheduled to die by lethal injection on June 11, will seek a stay of execution, his lawyers said here yesterday. His legal team planned to file a request for a stay of execut... Unite to make SA investor friendly ­ AHI PRETORIA -- The AHI said yesterday it was disappointed by the gross domestic product having fallen to an annualised 2% during the first quarter. What was lacking, the business chamber said in a statement, was a purposeful and united effort to mak... JSE claws back to positive area JOHANNESBURG -- The JSE ended in positive territory yesterday after languishing in the red for most of the day. A late buying spree sparked by a positive US opening saw gains in industrial and platinum counters, with gold and information technolog... SAB buys 3 more breweries in China JOHANNESBURG -- London-listed SA Breweries plc said yesterday it had, through its Chinese joint venture company CRE Beverage (Creb), acquired three new breweries in the world's most populous nation. According to an SAB statement Creb acquired the... Toasting women of the 50s EARLIER this year the mama of African song, Miriam Makeba, was nominated for a Grammy in the "world music" category for her Homeland album. It was the enduring appeal of the 1950s tune Pata Pata -- reinterpreted and sung with granddaughter Zenzi L... Comrades cheats face peer pressure JOHANNESBURG -- Peer pressure among Comrades Marathon runners is exposing cheats who enter bogus qualifying times to enjoy a top seeding at the KwaZulu-Natal Classic from Pietermaritzburg to Durban on June 16. The running fraternity is rife with ... Pollock fully behind match in townships JOHANNESBURG -- SA cricket captain Shaun Pollock and coach Graham Ford yesterday came out strongly in support of the move by World Cup Cricket (CWC) 2003 that all teams play at least one warm-up match in a disadvantaged area. For the home side wh... Cyclists have mass starts EAST LONDON -- The Border road cycling events this weekend take place at the Cove Ridge circuit with three 40km mass starts for three different categories, namely open, vets, women and schools. These races will be around four laps of the 10km cir...

Agassi advances, Sampras sinks in Paris
PARIS -- Pete Sampras was wearing a long face at the French Open yesterday, compliments of Spaniard Galo Blanco, who sent him packing in straight sets 7-6, 6-3, 6-2 in barely two hours, while 1999 titlist Andre Agassi marched into the third round...