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Ajax fans killed on way back to Cape Town

AN APPARENTLY stolen bakkie being chased by police crashed into a bus carrying 56 Ajax Cape Town fans after their teams Telkom Knockout semi-final victory over Free State Stars in East London on Sunday. Four died in the crash early yesterday morning. They included Moegamat Kajee, 44, and 28 were treated at Knysna Hospital for minor injuries. Captain Malcolm Pojie said the bus veered off the road after the collision and ended in a ditch. The news cast a sombre mood over the clubs Ikamva...

MOZAMBIQUE-ZIMBABWE: The commodities lifeline

HARARE Thursday, September 11, 2008 (IRIN) - It is 7 a.m. at the main long-distance bus terminus in Zimbabwe's capital, Harare. The roof-rack of a battered 75-seater bus is piled high with goods, from bales of dried tobacco leaves to reed mats, in preparation for the 24-hour journey southeast to the town of Sango, in Chiredzi district on the Mozambican border. "We go to the Sango border every Wednesday morning and if we travel without any problems we arrive there early on Thursday morning. It...

MOZAMBIQUE: Love, or the next best thing, for sale

MAPUTO Monday, October 13, 2008 (IRIN) - When classes finish at Francisco Manyanga Secondary School in Maputo, capital of Mozambique, most teachers and students head for the bus while others walk home. Júlia*, 16, a 10th-grade student, gets into a luxury car, where a man who looks to be in his 40s waits for her. The man is not her father, but her boyfriend, Lucas*. It began one rainy day in March when he offered her a ride to school; soon they were dating. At the beginning of their...

SA transport gets an R170bn injection

Transport Minister Jeff Radebe announced on Sunday that South Africawould be investing R170bn in developing public transport for the 2010World Cup and beyond.Radebe said that the investment would be used for airport and road upgrades and the formation of new rail and bus systems. The major overhaul of the country's transport system would be leaving a legacy after the 2010 World Cup.

President injects D4.5M into WAII

In yet another show of magnamity and in a bid to strengthen sub-regional institutions, President Alhaji Dr Yahya Jammeh, on Friday night, donated a cheque in the sum of D4.5m to the West African Insurance Institute (WAII). In addition, the president handed over the key of a 50-seater air-conditioned bus to the institute to ease its transportation. The Gambia leader’s donations coincided with WAII’s 30th anniversary and Award Dinner Night held at the Jama Hall of the Kairaba Beach Hotel. At...