Yearly Archives: 1999

FORMER Springbok lock Johan Ackerman has been ruled out of the Bankfin Currie Cup rugby final after sustaining a neck injury at the Golden Lions’ training session on Tuesday. Ackerman twisted his neck while practising lineouts and a subsequent scan revealed he had damaged ligaments. It has been an unlucky season for Ackerman, who returned […]

MICHAEL VLISMAS, Witbank | Sunday 6.15pm. BOBBY Lincoln has been around long enough for South Africa’s golfing public to get used to those strange putters he always comes up with, whether they be golf balls stuck to the back of the putting face, or a putter modelled on the barrel of a rifle. However, it […]

ROBBEN Island and two other heritage treasures are likely to be declared World Heritage Sites by Unesco in December, Environmental Affairs Minister Valli Moosa said on Wednesday. Moosa told parliament he is confident that Unesco will award Robben Island, the pristine St Lucia Wetlands on the east coast and the Sterkfontein hominid sites “their rightful […]

THE government of Democratic Republic of Congo president Laurent Kabila, has accused the rebels of breaking a ceasefire signed by all parties to the conflict. The general staff of the Congolese Armed Forces said that rebel forces on Wednesday carried out several attacks against government positions and are seeking to gain ground. He said the […]

ANDY COLQUHOUN, Durban | Saturday 8.00pm. THE Lions had clearly not been privy to the script planned for a regal farewell to some of South African rugby’s great and the good as they claimed the last Currie Cup of the millennium to complete a remarkable transformation of the union in 1999. The planned parting present […]

THE Y2K Decision Support Centre said on Friday there were no “9999” computer glitches reported in South Africa. The “9999” problem is due to Thursday’s date being the 9th day of the 9th month in year 99 which in some computer programs is read as “end-of-file”. The problem caused the indefinite closure of China’s only […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Cape Town | day 12.45pm. THE Giddings family from England, injured in the Planet Hollywood bomb blast 13 months ago, were invited to the city for a “friendly meeting” but they weren’t smiling afterwards, the Cape Times reported on Friday. Planet Hollywood bomb blast victims who expected to be compensated for injuries in […]

A CASE against exiled Albanian King Leka and four bodyguards on charges of keeping an illegal arsenal was postponed until September 28 by a Johannesburg magistrate on Wednesday. Police investigating officer Captain Noel Zeeman told the Randburg Regional Court the director of public prosecutions has yet to make a decision on whether to proceed with […]

Results Group 1, at Orlando Stadium South Africa (0) 2 (Steve Lekoelea 68, Siyabonga Nomvete 77) Algeria (0) 0 At Rand Stadium Uganda (0) 2 (Morley Byekwaso 48, Willy Kyambadde 3) Mali (0) 0 Standings (Played, won, drawn, lost, goals for, against, points) South Africa 1 1 0 0 2 0 3 Uganda 1 0 […]