THE Otago Highlanders named their team on Thursday for Saturday’s Super 12 match against the Cats at Ellis Park in Johannesburg. The team comprises: Jeff Wilson, Brendan Laney, Jeremy Stanley, Pita Alatini, Romi Ropati, Tony Brown, Byron Kelleher, Isitolo Maka, Josh Kronfeld, Taine Randell (capt), John Blaikie, Brendon Timmins, Carl Hoeft, Anton Oliver, Joe McDonnell. […]
KENYAN athletics authorities named a 33-strong squad on Tuesday for the world cross country championship in Belfast after two weeks of high-altitude training. Four-time champion Paul Tergat leads the squad as he attempts to win a fifth consecutive world title and equal compatriot John Ngugi’s record. Also in the team are Richard Limo, the winner […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Wellington | Saturday 10.00am. DARYLL Cullinan was dismissed for the first time in the series with an average of 427 as South Africa closed the third day of the of the third Test against New Zealand on Saturday on 498 for eight. The tourists stretched their first innings lead to a daunting 276 […]
EASTERNS cricket chief executive officer Albie During has been retrenched. A statement issued on Thursday by the Port Elizabeth-based Eastern Cricket Union said the union had been restructured, based on financial constraints. “As a result, the CEO position has become redundant, and as such Mr During has been retrenched.” It said his package was still […]
TOP Bafana Bafana defender Mark Fish could face disciplinary action if he it is found he told coach Trott Moloto to “shut up” during the African Nations Cup qualifier against Gabon last month. Fish was quoted in the press telling Moloto to “shut up” when he was told to get back in position after a […]
Alex Dodd A wave of dissent has been rising this week in response to implications that Tim Modise’s appointment as SAfm’s prime time morning talk show host has been tokenistic. The news that Modise would be taking over from Will Bernard, host of Talk at Will, broke last week. At the time, even Bernard took […]
Ferial Haffajee : TAKING STOCK >From the Top of Africa we look down on one of the continent’s largest cities. Johannesburg. At the top of the Carlton Centre (now called the Top of Africa), the city looks like a mini-land. Cars rush about on highways that criss-cross the city linking Sandton in the north with […]
THE government will deploy three “mobile forces” in volatile KwaZulu-Natal to snuff out political violence threatening the June 2 elections. Police Divisional Commissioner Andre Pruis said on Thursday that forces combining police, soldiers and intelligence operatives will be deployed from April 1. Pruis, who declined to state the size of what he described as “mobile […]
Mail & Guardian reporter The probability of senior African National Congress leaders testifying in mitigation of sentence for Allan Boesak next Tuesday are slim. When Boesak was accused of stealing from foreign donors and flew back to South Africa to stand trial, thousands of supporters turned out at the airport to cheer him. Minister of […]
Friday night : Rudeboy Paul Kicking back after a week of Groove Kamikazes till 10, where to go since Y2K burned down? To get down till break of dawn with beautiful girls and chilled vibes? Nice and easy? Last couple of weeks, I’ve been mellowing out over a Jack Daniels and lime checking out the […]