OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Sunday 7.00pm. FORMER President Nelson Mandela levelled sharp criticism at Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe during a speech delivered in Johannesburg over the weekend. In a thinly-veiled attack on ‘the tyrants of the world’, Mandela slammed the leaders of countries who enriched themselves at the cost of the poor. Asked whether this […]
DAVID SHAPSHAK, Witbank | Saturday 5.15pm. TONY Brown kicked an injury time penalty to secure the Highlanders a 42-40 Super 12 win over the Northern Bulls at the Johan van Riebeck Stadium in Witbank on Saturday. The flyhalf, who contributed 17 points through four conversions and three penalties, consigned the bottom-of-the-table Bulls to their tenth […]
THE London-based businessman sought by Indian police over his alleged involvement in the Hansie Cronje match-fixing scandal has said that he is innocent. Sanjeev Chawla, a 32-year-old London-based clothing importer, disappeared after the allegations became public in India, but was interviewed on Friday by the tabloid Daily Express. “I have never met Hansie Cronje and […]
THE Canterbury Crusaders went to the top of the Super 12 table with a less than convincing 22-13 win over the New South Wales Waratahs, who saw their semi-final dreams buried on Lancaster Park in Christchurch on Friday. The Waratahs led 13-10 at half-time as the Crusaders found the going tough without their ace kicker, […]
DAVID SHAPSHAK, Durban | Saturday 7.00pm. THE Chiefs scored five tries to three to beat a spirited Sharks 44-31 and condemn them to their fifth successive home Super 12 defeat at Absa Stadium in Durban on Saturday. The Chiefs — who are third from the bottom of the log , only one place up from […]
ANDREW MUCHINERIPI, Johannesburg | Saturday 9.00pm THE limitations of a slow, unimaginative and indisciplined Kaizer Chiefs team were brutally exposed at Johannesburg Stadium as they lost 2-0 to Nchanga Rangers of Zambia in the first leg of a CAF Cup second-round tie. Goalkeeper Brian Baloyi did not help either, gifting the visitors from the Copperbelt […]
FORMER President Nelson Mandela has invited rebel groups fighting Burundi’s civil war to attend talks in South Africa at the end of May. Mandela, a mediator in the conflict since December, is also working to win approval for the Burundi army to attend the talks in South Africa. “Mr Mandela is meeting the rebels here […]
A NEW strain of the virus that on Thursday attacked computer systems across the world causing billions of dollars of damage has emerged. “LOVE BUG 2” is again e-mail based, this time in the form of an e-mail with a joke attachment. Experts believe the new variant has been devised by a “copycat” programmer using […]
DAVID SHAPSHAK, Witbank | Saturday 5.15pm. TONY Brown kicked an injury time penalty to secure the Highlanders a 42-40 Super 12 win over the Northern Bulls at the Johan van Riebeck Stadium in Witbank on Saturday. The flyhalf, who contributed 17 points through four conversions and three penalties, consigned the bottom-of-the-table Bulls to their tenth […]
THE attempted rape charges against Stormers and Springbok rugby player Robbie Kempson were dropped on Thursday after Western Cape director of public prosecutions Frank Kahn declined to prosecute. After careful consideration of the evidence, Kahn said there was no reasonable prospect of a successful prosecution. Kempson was arrested by Claremont detectives at his home on […]