THE Amaglug-glug, South Africa’s under-23 footballers, will face New Zealand at North Harbour Stadium in their Olympic soccer qualifier on May 19. The stadium was confirmed for the vital clash after a meeting between New Zealand Soccer representatives and the Oceania Football Confederation. The second leg will be played in Johannesburg on May 27.
LEFT-arm wrist spinner Paul Adams, sidelined since breaking a finger while fielding in the fifth test against England in January, returns to the South African squad for their tour of Sri Lanka in July and August. The 16-man squad named on Monday includes the 13 players who contested the three-match one-day series against Australia which […]
SOUTH African Airways is to split off its profitable engineering and maintenance operation into a separate private company, according to the Business Report. Transnet Managing Director Saki Macozoma said SAA will look for an equity partner for the new company. The new technical company will remain in the SAA fold, and SAA will retain a […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Tuesday 1.15pm. THE monthly inflation rate — measured as the rate of change of the consumer price index — rose 3,4% in March after rising 2,4% in February, Statistics South Africa said on Tuesday. The rise is higher than expected and puts pay to expectations of interest rate cuts in the […]
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SOUTH African opening batsman Herschelle Gibbs admitted on Tuesday that he partied in a nightclub until 3am on Friday morning before going out for five runs to the Australian pace attack in the second one-day international at Newlands. According to the Cape Argus, Gibbs partied the night away at the West End jazz club in […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Cape Town | Tuesday 11.45am. ALLEGATIONS of match-fixing in the MTN first division will be adressed by the Premier Soccer League on Tuesday after league-leaders Dynamos were accused of bribery by City Sharks. PSL spokesman Andrw Dipela said that a letter of complaint was received from City Sharks after they were allegedly offered […]
AFRICAN nations reached a compromise deal on the ivory trade on Monday by agreeing to delay any ivory sales until an effective system is in place to prevent the widespread poaching of elephants. The agreement was reached shortly before a UN conference of 150 nations was to debate controversial proposals to reopen the trade in […]
A FIVE-man African Football Confederation delegation will visit Mali from April 25-28 to check preparations for the 2002 African Nations Cup. A CAF statement said the group led by executive committee member Slim Aloulou from Tunisia will meet the local organising committee and inspect proposed venues in Bamako, Kayes, Mopti, Segou and Sikasso.
THE TRC Amnesty Committee has granted amnesty to ten former high ranking security police officers for their role in the murder of Johannes Stanza Bopape on June 12, 1988. Amongst those granted amnesty were Adriaan Van Niekerk, Hendrick Mostert, Gerrit Erasmus, Johannes Van Der Merwe, Schalk Visser and Leon Loggerenberg. Bopape died while being interrogated […]