DOUBLE Olympic champion Michael Johnson ran a sparkling hand-timed 43,9 seconds for 400m to complete his spectacularly successful three-meet tour of South Africa on Friday. Johnson, world record-holder over 200 meters, 300 meters and 400 meters, started easily, and finished fast to reach his goal of a sub-44 second 400, even if it was a […]
DOUBLE Olympic champion Penny Heyns clocked the third-best time of her career in South Africa when she blitzed the 100m breaststroke heats at the Telkom national championships in Durban in 1min 07,84 seconds on Monday morning. The time is a second outside her world record. Julia Russell threw down the gauntlet to Sarah Poewe as […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Sydney | Tuesday 1.15pm. THE South African men’s field hockey team has a fortnight to try to convince the National Olympic Committtee of South Africa to reinstate the them in the Sydney Games. Captain Craig Jackson is not confident, coach Giles Bonnet is more upbeat and Australian coach Terry Walsh is wary. The […]
THE gold price fell on Tuesday after Austria’s central bank announced that it has sold 30 tons of gold and is planning further sales. Prices are around their lowest levels since December 1999 when the Dutch central bank announced plans to sell part of its gold reserves and following Bank of England gold auctions. On […]
METEOROLOGISTS have warned that tropical cyclone Hudah is heading for Mozambique, still battling to recover from the devastating floods of February. Mussa Mustafa, spokesman of the National Institute of Meteorology, said that although the cyclone is weakening “it could intensify after reaching our channel (between Madagascar and Mozambique) due to high water temperatures”. The cyclone […]
UK supermarket Tesco has awarded two Cape producers of apples and pears the sought-after international Nature’s Choice accreditation, Capespan group announced on Tuesday. The two production units, Monteith Trust and Kromvlei Estates from the Elgin/Grabouw region, received accreditation under guidance of the Capespan Group’s environmental management team for their compliance with the strict requirements of […]
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Castle Premiership Standings after this weekend’s matches. P W D L F A P Sundowns 26 19 5 2 55 27 62 Orlando Pirates 27 15 7 5 54 28 52 Kaizer Chiefs 26 13 9 4 34 17 48 Wits Univ 29 11 13 5 34 23 46 Hellenic 28 12 6 10 57 […]
RODNEY Berman of Golden Gloves was named as WBU Promoter of the year on Wednesday in a lavish ceremony in Cape Town as part of the WBU’s annual convention being held this week. Berman received a diamond ring to commemorate the event. Five of the thirteen WBU world champions are South Africans and all of […]
AIR Malawi is in financial trouble and some of its assets might be sold off. Air Malawi public relations officer Vera Ng’oma confirmed the financial problems but refused to confirm or deny a possible sale of assets and would not speculate on possible job losses. Dye Mawindo, executive director of the Privatisation Commission, said some […]