AUSTRALIA’S World Cup hero Stephen Larkham has called on Super 12 referees to take a tougher stand against foul play after he was flattened three times in last weekend’s opening round of the Southern Hemisphere tournament. Larkham said the sport’s new regulations allowing referees to sin-bin players are not effective against more blatant rough-house tactics. […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Bangalore | Thursday 1.20pm INDIA have been bundled out for 158 runs by South Africa on the first day of the series-deciding second Test at Bangalore on Thursday. Javagal Srinath was the last man to go after being superbly caught by Herschelle Gibbs at backward point off the bowling of Shaun Pollock. The […]
LOCAL technology group Idion said on Wednesday it has bought US-based Vision Solutions for $62,5-million in cash, further boosting its strength in network maintenance and upkeep. Vision, based in California but with operations across the United States and throughout Europe, makes systems management software which allows networks or linked computer systems to be more resilient […]
ALAN FINLAY&Reuters, Johannesburg | Thursday 4.20pm. DESPITE predictions by analysts that the all-share index may not have reached the bottom of its correction, the JSE was boosted unexpectedly 1,46% or 117 points on Wednesday. Gold shares led the way, finishing 3,07% or 36 points stronger. But positive sentiment in the yellow metal was not echoed […]
GAUTENG moved to the top of the Standard Bank log after beating former table-toppers Easterns by five wickets at Willowmoore Park in Benoni on Wednesday. Easterns were all-out for 112 in just over 40 overs and Gauteng looked set for an easy win. They did not reckon 19-tear-old Albie Morkel into the equasion, however, and […]
DOCKERS in Ivory Coast’s main port Abidjan lifted a wildcat strike threat on Wednesday after the ruling military junta made clear that it would not tolerate any more stoppages. Dockers leaders and senior government officials said the dockers, who were threatened with arrest if they ignore the warning, have agreed to negotiate via their recognised […]
ZAMBIAN President Frederick Chiluba has committed 800 peacekeepers to Sierra Leone and said his country would welcome a role in policing the ceasefire in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Returning from a regional conference in Egypt, Chiluba told reporters that Zambia had been formally asked to contribute 800 soldiers to the peacekeeping effort in Sierra […]
BOLAND beat Western Province by 19 runs in a Standard Banl League thriller on Wednesday. Boland’s Charl Langeveldt and Charl Willoughby did most of the damage, bowling out Province for 142. Boland scored 161 after suffering a collapse on 150/5. Boland move into second spot on the log with the win over their neighbours.
RUSTENBURG police are still searching for a man alleged to have killed his ex wife and two other people on Monday night. Hendrik Slippers, 38, shot and killed Hazel Slippers, 28, and her future in-laws, George and Merle Smith, 46 and 44 respectively. The Smith couple’s daughters, Wendy, 21, and Judy, 18, were both wounded […]
HEALTH commentators on Tuesday widely slammed as “laughable” comments by a health department representative that the ministry may reappraise scientific evidence that HIV causes Aids. They were reacting to a statement by Dr Ian Roberts, a special adviser to Health Minister Dr Manto Tshabalala-Msimang, that the department is looking into the feasibility of getting a […]