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The woman allegedly raped by former deputy president Jacob Zuma did not act the way women usually do after they are raped, the Johannesburg High Court heard on Tuesday. Clinical psychologist Louise Olivier said that in her experience if a woman could not leave the place where she was raped, she would at least lock the door or barricade herself in.
The Premier Soccer League (PSL) is faced with a major ground crisis as the high-profiled Premier League and Absa Cup competitions approach a grandstand climax. This was announced on Monday by PSL CEO Trevor Phillips, who revealed that six of the Premier League clubs are currently labouring without the use of their delegated home grounds.
Manchester United are fired up for one last do-or-die bid to wrest the English Premiership title from Chelsea when they go to the leaders’ Stamford Bridge ground on April 29. If Chelsea earn at least a draw, they will retain their Premiership crown — delivering a particular slap in the face to United by lifting the trophy in front of them.
A drunk man drowned on Monday after jumping off the dockside into the river Ouse in northern England to rescue his girlfriend’s shoes, the coastguard said. The 21-year-old, whose identity has not been released, dived into the water at Goole, East Yorkshire, at about 1am after he and his girlfriend had spent a night out drinking heavily.
Jose Mourinho admitted that Chelsea are ”almost there” in their quest for consecutive Premiership titles after they defeated Everton 3-0 on Monday. The Blues now need to avoid defeat in just one of their last three league matches to keep the championship trophy in the Stamford Bridge cabinet.
One of Britain’s leading fee-paying schools is to offer classes on happiness to combat the malaise in society caused by materialism and celebrity obsession, its head teacher announced on Monday. "We are introducing classes on happiness," said Anthony Seldon, master of Wellington College, in Crowthorne, Berkshire, west of London.
Zimbabwe manager Andy Pycroft is confident the cricket team will put behind it the politics and infighting at home and play well in the West Indies. Zimbabwe will meet West Indies in seven one-day internationals starting on April 29 in Antigua. The tour originally included two Tests, but the Zimbabwe government withdrew the team from all Tests this year.
The JSE was on the advance in noon trade on Tuesday, with rampant commodities prices driving resources stocks higher. Futures-related activity saw buying spread to the rest of the market, making for across-the-board gains. At 11.58am, the all share index was up 1,38%.
Benefit Recovery Services (BRS) has been awarded the biggest surplus apportionment and unclaimed benefits project to date, in terms of size, to locate and communicate with over 500 000 former members of the retail motor industry in order to distribute pension monies.
A black economic empowerment company led by Mutle Mogase, chairperson of Vantage Capital, has bought a 28% stake in the Goedemoed, Vredendal, grape and tomato farming business run by Abrie Botha, a leading figure in Western Cape agriculture.