The coaches of the Crusaders and Blues have lashed out at each other over ”negative” play after the best Super 14 rugby match of the season in which the Crusaders won 39-10. Crusaders coach Robbie Deans launched the outburst by accusing the Blues of being negative, and the Blues’ David Nucifora hit back, saying Deans should look at his own team’s first-half performance.
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The Democratic Alliance on Saturday said it would challenge some of the ward election results in the Tshwane Metropole, citing alleged irregularities, a party statement said. The DA said the complaints concerned two wards where it was alleged that some voters had not been on the voters’ roll and that some voters were not allowed to vote at those stations.
The late R&B singer Tsakani ”TK” Mhinga was allegedly strangled before her death, the Sunday Times reported on Saturday night. The paper said it has been told by ”three sources” that foul play could not be ruled out in the death of Mhinga, who was buried early on Saturday.
United States President George Bush cemented his anti-terrorism pact with Pakistan’s Pervez Musharraf on Saturday during a 24-hour visit marked by intense security and a crackdown on anti-American protest. Musharraf was ”committed to bringing the terrorists to justice”, Bush said after meeting the army general at the presidential palace in Islamabad.
New South Wales made its first Super 14 home match of the season a winning one Saturday, while the Canterbury Crusaders won their fourth in a row to join the Waratahs among the tournament’s top four. Playing before 25 619 fans in a rare afternoon game, Wallabies winger Lote Tuqiri broke an 11-match try-scoring drought to help the Waratahs to a 31-16 win over South Africa’s Sharks.
The Central Cheetahs knocked Wellington Hurricanes off the top of rugby’s Super 14 with a stirring second-half comeback this weekend. The Hurricanes relinquished their unbeaten start to the southern hemisphere provincial tournament and top spot to fellow New Zealanders Canterbury Crusaders after the Cheetahs claimed a thrilling 27-25 victory in Bloemfontein on Saturday.
Rafael Nadal broke down in tears after his sensational Dubai Open triumph over Roger Federer but admitted that he will probably never displace the Swiss superstar from the world number one spot. The 19-year-old Spaniard clinched his third win in four meetings with the triple Grand Slam title-holder when he won the Dubai crown in a 2-6, 6-4, 6-4 victory on Saturday.
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The Independent Democrats, who emerged kingmakers in the Cape Town metro and also holds the balance of power in various other municipalities in the Western Cape after Wednesday’s election, remains adamant it will not enter into coalitions with any other party.
Zimbabwe will amend its mining laws to allow the government to demand a 51% share in some foreign-owned mines, an official announced on Friday. ”The government wants to be an active participant in the mining business … In effect I am saying the principles to the Amendments of the Mines and Minerals Act have been presented and approved by Cabinet,” Mining Minister Amos Midzi told reporters in Harare.
Wallaby back Mat Rogers made a sparkling return to rugby as the New South Wales Waratahs climbed to fourth in the Super 14 with a 31-16 victory over South Africa’s Coastal Sharks in Sydney on Saturday. The Sydney franchise scored three tries to one and just missed out on a four-try bonus point in a free-flowing victory.