China has banned 120 singalong songs that are deemed immoral, to mixed responses from the public.
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/ 3 December 2006
A youthful and relatively inexperienced South Africa trounced a star-studded World XV 32-7 at a miserably cold, wet and blustery Walkers stadium on Sunday. Having led 10-0 at the break, South Africa scored three tries in the second half to finish their end-of-year tour with their second win from four outings.
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/ 2 December 2006
A century ago, Paul Roos led the first touring Springbok side to a 29-0 win over a Midlands XV at Leicester. On Sunday, Chiliboy Ralepelle will captain South Africa against a World XV in the same English city and make his own indelible mark on history.
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/ 26 November 2006
Springbok coach Jake White labelled Saturday’s 25-14 win over England at Twickenham in London as a ”huge psychological boost” ahead of next year’s World Cup. White’s men are in the same pool as England in September and, as he noted, ”no side who has lost their pool has gone on to win the World Cup”.
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/ 24 November 2006
Springbok captain John Smit admitted on Friday he was taken aback by the decision to recall coach Jake White before the end of their tour but insisted it would not affect the team’s performance come Saturday’s second Test against England at Twickenham.
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/ 19 November 2006
South African rugby coach Jake White said on Saturday that his Springbok side threw away what would have been their first victory against England at Twickenham since 1997. The Springboks surrendered an 18-point cushion to lose 23-21 and gift England coach Andy Robinson some breathing space as he battles to keep his job.
Banele Sindani of Athletics South Africa denied on Thursday that the sentence passed on star athlete Hezekiel Sepeng was too harsh. Sepeng has been given another chance to qualify for the Athens Olympic Games after ASA relented on an earlier decision to exclude him — but his reprieve has come at a significant cost.
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A bottle store owner in Brakpan said on Wednesday the nearby polling station had given his business a significant boost. ”Sales are much better than a normal Wednesday and a bit better than any other public holiday,” said Joao Achadinha, owner of Sherwood Liquors. ”I actually wouldn’t mind if they had an election more often. This is great.”
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/ 2 February 2004
Paceman Mfuneko Ngam and left arm spinner Nicky Boje were on Monday recalled to the South African cricket side for the upcoming tour of New Zealand. Both lost their places due to severe injuries — Ngam to another stress fracture while Boje broke his ankle while fielding in England last winter.
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/ 2 February 2004
Shivnarine Chanderpaul and Ramnaresh Sarwan plundered an ordinary South African attack at Centurion on Sunday to win the fourth one day cricket international by seven wickets and keep the series alive. Chasing the hosts’ imposing 297 for four, the Windies surged to 300 for three with 30 balls to spare.