FOR two months a 27-year-old man allegedly managed to pass himself off as a court orderly in the Nelspruit Magistrate’s Court by dressing up in a police uniform with a false police ID card and a toy gun. But police caught up with him last week, when they arrested him in a shop in the […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Cape Town | Wednesday 6.20pm. SACKED South African cricket captain Hansie Cronje admitted Wednesday that his love of money led to his becoming involved with gamblers and bookmakers and, ultimately, to his downfall. Giving testimony at the King Commission of inquiry into match-fixing here, Cronje claimed, however, that he had also been driven […]
STORMERS skipper Corne Krige will replace injured flanker Rassie Erasmus in the second Test against England, says Springbok coach Nick Mallett. Erasmus was ruled out with an ankle injury suffered in the Springboks’ 18-15 victory in Saturday’s first Test. Krige replaced Erasmus midway through the first half of the match. The South African side will […]
DEFENDING champions South Africa showed that they will again be the team to beat with a 79-8 thrashing of Tonga in the opening game of the Southern Hemisphere Alliance Tournament at North Harbour Stadium on Wednesday. South Africa led 31-8 at half time and maintained the scoring momentum in the second half, amassing 13 tries […]
A SENIOR member of the Zulu royal family has been arrested in connection with the death two weeks ago of Nongoma mayor and Inkatha Freedom Party leader Joseph Sikhonde. Police spokesman Inspector Sabelo Zwane said the prince was arrested in Nongoma. His arrest brings to four the number of suspects arrested in connection with Sikhonde’s […]
TIGER Woods was “near perfect” says Ernie Els, who finished third in the US Open after the rampaging American won by 15 strokes, finishing on 272, 12 under par. His 15-stroke victory not only shattered the Open mark of 11 set by Willie Smith in 1899, but was the largest ever in a major championship, […]
UNIVERSITY of the Witwatersrand students are occupying the vice-chancellor’s office in protest against the retrenchment of 623 workers. Members of the Students Representative Council, South African Students Congress, the Postgraduate Students Association and the National Education, Health and Allied Workers Union vowed they would not leave Professor Colin Bundy’s office until their demands are met. […]
STEVEN MANN, Cape Town | Wednesday 12.00pm. DISGRACED cricket skipper Hansie Cronje has taken the stand to start his cross-examination in front the King Commission of inquiry into his alleged involvement match-fixing. Cronje’s psychiatrist told the King Commission earlier on Wednesday that the disgraced former cricket skipper is suffering from “clinical depression” but will be […]
THE Truth and Reconciliation Commission rejected an unspecified amnesty application by the high command of the Azanian People’s Liberation Army, the former armed wing of the Pan Africanist Congress. Granting the application would have amounted to a general amnesty, which was not provided for in legislation governing the work of the TRC, the commission said […]
STEVEN MANN, Cape Town | Wednesday 6.10pm. A CONTRITE Hansie Cronje on Wednesday disclosed that more than R139000 had been deposited into his bank account in January 1997, and while he had no idea where it had come from, he thought it had been an additional payment from Indian bookmaker Mukesh Gupta. Previously Cronje had […]