THE truth commission on Friday granted self-confessed assassin Eugene de Kock amnesty again for apartheid-era atrocities he committed, this time for killing liberation activists in Botswana and Swaziland. De Kock and other policemen were pardoned for killing five ANC members in Swaziland — one of them the brother of South African defence force chief Siphiwe […]
FOLLOWING their poor Super 12 showing the Natal Sharks will be on the hunt to restore some pride ahead of the Currie Cup when they clash with former Springbok and Natal legend Gary Teichmann’s heavyweight Newport outfit at Kings Park on Saturday. Caretaker coach Jake White has chosen a strong side for the match, with […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Sunday 5.00pm. BAFANA Bafana lost 4-0 against the United States on Saturday afternoon in their first-ever meeting to open the annual US Cup exhibition tournament. Cobi Jones scored a pair of late first-half goals, ending a dry streak of only four in 13 games for the Los Angeles Galaxy in Major […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Durban | Sunday 5.15pm. THE Natal Sharks beat Gary Teichmann’s Newport 52-25 in the former Springbok skipper’s benefit match at Kings Park in Durban on Saturday. With the match effectively sewn up at 40-25 with 10 minutes remaining, Andre Joubert, Henry Honiball, James Small Small, Dick Muir, Kevin Putt and Jeremy Thomson came […]
PHARAONIC statues and sphinxes as well as Byzantine coins have been found in the undersea remains of ancient cities off Egypt’s Mediterranean coast, antiquities officials said Saturday. The artefacts were found in the underwater vestiges of Herakleum and Menouthis, off the coast of the town of Canopus, which lies just east of Alexandria in the […]
MAIL & GUARDIAN REPORTERS, Johannesburg | Friday 10.00am. THE commission of inquiry into the match- fixing scandal is in possession of a bizarre confession by Hansie Cronje, in which the disgraced former cricket captain blames his errant behaviour on Satan. The confession, which was made to Rhema Church leader Ray McCauley, is couched in biblical […]
THE South African under-17 soccer international against Mozambique, scheduled for Saturday evening at Eesterus Stadium in Pretoria, has been postponed to Sunday at 3pm. According to the team’s manager Inghle Singh, the Mozambicans’ arrival was delayed because of visa problems.
ANDY COLQUHOUN, Cape Town | Friday 11.15am. A BLACK sports administrator who threatened the boycott of South African rugby tours two years ago has been appointed manager of the Springboks for the two-Test series against England and one-off match against Canada this month. Gideon Sam, vice-president of South Africa’s National Sports Council (NSC), will carry […]
NEAL COLLINS, Johannesburg | Friday 8.00am. SOUTH African defender Mark Fish is likely to move back to England’s premier soccer league soon in a big-money move to newly promoted Manchester City or Charlton. Fish, who retired from international football earlier this year after a row with coach Trott Moloto and team-mates over alleged racism, has […]