MIKE Bernardo etched his name into the history books on Friday night, when he stopped Wayne Llewellyn in five rounds, in a WBF heavyweight world title fight staged in Hungary. By doing so Bernardo became the first man to win heavyweight world titles in both orthodox boxing and kick boxing. South Africa also now boasts, […]
REBELS in Sierra Leone have freed a first batch of 139 detained UN peacekeepers and sent them to neighbouring Liberia, a U.N. spokesman said on Monday. David Wimhurst told Reuters on Monday that 15 of the freed peacekeepers had been sent to Liberia’s capital Monrovia and the remainder were in the Liberian border town of […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Monday 4.00pm. THE JSE retraced early losses on Monday, after nervousness ahead of Tuesday’s US interest rates decision weighed on local sentiment. The all-share finished 0,36% or 27 points up. Industrials closed 0,40% or 33 points in positive territory, while financials ended 0,35% or 32 points stronger. Gold shares took the […]
ZIMBABWE held off a dramatic fight back by Namibia to win Sunday’s Cosafa Castle Cup quarter-final 3-2 and progress to the semifinals of the southern African championship in Harare in dramatic fashion. The home side almost squandered a 3-0 goal and let Namibia claw their way back with two goals in the last 10 minutes […]
THE coach of Nigeria’s Lobi Stars, who are representating the country in the African Champions League, has been dismissed, a top club official said on Monday. “Coach Godwin Uwua has been sacked,” club secretary Francis Ijiga said. Another top official was also sacked and Uwua was replaced by Andrew Agu, one of the junior officials […]
ONE-thousand-three-hundred dismissed Vokswagen workers entered talks with the labour body, the CCMA, in Uitenhage on Monday, in an attempt to get their jobs back. Volkswagen sacked the workers in February after they failed to heed to an ultimatum to return to work, which was issued during an illegal strike. The dismissed workers say the ultimatum […]
FINAL Super 12 standings (collated as played, win, drew, lost, for, against, points). ACT Brumbies 11 9 0 2 393 196 45 Cant. Crusaders 11 8 0 3 369 293 39 Otago Highlanders 11 6 0 5 323 280 32 Cats 11 7 0 4 320 334 32 Stormers 11 6 1 4 298 276 […]
PREMIER Soccer League clubs Ajax Cape Town, Classic, Jomo Cosmos, Moroka Swallows, Mother City, Orlando Pirates, Santos and Free State have five days to get their tax affairs in order or face strong action from the South African Revenue Services. The PSL’s advocate Michael Katz on Friday said that the clubs have until noon on […]
SURINA de Beer, playing in her first-ever Fed Cup match, will get South Africa’s campaign off the ground in La Manga on Tuesday. De Beer, ranked 170th, faces up to Greece’s Evagelia Roussi, ranked 557th in her first match as South Africa’s number two singles player. South Africa are seeded seventh for the tournament and […]
ANDREW MUCHINERIPI, Pretoria | Monday 10.00am IT is questionable who exhaled the deeper sigh of relief when the final whistle blew and Sundowns qualified to meet Kaizer Chiefs on June 10 in a dream Bob Save Super Bowl final. Was it Sundowns coach Paul Dolezar, who endured many anxious moments before his star-studded team defeated […]