AN Mpumalanga farmer had to hire a helicopter from Durban, at the cost of more than R250000 over the past three days, to transport feed for his chickens from a delivery point a mere 8km away. The floods have churned up the dirt road connecting farm to the main tar road to White River. “It […]

FRANCOIS Davids has been appointed as the new Convenor of the Springbok selection committee following a recent Sarfu executive committee meeting. Davids, a member of the Springbok selection committee since March 1996, replaces Mickey Gerber. He is joined on the selection committee by former Springbok Captain Wynand Claassen and Springbok coach Nick Mallett. Francois has […]

FLOOD-DEVASTATED Mozambiquans are bracing themselves for the arrival of tropical cyclone Eline on Monday afternoon. The Weather Bureau in Pretoria said on Sunday that the cyclone will probably announce its arrival with heavy showers over southern Mozambique. The cyclone has already killed two people in Madagascar and has since been crossing the Mozambique Channel. The […]

SOUTH African fast-bowler Allan Donald said on Thursday that his long-time English county Warwickshire’s decision not to release him to play six one-day matches against Australia is a “little harsh.” “If I play the six one-day games then I haven’t got a contract for six months. “But I still would have loved to play,” said […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Vosloorus | Saturday 6.00pm. BENNI McCarthy scored on his return to international football as South Africa’s under23 side — Amaglug-glug — defeated Cameroon 2-0 in an Olympic Games qualifier on Saturday. Voted best player of the 1998 African Nations Cup after finishing joint leading scorer, McCarthy quit last September because he claimed regular […]

FORMER Springbok Tiaan Strauss will clash with his erstwhile South African comrades when he takes his place in the New South Wales Waratahs Super 12 line-up. The Waratahs open their 2000 Super 12 season against the Stormers in Cape Town on February 27, with a second match against the Bulls in Witbank on March 4. […]

BAFANA Bafana are the highest ranked team in African football according to Fifa world rankings released after the African Nations Cup. Bafana are ranked 21st in the world, just behind Scotland. Nations Cup finalists Cameroon and Nigeria both made big leaps with Cameroon, moving up 23 places to 34th while Nigeria gain 25 places to […]

DEON POTGIETER, Johannesburg | Saturday 11.00pm. CORRIE Sanders wrapped up the third defence of his World Boxing Union heavyweight world title in 63 seconds on Saturday night at Carnival City. In that time he threw his opponent Al “Ice” Cole to the Canvas on two occasions and then bludgeoned the hapless American mercilessly. The referee […]

THE South African Marathon Championships is set to be bolstered by the inclusion of a number of African teams, Athletics South Africa said on Thursday. ASA’s chief executive officer, Banele Sindani said that: “Kenya, Botswana and Ethiopia have confirmed that they are each sending athletes to compete.” The Championships take place in Cape Town on […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Bulawayo | Sunday 7.00pm. ENGLAND captain Nasser Hussain warned Zimbabwe there was no chance of his side easing up after winning their third one-day match by 85 runs on Sunday. The result puts the tourists 3-0 up in the four-match series with the final game in Harare on Wednesday. It also evens up […]