LUKE BAKER, Johannesburg | Friday 5.30pm THE rand weakened sharply on Friday, falling to its lowest level in 17 months as strong demand for the dollar battered the currency and forced those caught holding rand to ditch their positions. Traders said the move, which saw the rand slide from R6,32 early in the session to […]

THE chairman of the Inkatha Freedom Party in Tin Town, Inchanga, and four family members were killed in an ambush in the area on Thursday night. IFP spokesman Velaphi Ndlovu said the ambush was the result of a division within the Tin Town branch on how to deal with the problem of youngsters involved in […]

BENNI McCarthy, SOuth African soccer wayward prodigal son, will be back in national colours as the SA under-23 team take on Cameroon in an Olympic qualifier on Saturday. The Celta Vigo striker was overlooked for the African Nations Cup after announcing his international retirement, until government officials coaxed him back. However, he was overlooked by […]

THE Weather Bureau has warned that torrential rains that have claimed the lives of at least 38 people in the north of the country are set to continue for three more days. Thousands have been left homeless by the rains, which have wracked the Northern Province, Mpumalanga and Gauteng over the past week. Northern Province […]

FORMER Springbok flyhalf Hennie le Roux, who refused to play in the Super-12 competition last year, said on Thursday that he will be ready to take his place in the Cats side. Le Roux, who was the kingpin in the Golden Lions’ Currie Cup triumph last year, said that he feels secure about his place […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Accra | Saturday 8.15pm. BAFANA Bafana finished third in the African Nations Cup on Saturday by beating Tunisia 4-3 on penalties after the teams finished 2-2 in normal time. Each team converted three of their mandatory five kicks and when Ali Zitouni had his kick parried by Andre Arendse, the door opened for […]

PRIMEDIA Publishing announced it will restructure its operations into more focused business units to enable it to produce better performing titles. The group said the restructuring was in line with the recent announcement by its parent company, listed media group Primedia Limited, of a restructure into two focused operating areas: media — which includes divisions […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Accra | Sunday 4.15pm. BAFANA Bafana Stalwart Mark Fish will retire from international soccer to concentrate on club football. The long-serving vice-captain blamed the South African soccer on South African Football Association (Safa) for poor organisational skills. The Bolton Wanderers defender, ironically defended coahc Trott Moloto, who is almost certainly on his way […]

SOUTH Africa is among seven countries exempted from the preliminary rounds of the 2002 African Nations Cup to be hosted by Mali. They will join Nigeria, Cameroon, Tunisia, Algeria, Ghana and Egypt in the category of exempted countries, Confederation of African Football (CAF) media officer Paul Bassey said. He said at the end of the […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Sunday 11.30pm. SHAUN POllock took five for 20 as South Africa fought back to win the rain-reduced triangular one-day series final, after suffering a batting collapse in their inngings leaving England needing to match a dismal 149 all out. Skipper Hansie Cronje engineered a timely run of good form with a […]