ANDY Flower will captain Zimbabwe in next month’s limited overs tournament involving South Africa and England. Squad: Andy Flower (captain), Neil Johnson, Alistair Campbell, Grant Flower, Murray Goodwin, Guy Whittall, Andy Whittall, Craig Wishart, Gary Brent, Heath Streak, Mpumelelo Mbangwa, Everton Matambanadzo, Henry Olonga, John Rennie, Stuart Carlisle.

RESULTS of the SuperSport Series matches which ended on Monday. In Durban: Match drawn. Northern Titans 139-2 vs KwaZulu-Natal. In Port Elizabeth: Free State beat Eastern Province by 185 runs. Free State 296 and 226-6 declared (Nicky Boje 58 not out; Shafiek Abrahams 4-67). Eastern Province 227-8 declared and 110 (Mark Rushmere 52 not out; […]

SARAH BULLEN and Reuters, Cape Town | Tuesday 8.45pm EXHAUSTED firefighters are taking their first breather after three days of battling raging fires in the Western Cape as a lull in the punishing south-easter on Tuesday has allowed them to break the back of the flames engulfing the penninsula. However, firefighters warn that the flames […]

INTERNATIONAL credit rating agency Duff & Phelps said on Thursday it has placed the domestic ratings of Santam and Guardian National Insurance on ratings watch after news of Santam’s bid for Guardian. Santam this week launched a R1,58-billion bid for Guardian in a deal set to create the country’s largest short-term insurance firm with 25 […]

NORTHERN Province police believe they have made a breakthrough into a spate of armed robberies and rapes against foreigners on the N1 toll road. Far North police spokesman Captain Ailwei Mushavhanamadi said on Tuesday three suspects were arrested last Thursday, and the fourth was picked up on Monday night. He said the robbers used a […]

ELLIS MNYANDU, Cape Town | Tuesday 6.45pm LAWMAKERS on Tuesday voted overwhelmingly to ask parliament to pass a law seeking to boost small black businesses through government contracts when it sits on Friday. The Preferential Procurement Policy Framework Bill is among four crucial pieces of legislation that parliament is expected to pass before a constitutional […]

MARK GLEESON, Accra | Tuesday 3.30pm. CAMEROON’S Issa Hayatou is expected to remain president of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) in Thursday’s election at the congress in Accra. Hayatou, president for the last 12 years, faces a rare challenge from Armando Machado of Angola. Machado, until last November president of his country’s football association, […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Cape Town | Tuesday 10.15pm. WESTERN Cape fire chiefs suspect that arsonists could be behind some of the 120 fires that have destroyed thousands of hectares of veld, wine farms and dozens of homes in the region since the weekend. Firefighters battled from early on Sunday until late on Monday to bring most […]

ALGERIA, Burkina Faso and Congo plan to finalise preparations in Cotonou with matches against leading local clubs Atlantic Sharks, Dragons Oueme and Mogas 90, a Benin football official said.

MPUMALANGA’S 43-year-old former finance chief, Shadrack Mashele, appeared briefly in Nelspruit’s regional court on fraud charges on Monday after allegedly using State funds to settle personal business debts. Mashele appeared in court with Mpumalanga assistant finance director Sellion Maseko, 37, but was not asked to plead when they were both released on their own recognisance. […]