YOUNG legspinners Andre Abrahams and Jacques Rudolph have been included in the Plascon Academy intake for next year. The two players spent a fortnight with Aussie spin-wizard Terry Jenner in Adelaide last month, and are two of six spinners in a “class” of 19 announced by SA director of coaching Jimmy Cook in Durban on […]

THE United Nations Security Council, concerned over the recent flare-up of fighting in Sierra Leone, on Wednesday condemned indirectly the participation of Liberian forces in the conflict. In a statement read by council president Jassim Buallay, the members “condemned the participation of foreign forces in the internal strife in Sierra Leone”. The council did not […]

THE South African government has moral and material aid to ensure that democracy prevails in Nigeria, SA High Commissioner to Nigeria George Nene said on SABC TV news on Thursday. Nene said non-governmental organisations from South Africa are already in Lagos to assist the military government in preparing for next year’s elections. “Nigerians are more […]

THE road death toll since the start of holiday season on December 1 has reached 635. That’s over 30 deaths more than the same time last year. The Arrive Alive campaign said on the weekend, that at least 29 people had been killed on South African roads since Christmas Eve. In KwaZulu-Natal, Arrive Alive issued […]

SOUTH AFRICAN holiday road deaths reached 538 by Christmas Day — 70 more than in the same period last year. Most of the deaths were reported in KwaZulu-Natal, with 104, followed by 89 in the Western Cape, 72 in Gauteng, 72 in the Eastern Cape, 53 in Mpumalanga, 51 in the Free State, 38 in […]

MATRIC results will be released in Kwazulu-Natal and the Free State on Monday – the first of some 600000 results that will be released this week. Results for Mpumalanga, Northern Cape and the North West Province will be released on Tuesday while Gauteng and the Northern Province matriculants will have their results on Wednesday. The […]

THE first 10 weeks of South Africa’s military intervention mission in Lesotho cost the country more than R30-million, the defence ministry said on Wednesday. R24-million was spent by the army. From September 22 to November 30, South Africa spent R6,6-million on personnel, R5-million on administrative expenses and R13,2-million on storage space and emergency food. The […]

POLICE divers were searching on Monday for four people feared drowned after the minibus taxi in which they were travelling was swept away by strong currents in the Mhlambe River in Muden, KwaZulu-Natal, on Sunday night. Police said the taxi was crossing the flooded river at 10pm when the vehicle stalled in the water flowing […]

WHILE pupils who wrote final exams adminstered by the Independent Examinations Board received their Matric results on Wednesday, pupils who wrote government school exams have to wait until the end of December and early next year for their matric results. the Northern Cape will publish its results on December 30, North-West and Gauteng on December […]

SHARES in De Beers slipped on Tuesday as investors took profits from the diamond giant’s strong recent gains and as news of an impending review of the South African government diamond regulator nagged sentiment. De Beers closed 620 cents or 3,16% down at R190,20 after reaching a morning low of R189,41 as the market mulled […]