THE department of home affairs on Friday confirmed that the four days from December 31, to January 3, will be public holidays. Spokesman Hennie Meyer said December 31 and January 2, were declared public holidays in a notice in the Government Gazette on May 7. “In terms of the Public Holidays Act, if a public […]

SOUTH African midfielder Quinton Fortune scored for Manchester United in the 75th minute to help seal a 4-0 victory over Bradford at Old Trafford. Fortune’s goal was followed by goals from Dwight Yorke, Andy Cole and Roy Keane.

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Durban | Monday 2.40pm. ENGLAND are on 366/9 after bad light ended play on the second day of the third Test against South Africa at Kingsmead in Durban. The day belonged to England’s skipper, Nasser Hussain, who scored 146 unbeaten runs in a mammoth innings of 463 balls. The South African’s struggled against […]

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 […]