THE South African Women’s Cricket Association (SAWCA) announced on Tuesday that they will wearing the Protea national emblem when representing the country in the Women’s World Cup in New Zealand next year. The squad previously competed under the banner of the United Cricket Board. Three training camps will be held in preparation for the tournament […]

ZIMBABWE were beaten 1-0 by Zambia in their Cosafa Cup under-20 match at Vosloorus Stadium in Johannesburg on Monday. The Zambians scored through Gift Kambamba in the 77th minute when he struck home off a corner taken by Njofwa Chaswe.

EGYPTIAN brothers Hossam and Ibrahim Hassan have become the first African members of the Century Club, FIFA said on Monday. The club comprises players who have represented their countries in at least 100 competitive or friendly internationals and is headed by Lothar Matthaus of Germany and Thomas Ravelli of Sweden with 143 caps each. Retired […]

SWAZILAND has declared December 31 and January 3 special Year 2000 (Y2K) bank holidays to help a smooth transition into the new millenium. The two days will not be general public holidays but all banks in the small kingdom of roughly one million people will be closed. Finance minister John Carmichael said on Wednesday people […]

ANDREW MUCHINERIPI, Johannesburg | Thursday 8.00am. KAIZER Chiefs and Orlando Pirates triumphed again in the Castle Premiership on Wednesday to keep the pressure on pacesetters Sundowns at the top of the standings. The Amakhosi squeezed past stubborn Wits University 1-0 at Johannesburg Stadium and the Buccaneers defeated Jomo Cosmos 3-1 at Vosloorus Stadium as the […]

ABOUT 13000 people have been employed by small, medium and micro enterprises working on the construction of the R2-billion Maputo Corridor toll road since last year. A survey last month by Silulu Investment Services to gauge the success of the programme, found that 70% of the some 300 SMMEs on the N4 were based in […]

FIFTEEN people were killed when a five-storey building collapsed overnight in Fez in central Morocco, local authorities said in issuing a new provisional death toll on Wednesday. Another 37 were injured, including three seriously. Workers are still searching for further victims as well as for survivors. Cracks had recently appeared in the facade of the […]

TWO people were injured in a chemical explosion at a city centre satellite campus of Pretoria Technikon on Monday. Technikon spokeswoman Willa de Ruyter identified the two as Trevor Haug, 40, and Samuel Monageng, 35 — both technikon employees. She said the men were moving chemicals at the technikon’s natural sciences campus in Vermeulen Street […]

ANDREW MUCHINERIPI, Durban | Wednesday 7.00am. Manning Rangers …. (0) 0 Free State Stars … (1) 1 (Tsiu 45) SO there is room in South African soccer for fairytales after all as Free State Stars reached the Rothmans Cup final on Tuesday night against all the odds. Few gave the QwaQwa-based club much hope after […]