THE fixtures for the South African Sevens Championship to be played at the Danie Craven Stadium in Stellenbosch on the weekend have been announced. Friday: 2pm: Fiji v Japan 2.20: Canada v Namibia 2.40: Argentina v Georgia 3pm: New Zealand v Zimbabwe 3.20: France v Tonga 3.40: Australia v Morocco 4pm: Samoa v Uruguay 4.20: […]

ARRIVE Alive road safety campaign said on Monday that at least 52 road deaths in 33 accidents have been reported on South African roads since the start of the holidays on December 1. Figures indicate that the highest death toll was reported in the North West, where 23 people have died in road accidents. The […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Durban | Monday 5.35pm. ENGLAND’S final warm-up match before this week’s second Test against South Africa ended in a draw with KwaZulu-Natal successfully preventing the tourists from claiming a morale-boosting victory. Natal, starting their second innings with a 111-run deficit after bowling England out for 421, finished on 152 for two with opener […]

MIKE COLLETT, Tokyo | Monday 12.20pm. PELE confirmed his support for South Africa’s bid to stage the 2006 World Cup on Monday, saying he thought Brazil could be ready to stage the finals four years later. Pele, who played and scored for Brazil at four successive World Cup finals, told a news conference that he […]

ANDREW MUCHINERIPI, Johannesburg | Saturday 6.00pm. Orlando Pirates ………………….. (3) 5 (Lota 55, 85, Lekoelea 8, Zuma 23, Mngomeni 42) Moroka Swallows ………………….. (0) 0 DO not write Thabo Mngomeni out of the Bafana Bafana squad for the African Nations Cup finals in Ghana next month just yet because he sent an extremely high-frequency signal […]

AN American foundation donated R15-million to the Kruger National Park on Thursday for a four-year ecological research project that will study riverbed corridors. “This programme will provide a thorough understanding of the structure and dynamics of riverbed corridors and the role they play in the savannah landscape,” said Wits Professor Kevin Rogers. The project starts […]

NEW Zealand whipped South Africa 31-0 in the semi-finals of the inaugural World Sevens Series in Dubai on Friday. South Africa beat France 24-0 in the quarter-finals. The New Zealanders then dethroned Fiji as masters of the Sevens game by beating the Islanders 38-14 in the final.

OWN CORRESPONDENT, QwaQwa | Sunday 6.00pm. Free State Stars … (0) 1 (Ngaduane 65) Manning Rangers …. (0) 1 (Kungoane 64) IT finally happened! The first leg of the second Rothmans Cup semi-final eventually took place in cool, cloudy conditions in one of those towns where they erect traffic lights to ensure no one misses […]

THE Canadian government will donate more than R200 million to Africa over the next five years to fight the spread of Aids on the continent, the Canadian High Commission in Pretoria said on Thursday. the money will be given to existing anti-Aids projects that are successfully fighting the spread of the disease in Africa — […]

ZIMBABWE defeated Namibia 2-0 in a Cosafa Cup Group B under-20 soccer match at Vosloorus Stadium in Johannesburg on Friday. The first half belonged to the Zimbabweans, but they failed to score any goals despite dominating their opponents completely. Namibia lost their goakeeper, Heribert Kapeng two minutes before the break when he hurt himself after […]