OWN CORRESPONDENT, Harare | Monday 4.45pm. THE Zimbabwean fight-back against Sri Lanka has been cut short as bad light forced the players to leave the field on the third day of the final Test in Harare. Zimbabwe were 48-2 in their second innings when the umpires called off play as dark clouds swept across the […]

FORMER West Indies test fast bowler Sylvester Clarke collapsed and died at his home in Barbados at the weekend. Clarke, who would have celebrated his 45th birthday later this month, was the third former West Indian Test player to die in the past month. Fellow fast bowler Malcolm Marshall died of cancer last month at […]

FIVE female teachers were dismissed on Thursday for forcing 16 pupils to simulate sex in front of a class three years ago, a government official said. The five, from a primary school in the village of Waterval in eastern Mpumalanga, in 1996 forced boys and girls aged between eight and 12 to perform sexual acts […]

PULP and paper firm Sappi said on Thursday it expected a significant improvement in earnings in 2000 as pulp prices rise and demand for paper increases. The company also said it has no intention of moving its primary market listing to New York from Johannesburg. Speculation has increased that it will seek such a move […]

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 […]

(played, won, drawn, lost, goals for, against, points) Sundowns 15 12 3 0 35 10 39 Kaizer Chiefs 18 8 7 3 23 11 31 Classic 18 10 1 7 28 30 31 Orlando Pirates 15 8 6 1 30 12 30 Mann. Rangers 15 8 4 3 25 21 28 Hellenic 17 7 5 […]

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 […]