OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Thursday 2.15pm. THE disciplinary hearing against Land Bank Managing Director Helena Dolny for improper conduct will go ahead as planned on Thursday, Agriculture and Land Affairs spokesman Gay Khaile said in Pretoria. “There are no last-minute deals being struck. The hearing will proceed,” Khaile said. Earlier reports spoke of behind-the-scenes moves […]

SWEDISH Prime Minister Goran Persson faced a barrage of criticism over an assortment of gaffes and blunders made during his visit to South Africa. The six-day trip, dubbed the “South Africa Fiasco” by the Swedish press, was dogged by rows before it began. Persson introduced Sweden’s new ambassador to South Africa before the host country […]

MICHAEL FINCH, Wanderers | Thursday 8.30pm. By Michael Finch ALLAN Donald wrecked England with one of his finest fast bowling performances to put South Africa on top on the opening day of the first test at the Wanderers on Thursday. Donald captured six for 53, the third best figures of his test career, and fellow […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Thursday 12.00pm. SUNDOWNS notched up their 11th win from 13 games in the Castle Premiership with a 1-0 victory over AmaZulu at King’s Park Stadium in Durban on Wednesday night. The only goal of the game came just before half time from a long clearance by Lovers Mohlala that found Daniel […]

OVER 100 years old and still have that vital spark? Then Cape Town needs you. The city, dubbed one of the top five hot spots in which to celebrate the millennium, is searching for the oldest reveller, who will be wined and dined with 10 friends and chauffeur-driven to a chosen event during the festivities.

SRI Lanka A took the last five wickets of the South African A side for just 18 runs in murky light on Wednesday to pull off a surprise 12-run victory. The match at the Chatsworth Oval outside Durban was the first of three one-day internationals.

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Thursday 10.30am. SPORTS Minister Nkonde Balfour joined the fray in the Rothmans Cup saga that has seen more twists and turns than the usually volatile South African soccer scene ever has seen. Balfour is concerned the legal wranglings, that have seen Free State Stars expelled from the richest national football competition […]

THE town of Sutherland in the Karoo is to play host of a R100-million telescope due to scan the galaxies, Arts, Culture, Science and Technology Minister Ben Ngubane announced on Thursday. Ngubane said the telescope will be the largest of its kind in the southern hemisphere, and will enable the country to remain internationally competitive […]

SOUTH African Fulton Allem will not be making a return to South African golf as anticipated by his fans and fellow golfers. Allem, who was due to start the Vodacom Tour summer leg at Royal Cape Golf Club in the Vodacom Players Championship in December, has had to withdraw due to injury. Allem announced on […]

THE World Bank has promised a loan of $100-million to help finance the reconstruction of the railway linking Mozambique’s port city of Beira, in the central province of Sofala, to Malawi and to the coal mines of Moatize, in the western province of Tete. Chairman of the board of directors of the publicly-owned Mozambican railway […]