THE South African A cricket side to oppose Sri Lanka A in the three one-day matches at Chatsworth on Wednesday, Paarl on Friday and Cape Town next Sunday has been named. It will be led by Dale Benkenstein. The squad is: Mark Bruyns (KZN), Nic Boje (FS), Neil McKenzie (Northerns), Dale Benkenstein (KZN) captain, Ashwell […]

AT least 84 elephants have been killed by ivory poachers in Zimbabwe this year, 31 in the past two weeks, official and conservation sources said on Monday. The death toll is likely to lead to renewed pressure by wildlife activists for the reimposition of an outright ban on ivory dealing after experimental sales by three […]

ANDREW MUCHINERIPI, Johannesburg | Monday 12.30pm. Jomo Cosmos (0) 1 (Bradley Muir 84-pen) Manning Rangers (1) 2 (Bruce Ramokadi 39, Keryn Jordan 58) FOOTBALL truly is a funny game because Jomo Cosmos finished this Rothmans Cup semi-final, first leg grateful to be only one goal behind after wasting sufficient first-half chances to win comfortably. If […]

SOUTH African Deputy Foreign Minister Aziz Pahad on Saturday flew to the Middle East for a five-nation tour aimed at cementing ties with Kuwait, Lebanon, Syria, Jordan and Iraq. Pahad will first travel to Kuwait where he will join South African Defence Minister Patrick Lekota and Kuwaiti officials in discussions before meeting his Kuwaiti counterpart. […]

THE first Test between Zimbabwe and Sri Lanka was abandoned as a draw on Monday because of persistent rain. The umpires called off the match in mid-afternoon because conditions proved impossible for play. It was a blow to Sri Lanka who held out hopes for victory after gaining the advantage over their hosts over the […]

FORMER Mpumalanga transport MEC Jackson Mthembu was ordered this week to refund the State for the Mercedes Benz he smashed while driving without a license during the run-up to the June 2 elections. Mthembu rolled the luxury car through two traffic signs and into a tree in Witbank in May while on ANC business in […]

ZIMBABWE will hold parliamentary elections around March next year, President Robert Mugabe has announced. He told a state banquet for visiting Bahamas Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham on Saturday night that the elections will follow a review of the constitution currently under way. Mugabe said the National Constitutional Review Commission he appointed was due to present […]

LAWYERS for Midi television, who own television channel e.tv, on Monday asked the Cape Town High Court to “seriously question” the motivation behind the liquidation proceedings against it. Midi TV is defending an application by production company Sprockets to have it provisionally liquidated for allegedly failing to pay R5,5 million it says it is owed […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Cape Town | Monday 8.00pm. KENT fast bowler Dean Headley has been officially ruled out of the remainder of England’s tour to South Africa after further consultations on his troublesome back confirmed a stress fracture. Headley has been restricted to just 1.4 overs since arriving with the rest of the England party a […]

ANDREW MUCHINERIPI, Johannesburg | Monday 11.30am. Orlando Pirates (0) 1 (Dennis Lota 78) Kaizer Chiefs (0) 0 THE expected signing of former striker Pollen Ndlanya this week will offer hope to disillusioned Kaizer Chiefs supporters and embattled Turkish coach Muhsin Ertugral. A side that banged in goals with remarkable regularity a few seasons ago thanks […]