MANAGING director of the United Cricket Board, Ali Bacher, has paid tribute to legendary West Indian paceman Malcolm Marshall who died late on Thurdsday after a long battle with colon cancer in Bridgetown, Barbados. Marshall was 41. “Malcolm was a brilliant fast bowler and an outstanding ambassador for the game of cricket,” said Bacher. “He […]

THE murder trial of seven men accused of the murder of slain United Democratic Movement secretary-general Sifiso Nkabinde was delayed in the Pietermaritzburg High Court on Monday morning. The delay is to allow defence lawyers to inspect the murder scene. Nkabinde was gunned down outside a supermarket in Richmond, KwaZulu-Natal on January 23. The state […]

ANDY COLQUHOUN, Cape Town | Monday 1.00pm. FORMER captain Michael Atherton and uncapped Chris Adams put on 147 to spare England’s blushes as they gave an otherwise indifferent batting display against the combined Western Province and Boland X1 on Sunday. Atherton scored 83 and Adams hit 89 in contrasting style in their fifth wicket stand […]

THE Eastern Cape health department, its services threatened with collapse within five years by an overload of Aids patients and its budget facing over-expenditure of R200 million this year as it struggles with a near billion rand shortfall, has announced plans to rationalise state hospitals and seek private sector partnerships. Eastern Cape Health MEC Dr […]

NEARLY a century after the end of the Boer Wars, Ottawa is starting to pay South Africa to look after the graves of Canadian soldiers who died in the conflict. Canada’s Department of Veterans Affairs is sending R12000 to the National Monuments Council in South Africa as an initial contribution to cost of maintaining the […]

THE United Nations special rapporteur on the human rights situation in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Roberto Garreton, said it is estimated some 6000 people lost their lives during the first year of the conflict. Garreton said many of the casualties killed in retaliation for Mayi-Mayi or Interahamwe attacks on towns controlled by the rebel […]

A METRORAIL train driver faces disciplinary action after the accident near Riverlea, Johannesburg which left four commuters dead and at least 20 injured in October. A Metrorail statement issued on Friday said the driver had been travelling at high speed and had lost control of the train when it went through a red signal and […]

A POLICE inspector from the National Protection Service has appeared in court for allegedly stealing a “Checkers bag full of goldfish” from Nelson Mandela’s new R4-million house. Inspector Petrus Kotze of the protection service’s Rondebosch office was arrested on Tuesday and appeared in the Wynberg court the same day. His case was postponed until November […]

SWAZILAND’S health and welfare ministry has threatened to publish the names and faces of snappily dressed city slickers who have left their elderly parents destitute in rural areas. The department announced this week that it would conduct a census to identify the abandoned elderly, find out who their children are in the cities, and then […]

MARTYN Gidley gave Griqualand West their first bit of good news in three days as the hosts saw a glimmer of hope after the third day of their Supersport Series match against the Northerns Titans on Saturday. At stumps, Griquas were still 94 runs behind overall as they reached 240 for four in their second […]