IT’S been a hard day-and-a-half for Free State, but they eventually looked to have got the better of the gutsy North West side in their Supersport Series match on Friday. At stumps, North West had managed a small 25-run overall lead as they battled to 64 for three in their second innings, after losing both […]

So you want to be a rock’n’roll star? Just turn on, upload and cash in, says Neil McIntosh The route for up-and-coming bands used to be well defined. By night, groups that dreamed of being spotted by passing record company executives would sweat it out in dingy clubs and pubs. By day they’d stick their […]

Andy Capostagno in Cardiff Rugby World Cup One thing we should be grateful for. The Springboks did not disgrace themselves at this World Cup. They had a man sent off, they loafed around during the playing of Flower of Scotland, they went hog wild for a night in Edinburgh, but in victory over England they […]

ADRIAN WARNER, Cardiff | Friday 12.25am. NEW Zealand coach John Hart quit on Friday following his side’s defeat against South Africa in the World Rugby Cup third place play-off on Thursday. ”I had been considering the decision for quite some time,” said Hart, who has been under mounting pressure since the All Black’s shock defeat […]

ADRIAN WARNER, Cardiff | Friday 11.35am. NEW Zealand rugby hit one of the lowest moments in its history on Thursday when they were beaten 22-18 by South Africa in the third place playoff to finish their worst World Cup. New Zealand will now have to qualify for the next tournament in 2003 for the first […]

MORE than 70000 tickets have been sold for Thursday’s World Cup third place playoff match between South Africa and New Zealand, Welsh officials said. The two teams will be playing for a qualification place for the 2003 World Cup in the Millennium Stadium which has a capacity of 72500. Tickets for Saturday’s final between France […]

A TASK team appointed by the SABC to investigate the state broadcaster’s editorial independence on Wednesday found that there is no evidence supporting claims of political bias, unfair labour practices or infringement of editorial independence. The task, which consisted of mainly SABC board members, with advocate Sias Reinecke as the only independent counsel, was appointed […]

ALL Black legend Zinzan Brooke has written off France’s chances of beating Australia in Saturday’s World Cup final. The French produced an extraordinary performance in defeating the All Blacks in the semi-finals, but the former All Black eighthman believes a repeat is unlikely. “I cannot see the entire French side repeating their Twickenham performance,” Brooke […]

SARAH BULLEN, Cape Town | Thursday 12.45pm NEW vehicle sales fell 6,1% in October from September, according the latest figures released by the National Association of Automobile Manufacturers (Naamsa) on Wednesday, despite a long-term positive outlook for the industry. Naamsa said that sales in October fell to 17306 units from September’s 18421 units. Compared to […]

FORMER New Zealand captain Sean Fitzpatrick has predicted that All Black coach John Hart will step down after the rugby World Cup. “There are issues to address, for sure. I don’t think we’ll be seeing John Hart coaching the All Blacks any longer,” Fitzpatrick wrote in his column in Thursday’s Daily Telegraph. “John is a […]