THE Swedish foreign aid agency has cut off assistance to an education project in South Africa’s Northern Cape Province after two local employees admitted embezzling funds, officials said Tuesday. Swedish embassy spokesman Thomas Kjellson said on Monday that the two employees of the city of Kimberly had forged cheque signatures and faked an accountant’s audit […]

FRENCH fly-half Christophe Lamaison lost count of how many points he scored in his side’s momentus 43-31 World Cup semi-final win over New Zealand at Twickenham on Sunday. “How many points did I score? I don’t know,” Lamaison said after a perfect goal-kicking performance had yielded him 28 points. The French, in dire straits for […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Cape Town | Tuesday 6.30pm. SUNDOWNS will be on a mission to avenge their 1-0 defeat by Orlando Pirates in the first leg semi-final of the Rothmans Cup. Sundowns’ unbeaten 15 run of 15 matches at Loftus Stadium came to an abrupt end when Denis Lota thumped in a goal in the 17th […]

MPUMALANGA’S outspoken former transport MEC, Jackson Mthembu, has finally been charged for driving without a license after wrecking a luxury government vehicle five months ago. He allegedly smashed the government-issue Mercedes-Benz into a tree at high speed while on African National Congress business in Witbank just before the June elections. Mthembu, who now chairs the […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Cardiff | Wednesday 10.00am. TIAAN Strauss, former Springbok skipper and now Wallaby eighthman, will retire from international rugby after the World Cup. The thirty-two year old has again been passed over by the Australian selectors for Saturday’s tournament decider against France at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff. Strauss, who also did play against […]

A CHILD and four adults died in a fire Tuesday in an East Rand furniture factory and another man committed suicide when he heard about the incident, police said. Police spokesman Captain Andy Pieke said two men and two women died of smoke inhalation when they were trapped inside the burning factory in Springs. An […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Cardiff | Wednesday 10.00am. TIAAN Strauss, former Springbok skipper and now Wallaby eighthman, will retire from international rugby after the World Cup. The thirty-two year old has again been passed over by the Australian selectors for Saturday’s tournament decider against France at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff. Strauss, who also did play against […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Cardiff | Wednesday 3.30pm. THE Springboks will bounce back when they face New Zealand in the World Cup third-place playoff at the Millennium Stadium on Thursday night, flanker Rassie Erasmus has vowed. The defending champions had expected to be playing in Saturday’s final, but were bundled out of the semi-finals by Australia. Erasmus […]

TWO men who allegedly shot and killed a nine-year-old boy in an apparent road rage incident over the weekend have appeared in the Johannesburg Magistrate’s Court. Young Rethabile Tsunyane, was shot while sitting between the driver of a truck and his father, Vincent Tsunyane. Severe criticism has been levelled against the taxi industry following the […]

GHANA’S Ashanti Goldfields won a conditional three-year period of grace from its creditors on Monday by promising 15% of the company’s capital as collateral. Last week the gold producer had called for a 21-day stay of execution on multimillion-dollar debts owed to creditors in connection with hedge contracts. Business Report says that the contracts, intended […]