OWN CORRESPONDENT, Cardiff | Tuesday 10.30am. BREYTON Paulse is one of the smallest wings in international rugby. Jonah Lomu is undoubtedly the biggest. Paulse, however, says he has no fears about facing the New Zealand superstar if he is named in the South African side to play the All Blacks in the third-place playoff at […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Tuesday 12.15pm. DUTCH soccer giants Ajax Amsterdam have bought local under-17 national captain Zitha “Ninja” Mofokeng. The acquisition follows an agreement between the South African Football Association-Transnet soccer academy and Ajax director of youth development Hans Westerhoff. Mofokeng leaves for Holland in January because he is busy writing his Grade 11 […]

SOUTH African Andre Watson will referee Saturday’s World Cup final between Australia and France at the Millennium Stadium, tournament officials announced Monday. Watson’s touch judges will be Ed Morrison, of England, who refereed the 1995 final between South Africa and New Zealand in Johannesburg, and Paddy OBrien of New Zealand. Watson, a professional referee with […]

AUTHORITIES have revealed that 33 senior Egyptian military officials were aboard the doomed EgyptAir flight 900 which went down shortly after take off from New York on Sunday. The Boeing 767 crashed into the Atlantic off Nantucket Island. All 214 people on board were killed. Water depth is reportedly slowing down searchers’ efforts to recover […]

NATIONAL police commissioner designate Jackie Selebi started his new job as special adviser to outgoing commissioner George Fivaz on Monday. Selebi was named last month to take over South Africa’s top police job when Fivaz retires on January 1 next year. He will spend the next two months working closely with Fivaz to gain experience. […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, London | Monday 3.00pm. FLY-HALF hero Jannie de Beer has asked to be overlooked for selection to the South African team for their World Cup third-place playoff match against New Zealand in Cardiff on Thursday. De Beer has played in all five of the Springboks’ matches at the World Cup to date, scoring […]

BRITISH police arrested four gay rights campaigners over the weekend after they attempted to make a citizen’s arrest of Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe. Peter Tatchell, leader of a group called Outrage!, was taken away by police following the incident outside the Crowne Plaza hotel, according to one of the protesters. The group said they wanted […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, London | Monday 2.30pm. LADIES and gentlemen: In the red corner Australia. In the blue corner France. At stake: the heavyweight sporting championship of the world. France, the holders of the World Cup football title, take on Australia, the holders of the World Cup cricket title, in the World Cup rugby union final […]

JUSTICE and Constitutional Development Minister Penuell Maduna on Monday praised business its role fighting crime. Maduna was addressing a ceremony in Midrand where Hyundai Motor Distributors donated two vehicles to the ministry to be used by the crime fighting unit, the Scorpions, and the National Directorate of Public Prosecutions. Maduna thanked Hyundai for responding to […]

A NINE-year-old boy was shot dead in an apparent road rage incident in Johannesburg, police said. The boy and his father had accepted a lift with the driver of a truck, which was shot at and forced off the road near Kibler Park outside Johannesburg after it had overtaken another truck, Captain Lungelo Dlamini said. […]