A NEW forum, consisting of the presidency, provincial premiers and the minister for provincial and local government, is to be established and will meet six times a year, President Thabo Mbeki said on Thursday. He said in a speech to the National Council of Provinces that the decision to establish the new forum was taken […]

WITH the rain gods playing along, Border handed Griqualand West a thoroughly professional eight wicket walloping on the fourth and final day of their Supersport Series match at Buffalo Park on Sunday. From day one, the result looked inevitable as Border put up a first innings of 426 and then comprehensively outplayed the visitors. Unlike […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Vosloorus | Saturday 7.00pm. AMAGLUG-GLUG, South Africa’s under-23 soccer team, finished strongly to defeat Guinea 3-1 at Vooloorus Stadium in an Olympic Games qualifying match on Saturday. Siyabonga Nomvete scored twice and Daniel Matsau once for the home team, who led 1-0 at half-time, and Sambegou Bangoura was on target for the West […]

LABOUR unions are taking the Eastern Cape government to court for failing to pay certain salary increases to civil servants owed over the last three years. The government has failed to meet all four of its own deadlines to pay the increases. They are now being taken to court for contempt by provincial bargaining chamber […]

WESTERN Province’s woeful season continued as they slumped to a 10-wicket defeat against KwaZulu-Natal in the four-day SuperSport Series match at Newlands on Sunday. Having been dismissed an hour before tea for 260 in their second innings on the final day, the hosts had the impossible task of defending 31 runs. The visitors rattled off […]

ORLANDO Pirates ending Sundowns winning streak with a 1-0 win in the Rothmans Cup first leg semi-final at Minolta Loftus on Sunday. Sundowns game plan was undone by the late withdrawal of Bafana defender Themba Mnguni, who pulled a muscle minutes before the kick off. Pirates capitalised and despite being underdogs given Sundowns unbeaten league […]

TELFORD VICE, Bloemfontein | Sunday 7.00pm ZIMBABWE ended the third day of the first test against South Africa still 102 runs short of making the home side bat again with five wickets already down. The tourists reached 123-5 in their second innings at the close, needing 225 to avoid an innings defeat. Zimbabwe were dismissed […]

SHOCKING statistics show that only 4% of all births in the Northern Province are registered because of cultural taboos. The official provincial population of 4,6 million is vastly inaccurate, according to officials in the Population Unit in the Premier’s Office. They said the figure is much higher, and the lack of accurate data makes it […]

CAPTAIN Joost van der Westhuizen said he was “very, very disappointed” by the Springboks’ 27-21 defeat by Australia in a World Cup semifinal on Saturday. “But the guys showed lots of character and a lot of heart. There’s no one to blame. I never believed we were out of it, anything can happen. It’s typical […]

Former South African leader Nelson Mandela has claimed the backing of key Arab leaders for a three-point Middle East peace plan.