THE South African Professional Golf Players’ Benevolent Fund was launched on Thursday with a pro-am event at Germiston Golf Club. The fund will help golf pros and their families should they suffer disability or death.

GREG Emslie, 22, from East London, will enter the Association of Surfing Professionals Yop Rip Curl Cup, in the Reunion Island from June 22-27, as hot favourite in a bid to successfully defend his title. However, Emslie has forfeited his wildcard entry normally due to defending champions because of a late entry, and will have […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Pretoria | Friday 11.00am. THE coalition government of the Inkatha Freedom Party and the African National Congress in KwaZulu-Natal was committed to co-ordination and co-operation on all issues, the newly appointed provincial premier Lionel Mtshali said on Friday. Speaking shortly after being sworn in as premier, Mtshali said: “Our shared responsibility for the […]

LANCE Klusener would probably be the first name on every World Cup captain’s wish list and Australia’s Steve Waugh must have been thinking “if only” when he saw the organisers’ latest averages. Sitting proudly atop the South African list was Klusener – and he was somehow also included ahead of Waugh and his team mates […]

THE Pan Africanist Congress said on Thursday some of the appointments to the new Cabinet were so surprising that they were “spine-chilling”. PAC spokesperson Wonder Masombuka said the appointments of Dr Nkosazana Zuma to Foreign Affairs, Patrick Lekota to Defence and Thoko Didiza to Land Affairs were of particular concern. The appointments appeared to be […]

SOUTH Africa coach Bob Woolmer confirmed on Tuesday he would not be available to coach England after the World Cup. In Cape Town the Western Province Cricket Association said coach Duncan Fletcher would be allowed to leave if he was offered the job as England coach. Woolmer steps down as South Africa coach after the […]

FRIDAY, 8.00AM: BAFANA BAFANA need to beat Saudi Arabia 2-0 to keep alive their World Cup chances after their draw against Denmark on Thursday night (see below). South Africa coach Philippe Troussier is confident the South Africans can beat the Saudis, who lost 4-0 to France on Thursday night. Denmark will have to lose 2-0 […]

AFRICAN Olympic chief Jean-Claude Ganga will lose his position as chief of the Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa, following a change of rules made by the International Olympic Committee on Thursday. Ganga has been implicated in the recent scandals over bribery of Olympic officials.

LANCE Klusener’s heavyweight bat and cavalier approach have combined to make him the World Cup’s leading six hitter after the first two rounds. Klusener, whose ferocious late order hitting has been a vital ingredient of South Africa’s smooth passage into the semifinals, has cleared the boundary nine times. He leads by one from India’s Saurav […]

FELIX MPONDA, Blanytre | Friday 6.30pm Malawi’s President Bakili Muluzi, who ousted dictator Kamuzu Banda in 1994, has won re-election for a second and final five-year term, the electoral commission announced Friday. But a slender victory margin will send a warning to the man who ousted dictator Kamuzu Banda five years ago that anger over […]