beauties Matthew Krouse It’s like the final chapters of Cinderella, when officials comb the poorest of the land trying to find a girl beautiful enough to pass for a princess. Even in the real life saga – the M-Net Face of Africa – Cinderella amasses an absolute fortune, probably making her an object of contempt […]
A 66-year-old Japanese businessman visiting South Africa asked his family at home on Friday to send $50,_000 as ransom for his release from captivity under unclear circumstances, police said. The businessman, whose name was withheld, telephoned his 32-year-old eldest son in Tokyo twice to give the bank account and other details for the requested payment. […]
GRAHAM GRIFFITHS, Birmingham | Friday 11.20am. AUSTRALIA reached the World Cup final in the most dramatic finish in the competition’s 24-year history when they tied their semi-final with South Africa at Edgbaston on Thursday. Both teams were each dismissed for 213 within their 50 overs but Australia went through because they finished above South Africa […]
A GROUP of miniority shareholders in Cryopreservation Technologies, the company behind the claimed Aids treatment Virodene, applied to the Pretoria High Court on Tuesday for final liquidation of the company. The applicants, Charles Fourie, Carl Landauer, Gabriel du Preez and Stephanie Martens, maintain the company is commercially insolvent and unable to pay its debts. Majority […]
THE respected politcal staff of the Mail & Guardian have written profiles of the new Cabinet, named by President Thabo Mbeki on Thursday. Click on the links below for each ministers history. Jacob Zuma, deputy president Essop Pahad, Minister in office of the President Nkosazana Zuma, Foreign Affairs Patrick Lekota, Defence Steve Tshwete, Safety and […]
PROMINENT former trade union boss Mbhazima Shilowa was on Tuesday elected unopposed as African National Congress premier of South Africa’s powerhouse Gauteng province. Shilowa (41) last week resigned as secretary-general of the powerful Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) when it became clear that he would become premier after the ANC won 50 of […]
SOUTH Africa have been reinstated as favourites to win the World Cup despite their defeat by Australia on Sunday and the fact they have to face them again in the semifinals. Bookmakers William Hill said they had cut South Africa’s odds to 7-4 from 11-5 after receiving several substantial bets. “We took a string of […]
COMRADES Marathom women’s favourite Ann Trason of America withdrew on Friday from the Pietermaritzburg to Durban run next Wednesday. Trason, the record-holder for the “up” Comrades when she won in 6hrs 12min in 1996, aggravated a hamstring injury during her two weeks of acclimatising to KwaZulu-Natal conditions in Pietermaritzburg recently. The 38-year-old American decided, after […]
OWN CORRESPONDENTS, Birmingham | Wednesday 8.00pm. SA must play the big points well: Cronje SOUTH Africa’s captain Hansie Cronje said his team must “play the big points well” to beat Australia in their World Cup semifinal at Edgbaston on Thursday. Kallis 50-50 chance of playing in semi ALL-ROUNDER Jacques Kallis has a 50-50 chance of […]
DAVID SHAPSHAK, Johannesburg | Wednesday 4.10pm. NEW cap Corne Krige will captain the Springboks in his first Test on Saturday against Italy in place of the injured Gary Teichmann. But Krige, who sat on the bench three times druing last year’s Grand Slam tour, is still under investigation for leading a player revolt as skipper […]