TWO men who jumped naked from bushes on a Zimbabwean golf course and did a war dance around two startled women golfers before robbing them have been jailed. The nudist thieves, who wore only painted faces and leaves in their hair during the ambush last month, were sentenced to six months imprisonment for theft and […]
FORMER Bafana Bafana coach Philippe Troussier was on Saturday issued with a verbal warning by the Japan Football Association (JFA) for making critical comments about a tournament sponsor. JFA general secretary Kenji Mori warned the Frenchmen after the coach’s reported remark on the on-going Kirin Cup tournament in Japan. Mori warned Troussier not to make […]
ELEVEN people are feared drowned after an overloaded boat they were sailing in capsized in Lake Victoria early Friday, state-owned Radio Uganda reported on Sunday. The radio said the boat was carrying 16 people and a load of fish heading for Sii landing site in Mukono district, 60km east of the Ugandan capital, but capsized […]
RWANDA has released 143 more prisoners accused of involvement in the 1994 genocide of ethnic Tutsis, because of lack of evidence against them, according to a report from the public prosecutor in Kibungo. The prisoners were all set free on Friday in Kibungo, southwest Rwanda, the report said. More than 1900 prisoners accused of genocide […]
THE South African Police Union in the Western Cape handed 93 spent cartridges to the Independent Complaints Directorate in Cape Town on Thursday, symbolising one for every member killed in South Africa so far this year. Sapu’s national negotiator Andy Miller says union members originally planned to hand their firearms to the ICD, to express […]
THE Harare police station in Khayelitsha, near Cape Town, was on Sunday evening attacked by armed robbers who stole firearms and ammunition, Western Cape police said. The three armed men tied up the police constable on duty and opened the safe from where they took a shotgun and ten rounds, two 9mm handguns, ammunition and […]
STRIKE bowler Glenn McGrath won his battle with Sachin Tendulkar here on Friday as Australia relaunched their World Cup campaign with a 77-run Super Six victory over India. India now face an almost impossible battle to reach the semi-finals. McGrath removed India’s top batsman for a duck with his sixth ball and also removed Rahul […]
DAVID SHAPSHAK, Johannesburg | Monday 5.00pm. SPRINGBOK coach Nick Mallett on Monday named a side to bring “a style of play that will improve our attacking options without losing defensive options” in his line-up for a two Test series against Italy. His team, which excludes injured stars Joost van der Westhuizen and Henry Honiball but […]
OUTGOING coach David Lloyd urged England here on Tuesday to replace him with an Englishman, suggesting foreign coaches would not have the passion needed for the job. “I was asked about my opinion and in my own mind, I’m absolutely certain it has to be an Englishman,” he said. “I just think that if it […]
SPRINGBOK centre Christian Stewart, who also played in the last two Rugby World Cups for Canada, has been forced to retire because of a neck injury. He played 14 times for Canada and three for South Africa. The 32-year-old Western Province player has been out of action since the Springboks’ test against England at Twickenham […]