RETIEF GOOSEN held on to a share of the lead in the British PGA Championship, tied with current holder Colin Montgomerie. Montgomerie shot a 67 to move into the lead, and Goosen’s 70 put him level with the champion, two shots ahea of the pack. Having dropped two shots to give Montgomerie a share of […]
JUDGE Sandile Ngcobo, the acting Judge President of the Labour Court, has been appointed a judge of the Constitutional Court, SABC radio news reported on Sunday. Ngcobo’s appointment was approved by President Nelson Mandela following the recommendation of the Judicial Service Commission. The commission conducted interviews in Cape Town early last month.
THE Business Day on Monday came out in support of the African National Congress for Wednesday’s general elections. Business Day now joins the Mail & Guardian and The Star in backing the ANC. The Financial Mail, has called on its readers to vote for the young United Democratic Movement, led by former ANC stalwart Bantu […]
SEVERAL non-governmental organisations dealing with HIV-Aids in Namibia have expressed their support for a $100-million prevention programme launched in Johannesburg recently. Government has distanced itself from the project which targets Namibia, Botswana, Swaziland, Lesotho and South Africa. The Director of Namibia’s Aids Care Trust, Apere David, told The Namibian this week that they are very […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Cape Town | Friday 2.10pm THE Cape High Court on Friday began hearing an appeal by ex-president PW Botha against a conviction of contempt after his refusal to appear before the truth commission probing apartheid-era abuses. Botha, (82), is not attending the hearing, choosing to stay in his home town of George where […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Saturday 7.00pm. SUPERSPORT United took home a 2-1 victory in the BobSave Super Bowl, gaining the trophy and denying the Chiefs a Manchester United-style treble at FB stadium on Saturday. Chiefs will have to be satisfied with the Rothmans Cup and the League title, and neither team went out of their […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Harare | Sunday 3.00pm. TWO Zimbabwean journalists who allege they were tortured while in military detention early this year have formally laid civil charges against the police and army. Editor Mark Chavunduka and reporter Ray Choto, in a report carried in their paper the Sunday Standard, said they had filed their complaints with […]
LEHLO Ledwaba won the vacant IBF junior featherweight crown on Saturday, betaing Texan John Michael Johnson on points. Ledwaba won the first five rounds and the tenth to seal his victory at the Carousel in Hammanskraal. Ledwaba maintained the South African monopoly on the title and kept it out of the clutches of controversial American […]
THE draw for the quarter-finals of the Castle Cup Southern Africa championship doen in Gabarone on Saturday: July 4 – Lesotho v Angola July 18 – Swaziland v Zimbabwe July 31 – Namibia v South Africa August 7 – Zambia (holders) v Mozambique
WEST Indies pace bowler Franklyn Rose has been fined five percent of his fee for touring South Africa and told he will not play for the side again until he settles a hotel bill. Rose appeared before the disciplinary committee of the West Indies Cricket Board on May 22 in Antigua to answer three charges. […]