THE Department of Justice said on Wednesday that it is to publish the December salary increases of public prosecutors and state advocates in the Government Gazette on Friday, ”Once published, our department’s financial section will immediately start to process the increments into their salaries,” spokesman Paul Setsetse said. Three trade unions representing prosecutors and state […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Chelmsford | Saturday 7.30pm. NEIL Johnson has stolen the World Cup spotlight from some of the tournament’s more illustrious names after propelling Zimbabwe into the Super Six stage with a telling all-round performance against South Africa. Johnson, who opened the batting and the bowling, made his highest Cup score of 76 and produced […]
FORMER South Africa captain Tiaan Strauss was voted Australia’s second best player in the Super 12 rugby after a strong season with the New South Wales Waratahs. ACT Brumbies fullback Joe Roff was named Australia’s best player on Thursday. Roff, picked on Monday to play on the wing in the first test against Ireland in […]
INDIAN opener Saurav Ganguly’s 183 against Sri Lanka on Wednesday was the second highest individual score in World Cup history. Only Gary Kirsten’s 188 not out against the United Arab Emirates in 1996 surpassed it in World Cup play. Ganguly made it to fourth on the all-time one-day total list. Pakistan’s Saeed Anwar’s 194 against […]
MUCH was made of the importance of winning the toss before the cricket World Cup, with commentators predicting many matches could be decided by it. Sides put in by the opposition, the argument ran, would be at a major disadvantage, battling to survive as swing and seam bowlers exploited wickets made lively by early-morning moisture. […]
SUPERSPORT United and Kaizer Chiefs have nixed sales of beer at their BobSave soccer final on Saturday. The Premier Soccer League planned to attract crowds by selling beer at the match. Chiefs caoch Paul Dolezar worried about crowd control problems, and noted that alcohol is not allowed at football matches in Europe. SuperSport’s coach also […]
WHEN Lehlohonolo Ledwaba steps into the ring against Texan John Michael Johnson at the Carousel in Hammanskraal on Saturday night, he will be fighting for more than the vacant IBF junior featherweight crown. Ledwaba will not only be striving to maintain the South African monopoly on the title, he’ll also be aiming to keep it […]
FRIDAY, 12.30PM: LANCE KLUSENER has been included at the eleventh hour in the squad to play Gloucester in a four-day match at the weekend, leading to speculation that he might be on the way to replacing the Test spot he vacated to Makhaya Ntini at the end of the South African season. The word from […]
FRIDAY, 2.00PM: THE National Association of Maize Millers and some agricultural analysts believe the agricultural free market is threatened by mistrust of the National Crop Estimates Committee. The figures issued by the committee directly affect forward prices for agricultural products. Critics believe it to be wrong for parties from the commodity trading community to be […]
INDIAN master blaster Sachin Tendulkar was deified by the Indian media on Monday for leading his country to a World Cup victory with a personal score of 140 not out despite the death of his father. The diminutive 26-year-old’s first performance on the pitch after his father’s death hogged the front pages of all Indian […]