Andy Colquhoun Rugby There is a rhythm to the rugby season by which we followers of the game can measure out the advance of each year. The pungent scent of braaing meat hanging in the air of the Pretoria suburb of Sunnyside can only mean that the Blue Bulls are once more on the rampage […]
ground If record-breaking versatility equals greatness, Paul Tergat has ascended into the stratosphere reserved for distance running’s true immortals. In the space of less than two years, the Kenyan has waltzed to a world record in the 10 000m and won the world cross-country championship for a record fourth consecutive time. Toss in a world […]
John Higgins It’s embarrassing to introduce an academic superstar to a small audience in a large hall. “There may be just my theory of literature class here,” I murmured, as we hurried towards the lecture, adding silently, “all 10 of them!” Could the unfashionable topic, “Marxism at the Millennium”, draw in the crowds on this […]
President Nelson Mandela has been named joint winner of a Nigerian honour recognising exemplary leadership in Africa.
NIGERIA has yet to launch an official campaign for their 2006 World Cup bid and a bidding committee is not even in place. Sports Minister Emeka Omeruah said earlier this month: “It will soon be constituted,” but time is fast running out with only a year to go before Fifa decides on the 2006 host. […]
THE Independent Commission for the Remuneration of Public Office Bearers recommended on Friday that parliamentarians re-elected to their seats after the June 2 general election should receive 10% salary increases. However, the proposal only applies to those who are re-elected — those elected to Parliament for the first time this year should be paid at […]
THE body of missing Ventersdorp mayor Philip Mashe was found on Thursday afternoon in a sunflower field 2km from the town, according to police spokesperson Captain Louis Jacobs. Mashe disappeared on Saturday after having withdrawn R4000 from his bank account in the company of one Bota Johannes Monatle (35), who was arrested near Lichtenburg on […]
WEST Rand police said on Friday that they have arrested eight suspects in connection with the robbery at the Roodepoort Cascades Shopping Mall which left a police officer and a suspected robber dead and several people wounded. The shoot-out took place earlier with an armed gang which ambushed security guards at the mall. Police confronted […]
A LEADING forensic scientist has verified that a note claiming Winnie Madikizela-Mandela has “information which could be the end of the ANC” is indeed her handwriting, Democratic Party leader Tony Leon said on Thursday. Leon and the DP challenged Madikizela-Mandela to come forward with the information and also challenged Deputy President Thabo Mbeki to “clear […]
SOUTH Africa will play Saudi Arabia in September to decide the long-delayed Afro-Asian Nations Cup, officials said on Friday. The first leg of the Cup, which was to have been played two years ago when both countries were reigning continental champions, will be in Johannesburg on September 19. The return will be in Riyadh on […]