THE Swazi government confirmed on Wednesday that it has allocated R70-million for the construction of a huge dam in the north-west of the country. Work on the dam, which will form part of the Komati River basin water scheme, is due to start this month. The dam will be operational within a year. In the […]
ENGLISH rugby player Austin Healey has been banned for eight weeks by the Rugby Football Union for stamping on South African scrumhalf Kevin Putt during a league match last month. The ban announced this week rules Healey out of the remainder of the Five Nations Championship and key games for his club, Leicester. He misses […]
THREE clubs have withdrawn from this year’s African club competitions which kick off this weekend, the Confederation of African Football said on Wednesday. Ethiopian club Coffee FC, who achieved a shock first-round win over Egypt’s Al Ahli in last year’s Champions League, have pulled out of the African Cup Winners’ Cup, giving first-round opponents Inter […]
THE first step in South Africa’s preparations for the 1999 Sanzar/UAR Under-21 Rugby Championship kicks off this weekend with trials featuring sides selected from the four Super 12 regions. Sarfu spokesperson Anthony Mackaiser says the trial matches will be played at the Tech Gardens club on Sunday and Monday, and a core group of about […]
STORMERS captain Bobby Skinstad and a host of first choice players have been excluded from the Super 12 team to face the Otago Highlanders in Carisbrook on Friday. Also out of the 22-man squad named on Wednesday are Springboks Pieter Rossouw, Percy Montgomery, Braam van Straaten. Flanker Lodewyk Hattingh takes over the captaincy while Anton […]
SOUTH Africa’s third opponent in the pool stages of the Rugby World Cup in Wales this year is undecided despite reports that it will be Tonga or Georgia, Sarfu spokesperson Alex Broun said on Wednesday. South Africa play Scotland on October 3 followed by Spain on October 10, both in Edinburgh. Their third opponent, whom […]
THE National Assembly on Wednesday unanimously approved the constitutional amendment that will enable President Nelson Mandela to immediately formally proclaim June 2 as the date for this year’s election. The amendment was necessary as currently Mandela may not proclaim the election date until after the end of the sitting of Parliament at which the proposed […]
THE department of correctional services has reversed an earlier decision to allow convicted assassin Janusz Walus to marry gospel singer Berril Roy in Pretoria Maximum Security Prison. Walus is serving time for the murder of Communist Party leader Chris Hani in 1993, plotted with fellow prisoner and former Conservative Party MP Clive Derby-Lewis. Prison authorities […]
AFRICAN National Congress stalwart Walter Sisulu (86) was admitted to hospital on Monday evening suffering from hypertension after complaining of chest pains. Marlene Parsons, spokesperson for the Lesedi clinic, said Sisulu is in a satisfactory condition under the care of a cardiologist. Pasons said it is suspected Sisulu has an infection. Sisulu was hospitalised with […]
MINERAL and Energy Affairs Minister Penuell Maduna said on Wednesday that he expects state oil firm Mossgas to generate a cash surplus of R730-million in the current financial year. Maduna said that Mossgas saves the country “in excess of a billion rand per year in foreign exchange” despite flagging oil prices. He added that the […]