OWN CORRESPONDENT, Pretoria | Wednesday 9.30pm. MAMELODI Sundowns improved their Castle Premier League chances when they wiped out Vaal Professionals 7-1 at the Odi stadium on Wednesday evening. Four of the goals were scored off the boot of Sundowns captain Daniel Mudau, in the 20th, 24th, 27th and 33rd minutes. Downs’ other goals came from […]

MICHAEL METELITS, Johannesburg | Tuesday 9.30pm. STEVE ELWORTHY made his third catch of a bouncy delivery by Hansie Cronje, sending Keith Semple back to the pavilion, and a simple runout bagged Rawl Lewis. Cronje took his time in touching the ball to the wicket after quick fielding by Nicky Boje and miscommunication between the batsmen […]

FOUR golfers held the lead at different stages during the third round of the Vodacom Players’ Championship on Saturday, but it was Chris Davison who claimed it. The San Lameer professional shot a 67 at the Royal Durban Golf Club to surge to 10-under par 206. A stroke behind were Andre Cruse, who blazed around […]

MICHAEL METELITS, Johannesburg | Tuesday 5.15pm. THE top of South Africa’s batting order folded dramatically in Tuesday’s One Day International against the West Indies at Newlands in Cape Town, leaving the score at 125/6 after 37 overs. This is the fifth of the seven limited overs games, currently standing at 3-1 to South Africa. If […]

SPRINGBOK and Golden Lions hooker Owen Nkumane has withdrawn from the Cats’ Winfield Super 12 squad after consulting with Cats coach Andre Markgraaff and Lions mentor Laurie Mains. Nkumane has instead elected to play for the Lions in the Vodacom Cup in a bid to improve his fitness and skills which, by his own admission, […]

THE only witness to point out celebrity praisesinger Mzwakhe Mbuli as one of the armed robbers of the First National Bank in Waverley, Pretoria, in 1997, admitted on Monday that she saw a photograph of Mbuli before she identified him. Madrinelle van der Linden admitted under cross-examination that she had seen a newspaper photograph of […]

AN ankle injury has forced seam bowler David Terbrugge to withdraw from the national squad to tour New Zealand later this month, captain Hansie Cronje announced on Monday. Terbrugge (22) will be replaced by veteran all-rounder Steve Elworthy (32). Terbrugge made his debut for South Africa against the West Indies in the recently concluded five-Test […]

MPUMALANGA officially launched its new R1,2-million highway patrol on Monday with 10 of the most advanced law-enforcement vehicles in the country. The ten high-speed patrol vehicles can detect the speed of other drivers without officers having to lay speed traps or cameras. Provincial Transport MEC, Jackson Mthembu, said at the launch that the initiative is […]

DIVERSIFIED media conglomerate Primedia is though to be bidding for a controlling interest in Cape-based radio KFM. This comes after both Primedia and KFM shareholder Brimstone Investment Corporation issued separate cautionary notices. Meanwhile one of Primedia’s holdings, CapeTalk, announced at the weekend that it has recorded an operating profit after only 15 months of operation. […]

POLICE and army rescue teams are still having difficulty tracking a Northern Province man who disappeared when a mini-tornado hit the village of Mahlomelong near Tzaneen on Sunday night. Four villagers, including a three-month-old child, died in the storm when large rocks were dislodged from a nearby mountain and crushed their mud huts. Local police […]