SPRINGBOK loose forward Andrew Aitken announced his retirement from rugby on Wednesday. Aitken (30), MD of the unit trusts division of a major financial institution, said: “I cannot play rugby and give 100% to my work and I cannot work full time and give 100 percent to rugby. I had to make a choice and […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Goma | Friday 8.00pm. UNITED Nations humanitarian agencies will resume operations in the rebel-controlled east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, visiting UN official Martin Griffith announced on Friday. “The humanitarian situation justifies our intervention, but it is still too early to set a date,” Griffith, the UN deputy secretary general in charge […]

CONVICTED child-killer Dan Mabote has been found guilty of raping two young girls, including the girl he murdered. The Germiston Magistrate’s Court convicted Mabote on Thursday of raping Mamokgethi Malebane (7), whom he murdered to keep from testifying against him, and an unnamed young girl in 1996. He was acquitted on a third rape charge. […]

THE South African Football Association announced on Wednesday that Lesotho has agreed to face South Africa’s under-23 soccer squad, the Sasol sponsored AmaGlug-Glug, after Egypt withdrew from a two-match series. AmaGlug-Glug manager Barney Kujane said the venues for the matches which were scheduled for Thursday at the Dobsonville Stadium and Saturday at Vosloorus Stadium have […]

Evidence wa ka Ngobeni It’s a hot Saturday morning in the rural village of Stinkwater, North-West province. Hundreds of residents and government officials have gathered to honour a group of youngsters committed to cleaning up their village. Stinkwater, near Hammanskraal, is among the 50% of South Africa’s townships, villages and informal settlements which do not […]

Hilary Freeman Come over here a second. If I tell you a secret, do you promise not to tell anyone? Good. We’d better keep our voices down because you’ll never believe what I’m about to tell you … Gossip makes the world go round – and keeps your office ticking over. I know it’s true […]

Andy Capostagno Cricket The Wanderers has been sold out for Friday’s opening match of the one-day series between South Africa and the West Indies. What does that tell us? That the South African selectors have chosen a squad with broad appeal? That the West Indies are only likely to provide token resistance? Or is it […]

Andy Capostagno Golf If there is one thing guaranteed to worry most of the world’s best golfers it is the sight of Ernie Els looking relaxed. The big man showed up at Stellenbosch Golf Club on Wednesday looking bronzed and unshaven, as if he had celebrated winning the Alfred Dunhill PGA by chilling out on […]

Donna Block The government of President Robert Mugabe has succeeded in doing what no one has done before: it has caused a strike by stockbrokers. For three working days, from January 14 until January 19, Zimbabwe’s traders, dealers and brokers agreed not to accept orders or place bids. The Zimbabwe Stock Exchange, once one of […]

Checking your credit record regularly can save you money. Belinda Beresford explains how They know your name and where to find you. They know where you shop, how much you’ve spent and how high your cellphone bill is. They are the credit bureaux: collectors and vendors of information, about you, me, the person next door […]