TEST cricketer Makhaya Ntini will remain eligible for selection for the national team, the United Cricket Board of South Africa announced on Sunday. In a brief statement, the board said Ntini (21) remains eligible for consideration. Ntini was released on R5000bail on Friday after appearing in court in East London on a charge of raping […]

THE South African Under-23 soccer squad play their Egyptian counterparts in a two-match friendly encounter next week in further preparation for qualification for the Olympic Games in Sydney in 2000. The sides meet next Thursday at Dobsonville Stadium, followed by a clash at Vosloorus Stadium on Saturday. “This will also be preparation for the All-Africa […]

ACTIVITIES at the Lagos docks were at a standstill on Thursday, the third day running, due to a strike by licensed customs agents protesting against the continued presence of unauthorised security agencies at the waterfront. The customs agents said they will continue with the strike until the banned agencies leave the ports, as directed by […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Sunday 7.30pm. Ernie Els shot a four-under-par final round of 68 on Sunday to win the Alfred Dunhill PGA Championship in Johannesburg, the opening event of the European Tour, by four strokes. Els finished at 273, 15-under-par, for his third PGA title. Fellow South African Richard Kaplan was second on 277 […]

SENTENCE in the 17-day trial of former Zimbabwean head of state, Canaan Banana, will be delivered on Monday by judge president, Justice Godfrey Chidyausiku. The judge last year found Banana guilty of 11 counts of sodomy, indecent assault and attempted indecent assault.

THE ratio of profitability — measured by net profit on turnover — in the South African manufacturing industry jumped 4,1% in the third quarter of last year, from 3,7% in the second quarter after seasonal adjustment. However, the profitability ratio at 4,1% was slightly lower than the corresponding period in 1997 when it was at […]

THE EXECUTIVE of the United Cricket Board of South Africa on Sunday declared that 21-year-old pace bowler Makhaya Ntini would be eligible for selection to all national teams. With the squad to play the West Indies in the upcoming one-day series scheduled to be announced at Centurion Park on Monday, speculation was rife that Ntini, […]

JAPAN’S ex-premier Ryutaro Hashimoto left Johannesburg on Saturday after a four-day visit to South Africa that an embassy official said was “very successful.” Hashimoto met Deputy President Thabo Mbeki twice during the visit, aimed at cementing ties between the countries. Hashimoto, now a senior foreign policy advisor to Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi, arrived in South […]

QUESTIONS over the bowling action of Sri Lankan spinner Muttiah Muralitharan have resurfaced after a leading South African umpire joined in the chorus of doubters. South African official Peter van der Merwe, now in Australia working as a match referee for the tri-series, limited-overs tournament between Australia, England and Sri Lanka, said he will be […]

Marital problems, greedy relatives, difficulties with the law? Wilson Mugwegweni can put an end to your troubles, writes Sam Zulu He is so respected and feared that people in his village pay him protection money, criminals have fled his district and the Zambian national soccer team probably owe their international reputation to his ministrations. Former […]