THURSDAY, 6.00PM: IT has emerged that President Nelson Mandela overruled truth commission legislation guidelines to ensure that apartheid president PW Botha’s legal team was paid almost double the going rate for representing a potential witness. Justifying the decision this week, Justice Minister Dullah Omar said: “Mr Botha is a former head of state of South […]
THURSDAY, 12.30PM: THE West Indies A touring team nearly got it right in the third and final one-day international against SA A at the Wanderers last night before rain wrecked their chances. Jimmy Adams and his men had the SA A team reeling at 108/7 in the 20th over after they had scored 187/7 in […]
THURSDAY, 12.30PM: LANCE KLUSENER may face the first ball in Friday’s one-day match against New Zealand in Brisbane after Adam Bacher’s poor performance recently as opening bat. Klusener will probably open in place of Bacher, who will again be overlooked for the shortened game. Captain Hansie Cronje has indicated that the changes might be made […]
THURSDAY, 12.30PM: THE four regional teams competing in this year’s Super 12 will be much stronger than the provincial sides of the past, SA Rugby Football Union CE Riaan Oberholzer said on Wednesday. Springbok coach Nick Mallett, Oberholzer, and the four regional coaches met at Newlands in Cape Town on Wednesday to discuss and plan […]
THURSDAY, 5.30PM: ZIMBABWE face a formidable challenge as Sri Lanka opener Marvan Atapattu scored a career-best 223 that helped the home side to declare at a comfortable 469 for nine on the second day on Thursday. Problems for the Zimbabweans were compounded when Sri Lankan spin duo Jayantha Silva and Muttiah Muralitharan plucked a wicket […]
THURSDAY, 12.30PM: WAYNE FERREIRA and Amanda Coetzer came a step closer to reaching the finals of the Hopman Cup in Perth, Australia, on Wednesday. The third-seeded South Africans defeated Germany 2-1 at Burswood Dome Coetzer and Ferreira trampled Anke Huber and Tommy Haas 6-2 6-2 after the singles honours had been shared. Huber, who is […]
IN BRIEF US MINESWEEPER FOR NAMIBIA THE United States is to deliver a vehicle designed to scoop landmines out of piles of dirt to Namibia — one of 15 countries receiving US demining assistance in early 1998 — the Pentagon said on Tuesday. A special forces team, scheduled to arrive in Namibia on Thursday, will […]
MONDAY, 3.00PM: ON January 1, it became illegal for any vehicle to be sold without SABS-approved headlightslights and bulbs, when the Compulsory Motor Vehicle Specification Act took effect. AutoNews’s latest issue estimates the legislation could raise the cost of lights and bulbs as much as tenfold, and industry sources estimate the cost to motorists and […]
WEDNESDAY, 12.30PM: WESTERN Cape attorney-general Frank Kahn said on Wednesday that he will prosecute former apartheid president PW Botha for disobeying a subpoena to testify before the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. Botha has ignored three subpoenas to appear before the commission, which wants to question him about the activities of the erstwhile State Security Council, […]
TUESDAY, 11.00AM: EASTERN Province held Boland to a fine six-wicket away victory in just 38.5 overs on Monday in a Standard Bank League fixture. The two teams meet in Paarl again on Saturday in the quarterfinal of the cup competition, with EP now favourites to make it to the semifinals. Boland won the toss and […]