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, 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: 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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
IN BRIEF MYSTERY DISEASE IDENTIFIED MEDICAL experts on Tuesday said the mysterious illness that has killed hundreds of people in flood-hit East Africa is Rift Valley fever. The fever is spread by mosquitoes, sand flies and during the slaughter of infected animals, said Dr. Douglas Klaucke, acting World Health Organisation representative in Kenya. However, it […]
TUESDAY, 1.00PM: THE United States government is dropping hints that it may be interested in entering a free trade agreement with South Africa, Business Day reports. With the threat of losing export market share to European exporters of explicit concern, a report to Congress and the White House warns: “Should the current negotiations between South […]
MONDAY, 11.00AM: AUSTRALIA’s match-winning legspinner Shane Warne claimed 6/34 to bowl his side to a crushing innings and 21-run victory over South Africa in the second Test at the Sydney Cricket Ground on Monday. And Warne’s bowling figures were an appropriate backdrop to his taking his 300th Test wicket with Jacques Kallis. Rain limited Monday’s […]