Pakistan leg-spinner Danish Kaneria is looking forward to playing a major role in the four-Test series against England starting at ”home of cricket” Lord’s on Thursday. Kaneria, who has played county cricket with great success for Essex, hopes he can take his form in English conditions with him to Lord’s and follow in the footsteps of Australia leg-spin great Shane Warne
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Fifa may strip disgraced French skipper Zinedine Zidane of his World Cup best player award, the organisation’s president Sepp Blatter has told Italian newspapers. Zidane was announced as the winner of the prestigious award on Monday morning, the day after the World Cup final which saw him sent off for head-butting an Italian opponent.
A man who allegedly shot and killed three people during a dispute over an electricity bill was killed by the police near Pietermaritzburg on Wednesday morning. Rodney Gxubane, who allegedly killed his landlord, the landlord’s daughter and a boyfriend of another of the landlord’s daughters last month was shot dead by members of the Serious and Violent Crimes Unit in Sweetwaters
The European Commission is to step up pressure on Microsoft on Wednesday to respect a 2004 antitrust ruling, by slapping huge new daily fines on the defiant software group. With an irritated Microsoft flaunting the ruling, the EU’s competition watchdog is poised to impose fines as high as â,¬2-million ($2,55-million) per day backdated to December 15.
There is no such thing as an amateur investor: the moment you lay out cash for an investment, you’re a professional, playing the game for money. Professional investors on the stock market should equip themselves with the basics — which are the measures you use to decide whether or not a share is good value at a particular price.
Police used clubs and tear gas to break up a political demonstration in the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) on Tuesday that left several opposition supporters gravely injured, journalists and witnesses said. One protester lost his hand when a tear-gas canister exploded, according to eyewitness reports.
Microsoft chairperson Bill Gates flew to Pretoria on Tuesday to discuss the Aids pandemic with President Thabo Mbeki. Gates is in South Africa to attend a Microsoft-sponsored forum of African government and business leaders on ways technology can improve competitiveness on the impoverished continent.
The recent spate of online security breaches has got internet bankers concerned their funds aren’t as safe as they thought — but peace of mind is a mouse click away. Colin Thornton, MD of Dial-a-Nerd, South Africa’s fastest-growing IT support company that specialises in aiding computer users, says 50% of the company’s work now revolves around clearing PCs of spyware and adware programmes.
<i>The Financial Times</i> newspaper said on Wednesday it was to slash up to 50 jobs as it tried to restructure its editorial operations. The British business daily is seeking to integrate better its editing, reporting and production for the <i>FT</i>’s print and online operations.
You don’t have to be gay to enjoy the Heartland, a clubbing zone in the heart of Jo’burg but it helps, writes Riaan Wolmarans.