The coldest month of the year is in full swing, and the City of Johannesburg says homeless people should beware of the creeping killer, hypothermia. People are being encouraged to wear as much clothing as possible. ”We are also advising people to pack cardboard and newspapers in their clothes and shoes to keep the heat in,” said emergency services spokesperson Malcolm Midgley.
Australia’s much-maligned front row is determined to prove itself against the Springboks in this week’s Tri-Nations clash after being humbled in New Zealand, prop Greg Holmes said on Tuesday. South Africa coach Jake White has already revealed he will be targeting the inexperienced Australian scrum in Brisbane on the weekend.
German champions Bayern Munich on Monday confirmed they want to sign Manchester United striker Ruud van Nistelrooy. Dutch star Van Nistelrooy (30) looks certain to leave Old Trafford this summer after falling out with United manager Sir Alex Ferguson at the end of last season.
Botswana’s longest-running court case, in which its San Bushmen are fighting for rights to ancestral land, will hear final submissions next month as the trial nears completion, lawyers said on Tuesday. State lawyer Dittah Molodi said that ”final oral submissions before the court are expected to start on August 28”.
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Italy’s Marco Materazzi called Zinedine Zidane a ”son of a terrorist whore” just before the France captain gave him a brutal headbutt in the World Cup final, Britain’s top forensic lip-reader says. The Times newspaper hired Jessica Rees, whose skill has seen her summoned as an expert witness at criminal trials, to study a tape of Sunday’s match.
A bitter battle to control Sri Lanka’s cricket establishment has wrecked the schedule for next month’s limited-overs tri-series against India and South Africa. The dispute, generated by upcoming elections at Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC), revolves around holding the first four matches of the August 14-29 tri-series in the central town of Dambulla.
Russia’s security service announced the death of Shamil Basayev on Monday, the country’s ”terrorist number one” and the man who was the self-confessed mastermind of the Beslan massacre. The 41-year-old, who lost a foot during the second Chechen war in 2000, frequently appeared in internet broadcasts and statements to haunt the Kremlin.
Econet’s decision to release 10 000 new payphones into the Zimbabwean market before the end of the year is part of a deliberate strategy to create and stimulate employment creation, the company said in a statement on Monday. Econet estimates that over 500 jobs will be created in downstream industries.
Kevin Pietersen has told England’s novice bowlers to ”stand up and be counted” as the team prepares for its Test series against Pakistan. England head into Thursday’s first Test at Lord’s on the back of seven straight defeats against Sri Lanka — one in a Test match, one Twenty20 and five one-day international reverses — and with several key players out of action because of injury.
South African IT group Datatec announced on Tuesday that its South African operations will merge with African Legend Technologies (ALT) to form an R800-million-a-year IT company. Datatec will have a 55% shareholding and African Legend Technologies will hold the remaining 45% in the newly merged entity.