Oom Krisjan was a little confused (or a little more confused than usual, anyway), after a cyber visit at the South African embassy to the United States. Lemmer was surprised to see that the prez had written a letter especially for the website. Intrigued by what Oom Thabo might want to share with disciples of the Great Satan, Lemmer clicked on the link …
The South African Rugby Players Association (Sarpa), which represents all professional rugby players in South Africa, maintains that Brian van Rooyen has little appreciation or concern for the legitimate needs and requirements of professional rugby players in the country.
Top South African soccer defender Lifa Gqosha of Premiership side Dynamos in Limpopo has decided to hang up his boots. Gqosha is planning to pursue a career as a coach after his contract with the club expired at the end of the 2003/04 soccer season.
Big-spending Premiership side Mamelodi Sundowns continue to lead the pack during the 2004 edition of the Telkom Charity Cup voting standings. The Chloorkop-based side, who failed to qualify to participate in the past two editions of the tournament, had by late on Wednesday collected 23 748 votes.
Russian teenager Maria Sharapova became the second-youngest woman in the Open era to reach the Wimbledon final on Thursday when she launched a stunning fightback to defeat former champion Lindsay Davenport of the United States 2-6, 7-6 (7/5), 6-1.
Portugal have already made history. Now they are looking for glory. A 2-1 win on Wednesday over The Netherlands put the Euro 2004 host nation into their first major final, bringing the Portuguese closer than ever to the silverware they have craved for so long.
The realisation of a rugby dream to pull together all the forces of Pacific’s rugby nations comes to fruition on Saturday when the Pacific Islanders take on the Wallabies in their first-ever international. The best players of Fiji, Tonga and Samoa will pool their immense talents and physiques to test themselves against Australia, who only last week overpowered World Cup champions England 51-15 in Brisbane.
Soweto’s entire road network will be tarred before the end of 2005, Johannesburg mayor Amos Masondo promised on Wednesday. ”More than 300km of road surface will be upgraded in the R500-million project that the mayor identified as a city priority in his budget last week,” the Johannesburg Road Agency said.
Ministerial intervention has finally led to the release of documents by Armscor to researchers for the Swiss National Science Foundation project on Swiss-South African military relations under apartheid. ”The requesters had to threaten Armscor with legal action,” said the director of the South African History Archives.
The possible exit of Deputy South African Reserve Bank Governor Gill Marcus follows "close on the heels" of the departure of Barbara Hogan as chairperson of the National Assembly finance portfolio committee, Democratic Alliance shadow finance minister Raenette Taljaard said on Wednesday.