At first glance, Tottenham Hotspur manager Martin Jol conjures up a picture of an imposing Rottweiler. And on Saturday, when Spurs take on Orlando Pirates in the finale to the Vodacom Challenge series of pre-season friendlies at Loftus, there can be little doubt about the ferocity of purpose with which the Netherlands-born manager will be barking orders.
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Baby-killer Dina Rodrigues and her four co-accused were on Friday granted permission to appeal against their sentences. Cape High Court Judge Basheer Waglay, however, rejected applications by Rodrigues and three of the men to appeal against their convictions.
Athletics South Africa (ASA) has denied that athletes Louis van Zyl and Alwyn Myburgh absconded from Team SA at the All Africa Games in Algiers last week. ”We knew they were going to compete in Monaco but there is no question of them absconding from the South African team,” said ASA president Leonard Chuene on Friday.
Cape Town mayoral committee member Simon Grindrod plans to sue alleged ”sex blogger” Juan Uys, he said on Friday. Uys, arrested in Kroonstad last week, is to appear in the Cape Town magistrate’s court on Monday on a charge of theft dating back to 2004.
Hundreds of Islamists occupied Pakistan’s Red Mosque on Friday, painting the walls in their original colour and wrecking the official reopening of the complex after a bloody army assault on militants. Protesters chased out a government-appointed religious elder who was meant to lead the first Friday prayers at the Islamabad mosque since the military operation there earlier this month.
Somehow, ever since he moved into an idyllic villa on the shores of Lake Como, nothing has really gone right for George Clooney. His purchase of Villa Oleandra — for almost €12-million — led to a reported bust-up in 2002 with his agent over commission on the property.
Mozambique’s state-run railway company said on Friday it was investing -million to upgrade its fleet in a move to cut -million in wagon hiring fees charged by rail freight firm Spoornet. CFM, which operates the African nation’s railways and ports, plans to refurbish 820 refurbished wagons with the investment.