In spite of gaining a valuable bonus point it is almost certaint that the Springbok Tri-Nations campaign is all but over as they face a long haul to Australia to face the Wallabies in Sydney on July 7. Physically, it was the All Black powerhouses off the bench, fullback Leon MacDonald and Luke McAllister, that turned the tables on the Springboks.
Three under-aged boys have died after their penises were severely mutilated during separate initiation ceremonies in Port St Johns and Potchefstroom on Saturday, the Health Department said. In the Port St Johns incident, the illegal initiation school was run by a 17-year-old boy.
South Africans may hope the ruling African National Congress (ANC) finds new ways to fight social ills at its conference this week, but any policy debate will likely be overshadowed by a succession battle that has plunged the party into turmoil. Analysts say they expect closed-door meetings to focus on forming alliances ahead of a congress in December that will choose a new leader for the party.
American indie rock kings The Killers rounded off the second day of the Glastonbury festival with a storming one-and-a-half hour set that left the main stage audience cheering for more. ”Glastonbury, we are all yours!” front man Brandon Flowers in gold lamé shouted as the Las Vegas group lit up the art and music festival where heavy rain ensured the traditional mud bath.
Britain’s Ricky Hatton knocked out Jose Luis Castillo of Mexico in the fourth round to retain his IBO light welterweight title in Las Vegas on Saturday. The end came two minutes 16 seconds into the round when a Hatton left hook to the ribcage caused Castillo to grimace in agony, turn away, and fall to one knee, where he remained while referee Joe Cortez counted to ten.
Jay Williamson, who is ranked 299th in the world, shot a three-under 67 to take a one-shot lead after the third round of the -million dollars PGA Travelers Championship. Williamson, who entered Saturday’s round tied for the lead with David Toms at eight-under, is at 11-under 199.
She’s one of the most beautiful women in the world, a talented actress who lives with a man many claim is the sexiest man on the planet and she has a penchant for doing high-profile good deeds. But now — perhaps inevitably — the Angelina Jolie backlash has begun.
Fernando Joaquim points to corrugated iron shacks at the feet of one of Angola’s new neighbourhoods and despairs: ”Look at the misery that the government has forced on us!” Joaquim’s was one of nearly 400 families who were left destitute when their homes were demolished to make way for upmarket housing.
Western and emerging Asian powers so keen to diversify oil supply sources to feed growing needs have recast their attention to West Africa following the latest discovery of new potential reserves. British oil and gas company Tullow Oil last week annonced that it had discovered up to 600-million barrels of oil on the West Cape Three Points block off Ghana’s coast.
Four foreign hostages employed by oil services giant Schlumberger were released unharmed on Saturday after more than three weeks in captivity, security sources said. The men, from Britain, France, The Netherlands and Pakistan, were abducted on June 1 from the company’s residential compound in Nigeria’s oil capital Port Harcourt by kidnappers disguised as riot police.