The South African Rugby Union (Saru) and private broadcast channel Supersport on Tuesday launched a high-performance academy for rugby that will be based in Alicedale, near Grahamstown in the Eastern Cape. The institute will house 30 players from across the country between the ages of 17 and 20 years.
The Coega Development Corporation may be forced to award an R82-million contract to a white-owned family firm, media reports said on Wednesday. This would happen if the Port Elizabeth High Court ruled in favour of Scribante Construction, which is disputing the awarding of the contract to an empowerment consortium.
If turning the pages of a magazine seems too tiring or monotonous, fear not, because your favourite magazine may now be available on your cellphone as a "mobizine". <i>Kick Off</i> soccer magazine, <i>Men’s Health</i>, <i>Sports Illustrated</i> and <i>Shape</i> are now available as mini magazines for your cellphone.
Freshening up during a long flight to the United Kingdom and the United States won’t be easy now that toothpaste, hair gel and other toiletries have been banned from travellers’ small, single piece of hand luggage. But the new baggage-restriction laws also pose other concerns for the future of travel.
The world’s largest computer manufacturer has recalled millions of laptop batteries over fears that they could catch fire. Dell has issued what is believed to be the consumer electronics industry’s largest product recall after more than four million batteries were identified as potential hazards.
It is a book promotion that puts Harry Potter in the shade: rave reviews, front-page headlines and a must-buy recommendation by the president of the world’s most populous dictatorship. There is every reason to believe that the Selected Works of former head of state Jiang Zemin will top the bestseller lists in China for many months.
The Japanese Prime Minister, Junichiro Koizumi, sent his country’s wartime victims a defiant valedictory message on Tuesday when he visited a controversial war shrine on the anniversary of Japan’s defeat by the Allies. Victims of Japanese wartime aggression condemned his trip to Yasukuni.
Lebanese refugees flooded back to their homes in the war-ravaged south on Tuesday as the truce held for a second day and Israeli forces began a slow withdrawal. People travelled south at a rate of 6Â 000 per hour, cramming into cars stacked with mattresses and bags in defiance of renewed Israeli threats.
Two young baboons from Kommetjie in the Western Cape have died of suspected poisoning and a third is being treated at a veterinary clinic, the Cape Times reported on Wednesday. It was not immediately clear whether the animals were deliberately poisoned.
A Kempton Park salesman suffered serious burn wounds in a roadside acid attack between Johannesburg and Nelspruit, media reports said on Wednesday. Henk Griesel (33) stopped on Tuesday to investigate a noise in his car. A ”Samaritan” stopped behind him and offered to help, but instead poured a brown-coloured acid over Griesel.