National Police Commissioner Jackie Selebi has denied links to alleged illegal activities including drug smuggling, according to the <i>Sunday Independent</i>. This comes after reports in the <i>Mail & Guardian</i> linking him to Glenn Agliotti, the subject of a drugs probe by the Scorpions as part of its investigation into mining magnate Brett Kebble.
The Sharks lost by a solitary point (22 – 23) to Griquas at Absa Park in Kimberley on Saturday in week four of the Absa Currie Cup to relinquish their unbeaten record in the competition. On a beautiful afternoon, with a cool breeze gently blowing through the stadium, the conditions were ideal for the Sharks to grasp the upper hand.
The Blue Bulls returned to some vital form as they demolished the Pumas 48-17 in Witbank on Saturday. Buoyed by a powerful forwards performance and some excellent running by their backs, the visitors turned what should have been a tricky encounter into an afternoon of tries and gave new coach Pote Human a morale-boosting victory.
Western Province left no doubt that they are back as a major force on the domestic rugby scene with a courageous 20-13 Currie Cup victory over the Cheetahs at Newlands on Saturday. As was the case the previous week against the Bulls, Luke Watson and company were given no chance of pulling off a victory, but again they defied the odds.
Discovery‘s six astronauts will learn on Sunday whether they have the final all-clear to fly home as analysts examined the space shuttle’s heat shield for potential micro-meteorite impacts. Nasa declared Discovery‘s left wing free of damage on Saturday, hours after the shuttle undocked from the International Space Station.
The leaders of the Group of Eight industrialised nations will seek on Sunday to close a widening rift over how best to calm violence in the Middle East. Israel’s bombing of Lebanon has forced its way to the top of the agenda of the G8 summit in St Petersburg, driving a wedge between the United States, a strong backer of Israel, and those who say Israel is being too violent.
The fairy tale of Zinedine Zidane vanished in an instant of visceral rage at the World Cup final. But what followed has proved strangely more compelling — more human, more profound, more universal. His now-legendary headbutt fascinated viewers around the world, competed with war zones for global headlines, and obsessed philosophers and sports fans alike.
Becoming a millionaire in Zimbabwe is easy these days, but wallets and purses have given way to car boots and suitcases as the crucial accessory for carrying wads of nearly worthless cash. As the country battles hyper-inflation and grinding fuel and foreign exchange shortages amid a seven-year economic slump, ordinary citizens have resigned themselves to wry humour to deal with the situation.
Referee Paul Honiss hit back at Jake White on Sunday after the Springbok’s coach laid part of the blame for South Africa’s 49-0 Tri-Nations rugby loss to Australia at the feet of the New Zealand official. White said Honiss had allowed the Wallabies to ”get away with murder” in Saturday’s Suncorp Stadium match in which the Boks slumped to their heaviest loss to Australia.
At a ceremony in a soccer stadium, Suriname’s president on Saturday apologised for an army massacre of at least 39 unarmed civilians carried out by the military regime in 1986. Last year the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, linked to the Organisation of American States, ordered Suriname to make the apology and pay nearly -million in compensation to 130 survivors of the attack,