The new R55-million Baramall shopping centre was officially launched in Soweto on Wednesday. The centre is fully let and anchor tenants include Shoprite, OK Furnishers, Jet Stores, PEP Stores, Diskom and Dunns, while financial institutions include Absa, African Bank, First National Bank and Standard Bank.
South African Football Association (Safa) CEO Raymond Hack on Tuesday dismissed a ”hate campaign” to discredit him as ”mischievous and deceitful” — and said there is no substance to reports that there has been a petition from staff members calling for his dismissal.
Jack Nicklaus holds the record in major championships, one that might never be broken because it was established through decades of superior golf and a few good breaks. About the only player who has even a remote chance is Tiger Woods. This record is about playing, not winning.
Ramnaresh Sarwan stroked an unbeaten 115 on Tuesday to spur the West Indies to a four-wicket win over India with one ball to spare in the third one-day cricket international at Warner Park. The 25-year-old celebrated his 100th match with a match-winning innings that led the home team to their winning target of 248 for six off 49,5 overs.
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After a season dogged by questions over his form and fitness, Ronaldo is planning once again to use football’s greatest stage as his platform to provide the answers. He has endured a miserable season in Madrid that has seen him jeered and booed by his own fans at the Bernabeu.
Roger Federer’s dream of becoming the first man in 37 years to hold all four grand-slam titles will be at the mercy of Mallorcan muscleman Rafael Nadal when the French Open gets under way on Sunday. In the history of the game, only five men have won Roland Garros, Wimbledon and the Australian and United States Open crowns.
Dracula’s castle is to be returned to its rightful owner — who is not, it should be emphasised, a vampire, but an architect whose other home is in the suburbs of New York. At a ceremony on Friday in Transylvania, Bran Castle will be handed back to Dominic Habsburg, the grandson of Romania’s former Queen Maria.
Do Hillary and Bill Clinton have a happy marriage? The New York Times evidently thinks so. In a 2 000-word piece that began on Tuesday’s front page, the newspaper printed the results of an investigation into the state of the Clintons’ marriage, noting that reporters had interviewed 50 people close to the power couple.
The death of Aids-infected Nozipho Bhengu was unnecessary and premature, the Treatment Action Campaign (TAC) said on Wednesday. ”It is highly likely that she would still be alive and well today if she had chosen to take anti-retroviral treatment when she developed Aids,” the TAC said in a statement.
A mid-air collision between jousting Greek and Turkish fighters in disputed airspace over the Aegean Sea on Tuesday threatened to reignite age-old rivalries. At first both governments tried to play down the collision, which took place over the Aegean island of Karpathos.