Rampant Kaizer Chiefs successfully defended their Premier Soccer League (PSL) title after beating Bloemfontein Celtic 2-0 at the Free State Stadium on Sunday. Meanwhile, Moroka Swallows came from behind to share the spoils in a 1-1 draw against Black Leopards at the Rand Stadium on Sunday afternoon.
World champions Ferrari claim a potentially strong performance in the Monaco Grand Prix on Sunday was limited by problems with overtaking on the twisty harbour circuit and a poor qualifying run. Michael Schumacher believes he showed enough pace in the race to secure a better finish than seventh on any other circuit.
Brown and grey are babies’ least favourite colours, while blue, red, purple and orange are favourites. The Surrey Baby Lab surveyed 250 babies to check their response to colour. ”It’s a myth that newborn babies are colour-blind. They can see colour, but it does develop over the coming months,” said Doctor Anna Franklin.
Athletics South Africa announced on Monday that a team of 22 men and 16 women will compete in the African Junior Championships in Alexandria, Egypt, from September 22 to 25 this year. This is the largest team yet selected by South Africa to compete at the championships.
Opener Chris Gayle slammed 124, but West Indies lost a record ninth consecutive one-day cricket international and Pakistan’s 22-run victory wrapped up a 3-0 series sweep on Sunday. Pakistan had already clinched their first triumph in any Caribbean series on Saturday.
Absa, one of South Africa’s "big four" retail banks that will soon be 60% owned by United Kingdom banking giant Barclays, has unveiled a major programme to enhance its brand, called My Bank. Absa said the programme will capitalise on the bank’s well-known pay-off line, "Today, tomorrow, together".
South African Rugby Union president Brian van Rooyen has called the country’s 14 provincial rugby presidents to an urgent meeting in Johannesburg on Monday, local media reported. The meeting follows disclosures that a dossier has been compiled of alleged irregularities in Van Rooyen’s running of the game, media reports said.
Jewish and Arab protesters gave the United States First Lady, Laura Bush, a hostile reception as she toured religious sites in the Holy Land on Sunday. Arriving at Jerusalem’s Wailing Wall, Bush was met by Israelis demanding the release from US prison of Jonathan Pollard, a Jewish American who has served 20 years of a life sentence for spying for Israel.
A rescue team was deployed to Gold Fields’ East Driefontein mine in Carletonville following a tremor shortly after 8am on Monday, the National Union of Mineworkers said. ”Paramedics have gone down. All the workplaces collapsed,” said NUM branch representative Elias Mulaudzi.
If she runs away from her life of prostitution, her parents will become sick and die. At least that’s what this Nigerian woman believes. The threatened curse, she claims, is part of a voodoo rite performed in her homeland just weeks before she was brought to Greece by a prostitution ring.