Kaizer Chiefs are planning a memorable 60th birthday present for their chairperson, Kaizer Motaung, in the form of a convincing victory over Bush Bucks at the FNB Stadium on Saturday. Club communications and public-relations manager Putco Mafani said their preparations for the game are at an advanced stage.

”In one of the areas visited, a community member said many of those without food at home made a point of regularly attending funerals, so they could at least get a meal that day.” The impoverished mountain kingdom of Lesotho has experienced three consecutive years of drought-induced food shortages. Three people talk about how their lives have been affected by the crisis.

Golfing superstar Tiger Woods, who is relaxing on a Caribbean honeymoon with his Swedish sweetheart Elin Nordegren, said being married would not reduce his passion for winning golf tournaments. ”It is not going to change the way I play golf,” Woods said on his website tigerwoods.com.

England captain David Beckham has revealed he deliberately went out of his way to get booked against Wales on Saturday because he knew he would be sidelined by an injury for England’s next World Cup qualifying match. Two reckless clashes with Wales fullback Ben Thatcher earned Beckham his second yellow card of the World Cup qualifying campaign.

African football was on Monday mourning the deaths of six people after two World Cup qualifiers ended in tragedy and controversy at the weekend. In Lome, four people were killed and eight injured when a crowd stampeded following a power-cut after the Group One qualifying game between Togo and Mali.

Australia’s Brooke Hanson captured her record-setting sixth world title at the World Short-Course Swim Championships, completing a stunning effort on Monday with a 200m breaststroke crown. Hanson surpassed the previous short-course one-meet title haul of five set by China’s Jing-yi Le in 1993.

Manchester United fans are hoping people power can help beat off an Old Trafford takeover bid from American billionaire Malcolm Glazer. The club’s biggest supporters group, Shareholders United, on Monday launched a campaign to attract 100 000 new members to help fight any proposed attempt to seize control.

If ever Team Shosholoza came close to winning their first America’s Cup match race in the Valencia Louis Vuitton Act 2, it was in Monday’s neck-and-neck race against the super-slick American BMW Oracle racing team — but it was not to be. The South Africans took the lead from the Americans just after the first windward mark.

Field Research Officer, Wild Cheetah Unit, De Wildt Cheetah and Wildlife Centre

Farmers often regard cheetahs on their land as vermin, to be shot or poisoned. Kelly is intent on changing their perceptions and behaviour, and she has succeeded in converting many into becoming allies of the De Wildt Cheetah and Wildlife Centre.