Bush Bucks on Wednesday unveiled Zimbabwean Sunday Marimo as their new head coach. However, Marimo will only start his new job on August 30. The former Zimbabwe national coach is still awaiting a work permit. The appointment of Marimo was confirmed by the Eastern Cape side’s communications director.
With World Cup qualifying games just a month away, England will be looking for a new coach if the Football Association (FA) decides to fire Sven-Goran Eriksson on Thursday. The FA has been thrown into crisis after revelations that Eriksson and the organisation’s chief executive both had affairs with a 38-year-old FA secretary.
The All Blacks have signalled out dreadlocked Wallaby flanker George Smith as a significant threat in Saturday’s Tri-Nations rugby Test with Australia. Smith did not start in the Wallaby pack in the 16-7 loss to New Zealand in atrociously wet conditions in Wellington on July 17 but he made a significant impact for Australia in it’s match against South Africa last weekend.
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Claims that South African tourist destinations were under threat of terrorist attack were dismissed as untrue by the government on Wednesday. Reports on Tuesday quoted Pakistani officials as saying that two South Africans arrested in a raid in Pakistan admitted planning terror strikes in South Africa during interrogation.
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Western Cape Premier Ebrahim Rasool on Wednesday welcomed the provincial auditor general’s report into a R227 532 car-allowance overpayment to him, saying the findings are a vindication and manifestation of his commitment to transparency. However, the DA said the report raises two important questions.
Bruce Springsteen, the Dixie Chicks and a score of other top musical acts have joined forces for a series of nationwide shows to help oust President George Bush from the White House. The week-long set of concert dates, beginning on October 1, targets key battleground states that are expected to go to the wire on election day, November 2.
A suspected outbreak of avian influenza (bird flu) in the Eastern Cape province has halted all movement of ostriches to the Western Cape until a confirmed diagnosis has been made regarding the cause of serious mortalities at three ostrich farms in the Cradock-Somerset East region of the Eastern Cape.
The Israeli military stepped up its campaign to put an end to rocket attacks from the Gaza Strip by sending reinforcements to the north of the territory and carrying out an air strike in the area on Wednesday. Three Palestinians were wounded in the Israeli helicopter strike near Jabaliya refugee camp, medical and security sources said.
More than 20 000 workers are to get average wage hikes of 7,5% thanks to a deal signed by the National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa and the Automobile Manufacturers Employers’ Organisation. The agreement was signed in Pretoria after three months’ negotiations.