Warders at the medium-security prison and the C-Max prison in Kokstad, KwaZulu-Natal, as well as warders at St Alban’s prison outside Port Elizabeth, have embarked on a strike, SABC Radio News reported on Saturday. The warders were reportedly demonstrating outside the prisons.
Two years after it replaced the much-maligned and ineffective Organisation of African Unity, the African Union seems much more determined to tackle the continent’s crises, but has one major problem: money. During the AU’s third ordinary summit, a strategic plan for the coming three years will be unveiled.
The plight of Southern Africa’s earliest inhabitants, the San Bushmen, comes to the fore on Monday when Botswana’s High Court begins hearing a landmark land case in the Kalahari desert. A group of 243 San Bushmen are challenging their resettlement from the Central Kalahari Game Reserve, one of the world’s largest sanctuaries.
Bafana Bafana coach Stuart Baxter said the result could have been bigger had his strikers converted most of the chances they created after his charge’s 2-0 win over Burkina Faso at the FNB Stadium on Saturday. ”It could have been a different game as well if we had scored four of the 15 chances we created in the first half,” he said.
Comfortable win for Bafana Bafana
New Zealand all but booked themselves a place in the NatWest Series final with a five-wicket win against the West Indies at Sophia Gardens in Cardiff on Saturday. Only a freak combination of results can now deny Stephen Fleming’s men a place in the July 10 Lord’s showpiece of this one-day international triangular event.
South Africa’s Retief Goosen led after the third round of the European Open in Dublin on Saturday and is still on course for consecutive victories following his US Open triumph last month. The South African is playing in his first tournament since capturing his second US Open title two weeks ago.
The Blue Bulls kicked off their defence of the Currie Cup in convincing fashion at Loftus on Saturday, beating the SWD Eagles 75-10. The champions led 29-10 at the break and never looked like losing this one. The Bulls, who secured their bonus point in the first half, scored 11 tries.
Western Province (WP) kicked off their Currie Cup campaign in style as they thrashed the Pumas 44-18 at Newlands on Saturday evening. Veteran left wing Pieter Rossouw scored two tries, but young scrumhalf Tertius Carse was the man who raised the eyebrows on his Currie Cup debut.
Roger Federer overcame Andy Roddick’s brute power game on Sunday to win his second straight Wimbledon title and cement his status as the game’s number-one player. The top-seeded Swiss star withstood Roddick’s huge serves and forehand winners, winning 4-6, 7-5, 7-6 (3), 6-4 for his third Grand Slam title.
Rwanda on Saturday reopened its border with the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in a bid to ease tension that brought fear of renewed war between the two neighbours and led to the sealing of the frontier. President Paul Kagame and the DRC’s President Joseph Kabila held talks in Nigeria on June 25 in a bid to ease tensions.