In an excellent game of soccer at Newlands, struggling Sundowns played above themselves to share the points with Ajax Cape Town in a 2-2 draw after being ahead 1-0 at interval. The game was hard and extremely fast with both teams giving 100%. Sundowns attacked with plenty of players.
Just one day before voting, Tunisia dropped out of Africa’s race to stage the 2010 World Cup on Friday, leaving South Africa, Morocco, Egypt and Libya to fight over soccer’s most lucrative prize. Fifa president Sepp Blatter, who had expected Tunisia’s withdrawal, acknowledged the country’s withdrawal.
The Zimbabwe Cricket Union announced in a statement released late on Friday that it has withdrawn its controversial decision to sack 12 white cricket players for alleged breach of contract and issued a fresh 21-day notice for the players to make themselves available to play.
Daniel Carter scored 17 points from goal kicks to lift the Canterbury Crusaders to a 27-16 win over South Africa’s Stormers in a Super 12 rugby semifinal at Jade Stadium on Saturday. Carter kicked five penalties and a conversion — six goals from seven attempts — to advance the Crusaders to the final.
After four years of litigation, a non-profit research organisation has received an out-of-court settlement from former employees whom it accused of poaching clients for their own new consultancy while still in the NGO’s employ. The Community Agency for Social Enquiry (Case) was a key think-tank during the apartheid years.
"Visit my mum" is written in big, blue writing against Saturday’s 5pm slot in the diary of Patricia de Lille, leader of the Independent Democrats (ID). From a base of zero during the last election, she returned last week as the head of a team of eight, plus support staff. We follow a week in the life of Patricia de Lille, who is still adjusting to her role as the leader of a fully-fledged party.
The eThekwini (Durban) municipality is planning a national conference on cemeteries and land to address the shortage of space for burial grounds, the head of cemetery services said on Friday. The municipality is also looking at alternatives to cremation, even freezing and shattering bodies.
A Malawi high court on Friday postponed elections due to be held early next week, after opposition parties complained of flaws in voter registration. The coalition argued that there are serious flaws in the new computerised voters’ roll which, after being revised last Friday, saw the total number of registered voters drop by one million.
Tens of thousands of Danes were pouring into Copenhagen’s downtown area from midday on Friday to watch the horse-drawn wedding procession of Crown Prince Frederik and Tasmanian-born commoner Mary Donaldson. Police reckoned with well more than 100Â 000 spectators through a sea of Danish and Australian flags.
Reflecting on worldwide celebrations that marked South Africa’s 10 years of democracy, President Thabo Mbeki said the world must unite to give meaning to the concepts of humanity and hope. He said South Africa’s past and present challenges are ones that many other countries around the world are also facing.