<img src="http://www.mg.co.za/ContentImages/41909/10-X-Logo.gif" align=left>President Thabo Mbeki is still an Aids dissident, United Democratic Movement leader Bantu Holomisa told about 25Â 000 cheering supporters at a party rally in Umtata on Saturday. The gathering, in the UDM’s heartland, was billed as the major rally of the UDM’s election campaign.
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Thierry Henry is confident Arsenal can survive a massive test of their nerve against Chelsea on Tuesday night. The Gunners go into the second leg of their Champions League quarterfinal as favourites to go through following a 1-1 draw at Stamford Bridge in the first leg.
Vociferous Kaizer Chiefs fans who came in their droves to the Mmabatho Stadium on Saturday hoping to witness their team’s passage to the quarterfinals of the Absa Cup went back home with their tails between their legs after Ajax Cape Town grabbed a 1-0 win in the lucrative competition.
All Blacks wing Joe Rokocoko scored two second-half tries as the Auckland Blues beat the New South Wales Waratahs 22-17 in a Super 12 rugby match at Eden Park on Sunday. The defending champions stumbled through the first half and led only 3-0 at half-time.
Rangers’ vast superiority saw them through to the Absa Cup quarterfinals when they beat Durban Stars 5-2 on Saturday night at Chatsworth Stadium in Durban. The Mighty Maulers’ goals were scored by Keryn Jordan and Alton Meiring, who netted four times. The visitors scored through Pogiso Mokotjo and Lungelo Makhanya.
It was not the prettiest rugby match you might ever wish to see but it was never lacking in excitement at the Absa Stadium on Saturday as a below-par Sharks side, notably in the first half, came back to take the honours 42-28 against northern rivals the Cats in a Vodacom Super 12 derby game.
Moroka Swallows advanced to the quarterfinals of the Absa Cup on Saturday by eliminating the Eastern Cape’s Tornado FC 4-0 at Rand Stadium. Swallows coach Gavin Hunt played Gary McNab as a striker and it worked. McNab scored Swallows’ first goal four minutes before the break .
Paul Scholes fired Manchester United into the FA Cup final and ended Arsenal’s hopes of winning the world’s oldest cup competition three years in a row on Saturday as the Reds won 1-0 in a Villa Park semifinal. Scholes struck in the 32nd minute to give United a great chance of adding to their record 10 FA Cups.
The Wellington Hurricanes took a lucky but vital bonus point from a 29-12 win over the Queensland Reds in a Super 12 rugby match at Wellington Stadium on Saturday. The Hurricanes, who led 19-0 at half-time, were taxed by a strong second-half revival before number eight Jerry Collins sealed a bonus point.
Minister of Foreign Affairs Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma and her Irish counterpart, Brian Cowen, have signed a declaration of intent to deepen ties between their countries, her office said on Friday. Dlamini-Zuma thanked the people of Ireland for their support during the struggle against apartheid.