Western Province achieved a crucial 154 run victory over the KwaZulu Natal Dolphins in the top-of-the-table Supersport Super Six cricket match at Newlands on Sunday. As a result, the Capetonians moved eight points clear of their rivals in their bid to host the SuperSport Series final.
Zimbabwean international midfielder Blessing Makunike and two other players died early on Sunday when the car in which they were travelling was involved in an accident, their club chairperson confirmed.
HIV has led to an increase in new tuberculosis (TB) infections not only in individuals with HIV, but also in HIV-negative indi- viduals, according to a cohort study involving South African gold miners published in the March 5 edition of AIDS.
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The South African National Navy will receive the third in a series of four corvettes purchased under the controversial arms deal from a shipyard in Hamburg, Germany, on Monday. So far two of the corvettes have been received — the SAS Amatola and the SAS Isandhlwana. The SAS Mendi will be the last of the four to be delivered.
A long anticipated battle erupted on the subcontinent yesterday, with Pakistan hurling missiles at India’s men. India, the regional superpower, responded in fury, scattering the Pakistani attack, returning fire with its own biggest guns. All agreed it was a great day for Cricket.
The Congress of South African Trade Unions will campaign to ensure that farm workers are able to vote in the coming election, Cosatu president Willie Madisha told the funeral procession of Nelson Chisale who was allegedly assaulted and thrown to lions.
The Madrid bombings which killed 200 people were dramatically claimed by the Islamic militant group al-Qaeda early on Sunday morning. The Interior Minister Angel Acebes said police had recovered a videotape. ”It’s a claim made by a man in Arabic with a Moroccan accent,” he said. ”He makes the declaration in the name of someone who says he is the military spokesman of al-Qaeda in Europe.”
A tycoon who lives in London and who once advised controversial author Jeffrey Archer has emerged at the centre of accusations over an alleged coup attempt in Equatorial Guinea. In a remarkable tale of bizarre twists, millionaire Ely Calil, has been accused of financing the operation.