The International Cricket Council’s board opened a two-day meeting in Aukland on Tuesday with the fate of England’s proposed and increasingly controversial tour of Zimbabwe topping the agenda. The chairperson of the Zimbabwe Cricket Union, Peter Chingoka, was among the early arrivals at the meeting but made no comment.
New Zealand all-rounder Chris Cairns and South African rival Shaun Pollock will on Wednesday go into a three test series knowing they could both make the elite 3 000-run, 300-wicket double.
Australia maintained their unbeaten record against South Africa, and beat the home team 64-41 in the first Spar Challenge netball test match played at the University of Port Elizabeth’s Vista Campus on Monday evening. South Africa started off exceptionally well and kept pace with the visitors for most of the first two quarters.
An investigation into racism in rugby and Kamp Staaldraad has been completed, and the South African Rugby Football Union (Sarfu) will apologise to players, SABC television reported on Monday. Sarfu president Brian van Rooyen told SABC that a report would be handed to Minister of Sport and Recreation Ngconde Balfour later in the week.
Justin Kemp collected the man of the match award and there were two debut half-centuries at SuperSport Park on Monday as Northerns Nashua Titans and Gauteng’s Highveld Strikers battled their way to an inevitable draw in their SuperSport Series Shield game.
Hundreds of people went on a looting rampage on Monday at an industrial park near Port-au-Prince airport, attacking passing cars and threatening journalists with machetes, witnesses said. The latest unrest came one day after at least six peoplewere killed when gunmen opened fire on an opposition rally in the Haitian capital.
The National Conventional Arms Control Committee (NCACC) on Monday rejected claims made by the Democratic Alliance regarding South African arms sales to Haiti. ”Accusations of impropriety by the DA’s [federal council chairperson] Mr James Selfe, as reported in the press, are simply untrue,” an NCACC statement said.
DA calls for arms shipment details
The Treatment Action Campaign (TAC) is in the process of launching litigation against the government, TAC national chairperson Zackie Achmat said on Monday. Achmat said the TAC wants an urgent resolution on government procurement policy for Aids medicines.
W Cape extends Aids treatment
The Western Cape is to extend its anti-retroviral treatment to include every child under 14 who needs it, Premier Marthinus van Schalkwyk said on Monday. The province is acknowledged as having one of South Africa’s most effective treatment programmes.
United States dog-food maker Pedigree began recalling its dry dog food from Taiwan shelves on Monday following the deaths of hundreds of Taiwan puppies from kidney failure. Rumours began circulating on the internet early this year that hundreds of pet dogs in Taiwan had fallen ill after eating Pedigree.