Songezo Nayo has been appointed as the new managing director of SA Rugby. Nayo’s appointment was confirmed by the board chairperson, Dr Theunie Lategan. ”Songezo’s intimate knowledge of the game, his capabilities and acceptance by all stakeholders were key determining factors in the appointment,” said Lategan.
The cricket world in South Africa woke to the news on Monday that ”larger-than-life” cricketer Lorrie Wilmot had died. Inspector Mali Govender, police spokesperson for the Grahamstown area in the Eastern Cape, said it appeared Wilmot had taken his own life on Sunday evening by shooting himself.
Too little, too late, was the story of Richard Mavuso’s bid for glory in the inaugural Vodacom Marathon, run along the scenic, rolling hills of Midrand on Sunday. The plucky Mr Price athlete had focused not only on winning, but also on picking up the time incentive on offer.
Leeds United and Liverpool had to make do with a point apiece after an exciting 2-2 draw at Elland Road in Leeds on Sunday. All the goals came in an action-packed first half as Leeds old boy Harry Kewell opened the scoring for Liverpool before Eirik Bakke and Kewell’s fellow Australia international Mark Viduka put United 2-1 up.
Kaizer Chiefs won through to the second round of the lucrative Absa Cup when they scored a hard-fought 3-1 win over Sundowns at the Odi stadium on Sunday. The first half was electric. Both sides produced a quality cup tie that saw the action swing from end to end.
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Alain Meyoghe has been wheelchair bound for most of his young life since an attack of poliomyelitis at the age of three. But now he uses his wheelchair to make a living as a roaming telephone booth.
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/ 29 February 2004
Perhaps hoping for a modern remake of David’s victory over Goliath, Opera Software of Norway has taken on none other than mighty Microsoft as it attempts to get a hold on the emerging cellphone internet browser market.
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/ 29 February 2004
Trouble just seems to follow Jayson Blair around. The disgraced New York Times reporter, sacked for making up stories last year, is at the centre of a new scandal as his tell-all memoir is about to hit bookshops.
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Standing beneath the dome of San Francisco’s City Hall last week, amid floral bouquets and wide-eyed onlookers, Josephine and Gieseppina made their vows and were married; they have been together for eight years. ‘How come I live in the land of the free, yet am not free to spend the rest of my life in my own country with the woman I love?’ said Josephine.