The slogan on the side of the taxi-van told the world that its name was 2fast 2furious; the reggae was pumping, and the tout hung out of the sliding door hollering fares and destinations as the van lunged towards the kerb for a stop. The matatu is Nairobi’s answer to the transport problems but is also a death trap on wheels. New regulations seek to curb the horrifying number of related deaths.
Peggy Cidor concedes that she is not a radical feminist’s idea of a radical feminist.
All she seeks, for now at least, is to pray aloud at Judaism’s holiest site for a few hours a year. But a campaign by Cidor and dozens of other Jewish women for sexual equality at the Wailing Wall threatens to change the face of the Orthodox religious establishment in Israel.
Australia were left needing to conjure up a world record-breaking performance to give skipper Steve Waugh a winning send-off against India after the fourth day in the final cricket Test on Monday.
Former Springbok rugby captain Bob Skinstad is looking to play overseas in the forseeable future — for a while at least. After discussions with SA Rugby (Pty) Ltd, Skinstad emphasised that the break meant he could still consider plying his trade in South Africa at a later stage.
Rain halted play in the third cricket Test on Monday between South Africa and the West Indies with the hosts leading by 293 runs. When the players were forced from the field midway through the afternoon session on the third day at Newlands, Herschelle Gibbs and Jacques Kallis had steered South Africa to 188 for two.
Foreigners entering US airports and seaports from all but 28 nations will have their fingerprints scanned and their photographs taken this week as part of a new programme to tighten border security.
Ten man Black Leopards secured a point against their cross-town rivals Dynamos when they drew 2-2 in a Castle Premiership League match played at Thohyandou stadium on Sunday. Leopards led 2-1 at half-time.
Charlton Athletic player and South African international Mark Fish says he is extremely disappointed with manager ‘Shakes’ Mashaba’s tough stance not to bend the rules and allow him and other European-based players to arrive a few days late for the African Cup of Nations which begins in Tunisia later this month.
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The strike by SA Transport and Allied Workers Union (Satawu) members at major airports around the country entered its seventeenth day on Saturday. The strike was not disrupting any airport activities and it was ”business as usual”, said spokesperson Herman Fleischman.