Led by two of the country’s brightest stars of the future, South Africa A clinched the three-match limited-overs cricket series with a 203-run thrashing of Sri Lanka A at Centurion Park on Wednesday. Monde Zondeki ripped the the middle order to shreds to reduce Sri Lanka to 121 all out.
Critics of Nigeria’s harsh Islamic punishments say the sentences are being handed down only to the poor and uneducated in a country where corruption is commonplace, armed robberies are part of the daily newspaper diet and top officials are regularly accused of embezzling state funds.
African tourism could hold the key to rapid economic development, says Dr David de Villiers, deputy secretary general of the World Tourism Organisation (WTO). But as yet few African nations have tapped its enormous potential. In a recent interview, he advises that Africa take up the challenge with regards to sustainable tourism.
Australian brothels are stocking up on whips and karaoke machines in anticipation of a boom in business generated by this month’s Rugby World Cup. With more than 100 000 overseas vistors expected for the tournament, Eros Association coordinator Robbie Swan said business was set to increase by at least 30%.
Chelsea crashed to their first defeat of the Roman Abramovich era, after a nine-match unbeaten run, in London on Wednesday as Turkish champions Beskitas ressurrected their own Champions League campaign with a shock 2-0 win at Stamford Bridge.
Trailing the Griqua Diamonds by 159 runs on the first innings, Boland were 16 without loss at stumps on Wednesday, the second day of their three-day friendly at the Yorkshire Cricket Club ground in Kimberley. Benji Hector and especially Adrian McLaren set about a depleted Boland bowling attack with relish.
The case against former champions South Africa winning the Rugby World Cup is simple to construct. Start with record defeats against France (30-10 in Marseille), Scotland (21-6 in Edinburgh), England (53-3 in London) and New Zealand (52-16 in Pretoria) during the past 12 months.
The South Africans brushed aside their security worries on Wednesday to beat City XI by eight wickets in their warm-up, one-day game at the Gaddafi stadium. Captain Graeme Smith and stylish batsman Jacques Kallis hit half-centuries as the tourists notched up 253-3 in 46 overs.
The Israeli Cabinet has decided to build a series of fences deep in the heart of the West Bank as it forged ahead with a controversial separation barrier in the face of heavy international criticism. The aim is ”to have as many Jews as possible inside the fence and as few as possible Arabs”, a government official said.
Two thousand seven hundred mineworkers will definitely be retrenched at Durban Roodepoort Deep operations in the North West, the gold mine has announced. A spokesperson said the retrenchment would go ahead irrespective of the outcome of talks between the firm and the National Union of Mineworkers.