Western Province were in impressive form as they destroyed the Pumas 44-20 in their Currie Cup match at Newlands on Saturday evening. The home side carried a handsome 20-6 lead into the halftime break before the Pumas could muster a reply.
Rudolf Straeuli’s 30-man Springbok squad included a couple of shocks when the team was revealed at an extravagant function held at the Tukkies Sports Ground in Pretoria on Saturday.
The party defections of March this year have had an unexpected consequence: smaller parties have benefited from the public purse including De Lille’s Independent Democrats who will receive R270 276 to cover operational costs.
Cosatu’s influential transport affiliate has warned that it will not tolerate beyond 2004 the "continued arrogance and undermining of workers" by the African National Congress government.
Changes to the controversial Community Reinvestment Bill are on the cards, but they hinge on the outcome of negotiations on the financial sector charter at the National Economic Development and Labour Council (Nedlac).
Afghan soldiers swarmed over mountain peaks in an ongoing battle with hardcore Taliban holdouts on Saturday, killing and capturing several enemy fighters. United States fighter planes, meanwhile, launched a second night of bombing in the southern Zabul province.
An unusual and vehement war of words about historic truths dating back to the apartheid era has erupted between President Sam Nujoma of Namibia and the outspoken editor of a local newspaper.
A Russian submarine carrying 12 crew has sunk in the Barents Sea. Only one of the sailor has been saved, but rescue efforts are still under way.
Deputy Home Affairs Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula is the new president of the African National Congress Women’s League. Mapisa-Nqakula won with 1 454 votes, beating outgoing acting president Thandi Modise by 528 votes.