If former South Africa all-rounder Lance Klusener wins some kind of settlement from the United Cricket Board (UCB) in his dispute over whether he should have been offered a new contract, he may well be left to ponder exactly what it is he has achieved.
Mzonke Fana should heed the lesson Lenox Lewis was given at the hands of Vitali Klitschko in their heavyweight world title fight recently. Lewis had nothing but disdain for the Ukrainian boxer prior to their bout and bar a little luck, could well have lost his title.
Thank God the first week of the La Fédération Internationale de Na-tation (Fina) World Swimming Championships in Barcelona is over. There will be no more twisty, twirly, pointy-toed, namby-pamby falling off boards and frolicking in the water.
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A forum to promote trade and investment opportunities in Iran and South Africa is to be launched at the seventh session of the bilateral commission of the two countries in Pretoria next week.
Nelson Mandela once said: "If there are dreams about a beautiful South Africa, there are also roads that lead to their goal." This weekend’s launch of Johannesburg’s long-anticipated landmark bridge, named after the great man, will constitute a physical memory of his words.
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India and the Southern African Development Community (SADC), a regional grouping of 14 African nations, on Thursday decided to set up a forum to boost trade and other ties, officials said.
The military coup in Sao Tome and Principe will top the agenda when eight foreign ministers of Portuguese-speaking countries gather for their annual meeting here on Thursday.
An application by former president F W de Klerk for an interdict preventing him from having to testify for the defence in the Boeremag trial is to serve before the Pretoria High Court next Tuesday.
While negotiators approached a deadline for reaching a peace deal on Thursday there were reports of fighting less than an hour from the capital of this war-ravaged country founded by US slaves over a century ago.