The Springboks — sparked by another sublime display from super-sub Brent Russell — turned in a powerful performance to pull off a shock 26- 22 win over Australia in a hard-fought Vodacom Tri-Nations rugby match at Newlands in Cape Town on Saturday.
Here’s a tough one. Which Wimbledon champion has roots in Kempton Park, the unglamorous residential sprawl near Johannesburg International airport? If you’d asked the tennis experts last week, they’d have been at a loss.
Jack Nicklaus is reputed to have said that the quality of golf courses used to stage the British Open championship diminishes the further away you get from Scotland.
Japan earned a place in the women’s football World Cup for a fourth straight time when they defeated Mexico 2-0 in the second leg of a home-and-away playoff on Saturday.
Africa activists warned US President George Bush on Friday that ”real” leaders keep their promises, as he met Aids victims just hours after Congress limited funding for his multi-billion dollar plan to fight the virus.
The military government of Myanmar (Burma) stepped up its campaign against democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi on Friday, accusing her and her political party of trying to bring down the government in a ”show of force”.
Although a name that many South Africans may not recognise, WestCorp International counts itself among some of the world’s larger wine producers and is one of South Africa’s largest wine exporters, boasting exports more than that of all of New Zealand combined.
A report on Defence Minister Mosiuoa Lekota’s failure to disclose his business interests to Parliament was handed to the President’s office on Friday.
US President George Bush said on Friday that Uganda’s journey out of the scourge of Aids serves as a successful example for global efforts to contain the pandemic.