Food’s got to be fun, it’s got to be tasty – but it doesn’t have to be cooked by Jamie Oliver Charlotte Raven Jamie Oliver is a phenomenon. His programme, The Naked Chef, is the unexpected hit of the moment and his status as a Nineties icon has been confirmed by everyone, from the critics […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Kingston | Friday 9.00pm. MURRAY Goodwin and his captain Andy Flower steered Zimbabwe out of early trouble on the first day of the second Test against West Indies on Friday. Goodwin reached 65 not out and Flower 23 not out as Zimbabwe recovered from a lunch score of 40 for three to 119 […]
SEVEN bus passengers have been killed and at least 80 others were injured in an accident near Mossel Bay. The bus they were travelling in reportedly plunged 30m down an embankment early on Friday morning. The vehicle’s brakes failed. The injured were ferried by ambulance to the Mossel Bay provincial hospital. The privately owned transport […]
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SOUTH Africa has unveiled a collector’s gold coin depicting “Little Foot,” a hominid who lived 3.3 million years ago. The coin, nominally worth R2, contains a quarter of an ounce of 24 carat gold, and will sell for R800. Only 1000 are being produced. Little Foot, one of South Africa’s greatest palaeontological discoveries, lived in […]
SARAH BULLEN and Reuters, Cape Town | Wednesday 5.00pm SHARES on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange ended the day largely firmer on Wednesday as players filtered back into the market after a public holiday. Giving an early boost to the market was news that market bellwether Anglo American Plc’s annual results showed a 13% rise in […]
A GROUP of pro-Afrikaans activists took to the streets of Braamfontein today to express their displeasure at the decision by Transnet to forbid the use of Afrikaans by its employees. Members of an organisation calling itself the Pro-Afrikaans Aksiegroep (Praag) picketed along Jan Smuts Avenue in front of Wits University. They held placards calling on […]
PAKISTAN have crumbled under sustained pressure from India to be bowled out for 146 in the Sharjah Cup one-day international in Sharjah on Thursday. Leg-spinner Anil Kumble claimed 2/26 and Venkatesh Prasad and Sunil Joshi chipped in with 2/29 each to negate Pakistan’s advantage of taking first strike in good batting conditions. Pakistan lost their […]
PUMAS skipper Chaka Willemse has been left out of the side that will meet Griquas in a Vodacom Cup match this in Witbank on Saturday. Willemse has found himself without even a place on the bench as Matt Frank has returned from Super 12 duty with the Northern Bulls and Marco Wentzel has been chosen […]