A post template

No image available
/ 2 March 2000

India tumble to SA pace attack

YP RAJESH, Bangalore | Thursday 4.00pm SOUTH Africa’s five-pronged pace attack sent India tumbling to 158 all out on the first day of the second and last test on Thursday. Mornantau Hayward, who crucially dismissed Sachin Tendulkar for 21, and Shaun Pollock shared four of the seven wickets to fall to the pacemen, with left-arm […]

No image available
/ 2 March 2000

Rise in reserves muted

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Pretoria | Thursday 1.00pm THE Reserve Bank increased its pool of foreign reserves in February and reduced its foreign borrowing, but not by as much as economists were expecting and financial markets were muted. Gross gold and foreign exchange reserves increased by R400-million to R47-billion and the Reserve Bank’s net open foreign exchange […]

No image available
/ 1 March 2000

WEMMER PAN SERIAL KILLER GUILTY

ACCUSED Wemmer Pan serial killer Cedric Maupa Maake was found guilty of five counts of murder, five counts of rape, four of armed robbery, two of attempted murder and two of illegal possession of a firearm and ammunition in the Johannesburg High Court on Tuesday. Judge Geraldine Borchers is still to deliver judgment on a […]

No image available
/ 1 March 2000

SENEGALESE OFFICIALS FOR SUPER CUP MATCH

THE African Football Confederation has chosen match officials from Senegal to handle the Super Cup showdown between Raja Casablanca of Morocco and Africa Sports of Cote d’Ivoire Sunday. Referee Ndoye Falla and assistants Mamadou Ndoye and Amadou Diop will be in charge of the match between Champions League winners Raja and Cup Winners Cup holders […]

No image available
/ 1 March 2000

Scant resources hamper Zim flood rescue

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Harare | Wednesday 11.30am. ZIMBABWE needs at least $7.9-million (Z$300-million) to repair damaged roads, bridges and other infrastructure damaged, says Local Government and National Housing Minister John Nkomo. Thousands of Zimbabweans faced starvation because food distribution has been rendered virtually impossible in some areas. Opposition parties and official sources in Zimbabwe’s civil protection […]

No image available
/ 1 March 2000

‘Safa ruling makes no sense’ — Mashaba

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Tuesday 9.00am. AMAGLUG-Glug coach Ephraim “Shakes” Mashaba is “in a state of shock” after being forced to name a depleted 21-man squad for the March 12 Olympic Qualifier after last week’s shock SA Football Association order that nay player who has turned out for Bafana Bafana is not eligible for the […]

No image available
/ 1 March 2000

Obasanjo sends in troops after religious massacre

PETER CUNLIFFE-JONES, Lagos | Wednesday 10.30am. TROOPS have been sent to a southern Nigerian town following the death of hundreds of people in unrest between Christians and Muslims and President Olusegun Obasanjo was expected to make an appeal for peace on Wednesday. Obasanjo was expected to make a broadcast to Africa’s most populous nation — […]

No image available
/ 1 March 2000

MOORE, WARNER FOR WARATAHS

AUSTRALIAN World Cup prop Rod Moore and utility back Christian Warner have been included in the New South Wales team to play the Northern Bulls in Saturday’s Super 12 match in Pretoria. Moore replaces Cameron Blades at tight-head while Warner was promoted to the starting team ahead of inside centre Marc Scherbina. Lock John Welborn […]