MAIL & GUARDIAN REPORTERS, Johannesburg | Friday 10.00am. THE commission of inquiry into the match- fixing scandal is in possession of a bizarre confession by Hansie Cronje, in which the disgraced former cricket captain blames his errant behaviour on Satan. The confession, which was made to Rhema Church leader Ray McCauley, is couched in biblical […]
THE South African under-17 soccer international against Mozambique, scheduled for Saturday evening at Eesterus Stadium in Pretoria, has been postponed to Sunday at 3pm. According to the team’s manager Inghle Singh, the Mozambicans’ arrival was delayed because of visa problems.
THE New Zealand Rugby Football Union is taking a back-seat and allowing its provinces to decide how many foreign players can compete in the national provincial championships (NPC). David Rutherford, chief executive of the Union said that the national body has no business telling the provincial unions which players are allowed to play in the […]
NIGERIA has named a squad of mostly home-based players for two international friendlies against Malawi to be played on June 4 and June 6 in Kano and Port Harcourt respectively. Squad: Goalkeepers: Murphy Akanji (Julius Berger), Rotimi Sunday (Plateau United), Dele Aiyenugba (Kwara Stars) Defenders: Abubakar Mohammed, Alphonsus Ezimoha (both Kwara United), Harry Omokoh (Plateu […]
DISGRACED former Premier Soccer League chief executive Joe Ndhlela started a three-month prison sentence for contempt of court on Thursday, and will serve time in the Johannesburg prison, known as “Sun City”. Ndhlela was arrested following his hearing at the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration where he appealed against his dismissal from the PSL. […]
SOUTH Africa could send a first contingent of 120 troops to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) as early as June 17 as part of a United Nations peacekeeping force. The foreign ministry said the government is also considering a UN request to send a second contingent of South African troops to Kisangani in the […]
AN explosion rocked the South African office of US software giant Microsoft on Friday, shattering windows but causing no injuries. “There was an explosion at around 5am this morning. Nobody was hurt,” Terry Annecke, marketing director for Microsoft’s South African operations said. She said the blast was caused by an unidentified device and occurred in […]
IRICHELLE Duran, daughter of legendary fighter Roberto Duran, was forced again to postpone her professional boxing debut. Duran withdrew from Friday night’s boxing bill, headlined by Zolani Petelo’s fifth defence of his IBF straw-weight world title against Mickey Cantwell in Kent because of illness. On a visit to South Africa last week to see her […]
THE truth commission on Friday granted self-confessed assassin Eugene de Kock amnesty again for apartheid-era atrocities he committed, this time for killing liberation activists in Botswana and Swaziland. De Kock and other policemen were pardoned for killing five ANC members in Swaziland — one of them the brother of South African defence force chief Siphiwe […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Sunday 5.00pm. BAFANA Bafana lost 4-0 against the United States on Saturday afternoon in their first-ever meeting to open the annual US Cup exhibition tournament. Cobi Jones scored a pair of late first-half goals, ending a dry streak of only four in 13 games for the Los Angeles Galaxy in Major […]