DUDU Nkosi, the former girlfriend of one fo South Africa’s most wanted men, alleged cash-heist kingpin Collin Chauke, is a free woman. On Wednesday she walked out of the Nelspruit Regional Court after being given a suspended sentence. She was found not guilty of defeating the ends of justice by harbouring Chauke until he was […]
MOTHER City took no prisoners in their 4-0 demolition of Budeli Real Vultures in a Bobsave Superbowl match at Hartleyvale in Cape Town on Wednesday night. City led 2-0 at the break. The goals came through Makuka Makinta (two), Mimi Radebe and substitute Nzawetheti Nogwasa.
AMAZULU edge closer to relagation after being beaten 1-0 by Sundowns in their Premier Soccer League match at Loftus Stadium in Pretoria on Wednesday night. Sundowns had to start the game without a number of key players, and their first-half efforts were somewhat pedestrian, and the half-time score was 0-0. The defending champions went into […]
IN the Eastern Cape, the Bisho government and a national state unit have joined forces against a fraudulent petrol card scheme said to be running into millions of rands. Last weekend a civil servant was arrested after allegedly using a government petrol card to fill up his own car. In another breakthrough, 16 petrol attendants […]
STORMERS centre Robbie Fleck will miss three weeks of Super 12 action after an accidental collision during Saturday’s 22-18 loss to the Cats. Fleck saw a specialist in Cape Town, who advised him not to play until the Crusaders match on March 26.
THE ACT Brumbies on Thursday named an unchanged team for Friday’s Super 12 clash against the Sharks. The Brumbies lost their opening Super 12 match against Auckland a fortnight ago and were given a bye in the second round. The Sharks have lost their two games to date. ACT: 15-Andrew Walker; 14-Mark Bartholomeusz, 13-Stirling Mortlock, […]
ARMED bandits have killed three Dutch tourists in a remote desert region of northern Mali. A government statement identified the tourists, all men, as Ferdinand Smit, Aardi Tenboogaard, and J. Jsint. Security forces found the bodies and arrested ”the four people responsible for this filthy crime” in a search of the area known as the […]
MIRIAM ISA, Johanneburg | Thursday 5.45pm THE battered rand recovered its poise on Thursday, bolstered by fresh demand for bonds as foreign investors regained their nerve and decided a recent collapse in the market is unwarranted. The rand was trading at R6,39 to the dollar after hitting R6,50 on Wednesday. Rising hopes that Opec will […]
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THE Stockpoort border post between South Africa and Botswana was reopened to light traffic on Wednesday, three weeks after the Limpopo River burst its banks. It is now one of only two border posts between South Africa and its northern neighbours that are open. Northern Province police spokesman, Captain Ronel Otto, said the Beit Bridge […]