KWAZULU-Natal seamers Ross Veenstra put on an impressive virtuoso display to dismiss Zander de Bruyn, Nic Pothas and Dean Laing with successive deliveries in the final over of a vital Standard Bank limited-overs match against Gauteng. KwaZulu-Natal went on to win the match by seven wickets after scoring 201/3 in reply to Gauteng’s 197/8. Veenstra’s […]
HELLENIC could not put an end to Wits University’s recent good run of form and were pipped 1-0 in their tough Castle Premier League match at Investec Stadium in Johannesburg on Friday night.Chicco Lawrence scored the only goal, a dubious one at that, when he slammed home a penalty on his second attempt.
WESTERN province showed their good form this season by trouncing Free State 47-20 at Newlands in their Vodacom Cup clash. Province scored seven tries through right wing Gus Theron, prop Faan Rautenbach, centre De Wet Barry, scrumhalf Cassie Carstens, flank Mark Willard, lock Thys Stoltz and hooker Pieter Dixon. Province were leading 27-15 at half-time. […]
A century from now the foyer of the Park and Long building in Cape Town could be torn up by enthusiastic Mail & Guardian readers keen to see a real “dead tree” version of their favourite newspaper. A copy of our souvenir millennium edition is to be sealed in a time capsule and entombed in […]
Seventies comedian Andy Kaufman has been immortalised on celluloid in Man on the Moon, starring Jim Carrey. British comic Matt Lucas explains his fascination with America’s ultimate hoaxer.
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THERE has been yet another bus crash. Four people died and 46 were injured after a bus overturned and rolled outside Aliwal North on Friday. Police said three passengers died at the scene and another person died later at Aliwal North Hospital. The bus, which was travelling from Johannesburg to Umtata, overturned after the right […]
A CESSNA 414 light aircraft carrying five people, including South Africans, has been missing over Botswana since Wednesday. Three Botswana Defence Force and two civilian aircraft have been searching for the plane since it failed to arrive at its destination, the northern town of Maun, on Wednesday. The eight-seater light twin-engine aircraft, carrying five passengers, […]
PRESIDENT Fredrick Chiluba has retired police chief Francis Ndhlovu, who has been accused of torturing coup plot suspects and failing to curb rising crime. The state-run Times of Zambia said Chiluba had replaced Ndhlovu as inspector general of police with his deputy, Silas Ngangula. Last month, a group of human rights organisations staged a demonstration […]