HARRY Moses, given the task of cleaning up South Africa’s boxing administration two months ago, delivered his findings on the state of boxing control to Sport Minister Ngconde Balfour at a boxing indaba held in Pretoria on Friday afternoon. Moses’ recommendations of reform were accepted and the Boxing Control Act is to be redrafted, using […]
ANDREW Mehrtens steered the Canterbury Crusaders into their third consecutive Super 12 rugby final Saturday night with another impeccable kicking display. The All Black flyhalf, whose appearance had been in question because of a back injury, succeeded with all eight shots at goal for 22 points in his team’s 37-15 win against their South Island […]
PRESIDENT Thabo Mbeki meets with President Clinton at the White House on Monday. The two leaders will be discussing regional issues, like the unrest in Zimbabwe, Congo and Sierra Leone. But the public focus of his visit will be on AIDS and Mbeki’s unconventional ideas about the AIDS virus, which has infected about ten percent […]
Deputy President Jacob Zuma, who is spearheading the government’s anti-AIDS drive, on Thursday came out against politicians being pressurised to publically declare their HIV status. Speaking after a memorial service for AIDS victims and sufferers in Cape Town, he said it was unfair to single out any single group of people to make such a […]
CAPE Town police have arrested three men after finding a man’s head in a milk crate. The head was discovered in Mitchell’s Plain on Thursday night when police went to investigate complaints of a street brawl. A badly injured youth, who was allegedly seen carrying the crate was arrested on the scene. Police spokesman Mark […]
SOUTH African Airways has banned from all its flights a South African diplomat accused of fondling an air hostess and disrupting a flight to Britain. SAA has also laid criminal charges against Jerome Barnes, a senior diplomat working in London, following allegations that he touched the hostess’ breasts, insulted the crew and behaved badly on […]
ANDREW MUCHINERIPI, Vosloorus | Saturday 5.00pm. SUBSTITUTE Darryl Smith scored with two minutes left to snatch a lucky 2-2 draw for Hellenic against Jomo Cosmos in the final Castle Premiership match of the season for the clubs. Dikgang Mabalane put Cosmos ahead one minute into the second half of a well- attended match at Vosloorus […]
DEON POTGIETER, Johannesburg | Friday 4.30pm NOT one to be intimidated by all the fanfare following Baby Jake Matlala’s attempt at becoming the first South African boxer to win four world titles, Peter Culshaw stands his ground firmly. “I know I’m the world champion and I’m here to beat Jake.” said the WBU flyweight world […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Khartoum | Saturday 3.45pm. SUDAN’S Kassala state, bordering Eritrea, has distributed its entire strategic food stock to Eritrean refugees fleeing the war with Ethiopia, the regional governor said on Saturday. According to a report by Akhbar Al-Youm daily, the number of Eritrean refugees fleeing into Sudan had reached 85000 by Friday with the […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Auckland | Friday 1.20pm. A LATE goal through defender Matthew Booth saw South Africa’s Amaglug-glugs claim a 3-2 victory against the fired-up New Zealand All Whites in their Olympic Qualifier at North Harbour Stadium, setting themselves up for an easy return-leg at Vosloorus Stadium next Saturday. The half-time score was 2-2. The Amaglugs […]