THE Department of Civil Aviation is investigating two large metal balls that mysteriously fell out of the sky and onto farmland in the Western Cape in the past few days. The Star reports that astronomers said the balls could be part of a decaying satellite and that Nasa has predicted that parts of a Pegasus […]
CAPE TOWN police arrested a Springbok and Stormers rugby player on Sunday in connection with the rape of a 17-year-old girl in Claremont. The rape allegedly happened after the Stormers win over the Otago Highlanders on Saturday. He has been released on R2000 bail and is expected to appear in the Wynberg Magistrate’s Court this […]
MARIAM ISA, Johannesburg | Monday 11.00am. MARKETS will look to the turmoil in Zimbabwe this week, as analysts warn that the battered rand could test fresh lows against the dollar. Few held out much hope of a recovery for the currency near-term, which sank to R6,86 to the dollar on Thursday under the weight of […]
PHILLIP Ndou kept his dream alive of perhaps being matched with Naseem Hamed by stopping Edgar Barcenas on the Lennox Lewis-Michael Grant under-card on Saturday night. Branco Milenkovic, Ndou’s trainer said after the fight at Madison Square Garden that Barecenas proved to be a very difficult opponent. The tough Mexican fighter managed to endure Ndou’s […]
DAVID SHAPSHAK, Cape Town | Saturday 9.00pm DYNAMIC wing Breyton Paulse scored two tries as the Stormers stole a semi-final march by beating the Highlanders 27-13 at Newlands Stadium in Cape Town on Saturday. The home side outscored the New Zealanders three tries to one, after leading 13-3 at half time. The four points for […]
SOUTH African photojournalist Obed Zilwa, arrested over the bombing of the Harare offices of the Daily News newspaper, told reporters after his release on Saturday that he had been worried but not badly treated. Zilwa, who was arrested on Wednesday, said he was concerned when he was not charged or released within 48 hours of […]
DAVID SHAPSHAK, Durban | Sunday 5.00pm THE Blues came from behind in the last quarter to beat the Sharks 30-19 at Absa Stadium in Durban on Sunday. The Sharks looked the better of the two after each start, and held the lead until 13 minutes before the end. But the Blues fought back in the […]
UNITED Nations human rights chief Mary Robinson closed the annual rights forum on Friday with an appeal to avert disaster in the Horn of Africa, where up to 16-million people face famine. Robinson urged the 53 member states to donate food and other relief goods to the drought-hit region of 10 countries stretching from Ethiopia […]
POLICE have issued a warrant for the arrest of a 28-year-old white man for January’s apparent race-hate shooting on a crowded bus in which three black people were killed. Police had gathered more evidence against Jan Gabriel De Wet Kritzinger, 28, enabling them to issue the warrant, spokeswoman Sally de Beer said. About six weeks […]
THE draw for the group phase of the 2002 World Cup African zone qualifying competition was made in the Swiss city of Zurich on Friday: Group A – Angola, Zambia, Libya, Cameroon, Togo Group B – Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Liberia, Ghana Group C – Algeria, Senegal, Namibia, Morocco, Egypt Group D – Madagascar, Democratic […]