EGYPT’s Mahmoud Samir scored a late equaliser to snatch a 2-2 draw against Kenya in their All Africa Games men’s hockey match at the Randburg astroturf in Johannesburg on Tuesday. The Kenyans dominated virtually all parts of play, but their discipline in defence cost them the match. The Kenyan women’s team, however, lost 3-2 to […]

THE Premier Soccer League has decided that players will have to keep going through the usual two-week Christmas recess. According to the PSL, the number of backlogged matches has forced the decision to play through the recess to ensure that the season’s schedule is completed by May 2000. Players will only have a break on […]

SPRINGBOK pin-up Bobby Skinstad and burly prop Ollie le Roux briefly came to blows in a training ground spat on Tuesday. The pair tussled during an intense contact session although the matter was quickly resolved. Coach Nick Mallett has called for tough contact sessions following two weeks of intensive fitness work for the Springboks. Both […]

THE South African netball team claimed top honours in the All Africa Games on Tuesday, collecting the gold medal after beating Malawi 74-35 in the final match of the tournament. The South Africans, unbeaten at the tournament, ensured the win with good discipline, communication and skills. In other games played on Tuesday, sixth placed Namibia […]

FOUR South Africans jailed in Angola for 20 months returned home on Tuesday night after being released. The Star reports that Marnix van der Eecken, 48, Gert Allen, 49, Marthines Steyn, 26, and Rudie Swanepoel, 20, arrived at Lanseria airport outside Johannesburg late on Tuesday night. The men were detained in Angola on January 20 […]

GAUTENG premier Mbhazima Shilowa visited the Eikenhof Three in Johannesburg prison on Tuesday to show the African National Congress’ support for the convicts, all members of the organisation. “We are slowly moving to a situation where their innocence will be proven and hopefully they will be cleared,” Shilowa said, posing for the cameras with the […]

SOUTH African weightlifter, Andre Fourie, was forced to withdraw from the All Africa Games on Monday after being electrocuted in the athletes village last week. Fourie was found to be physically unfit on Monday while warming up for his event a week after receiving a shock while walking into the showering area at the village. […]

FORMER Springbok Gert Smal has accepted a coaching contract with Western Province for 2000 and 2001, Border Rugby CEO Hannes Pretorius said on Tuesday. Smal who took Border through one of their best seasons in recent years, “…will not be renewing his contract with Border at the end of October,” Pretorius said in a statement. […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Pretoria | Wednesday 5.30am. THE strike at telecoms parastatal Telkom is finally over, after the company and the Communication Wokers Union reached agreement late on Tuesday. In terms of the deal, the minimum wage goes up by 9,3%, while support staff get 7% and operational staff 6% across the board. Telkom spokeswoman Amanda […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Wednesday 2.00pm. TUNISIA’s star seems set to continue rising in the All Africa Games boxing competition with four of their fighters still on course for the medalists’ podium. In Harare in 1995, Tunisia won gold in the bantamweight, welterweight and junior-middleweight divisions to finish top of the rankings. Four years later […]