THE Turkish government on Wednesday thanked the South African government and citizens for their support following the devastating earth quake that hit the country last month. More than 15000 people were killed and thousands injured and left homeless when the quake hit the Marmara region in north-western Turkey in the early hours of August 17. […]

THE South African men’s swept to easy 8-1 victory over Ghana when they collected the country’s first gold medals at the All Africa Games at the Randburg Stadium on Thursday. Greg Nicol scored five goals, while Mike Cullen bagged a hat-trick. The Ghanaian team’s only score came through Ben Tarley, who took advantage of a […]

ANDY COLQUHOUN, Cape Town | Friday 5.15pm. SOUTH African rugby has been dragged back into the mire of provincialism with the decision not to contract the top 120 players for the Super 12. The decision has yet to be made public but sources indicate that the plan has been scrapped under pressure from worried provinces. […]

ANDY COLQUHOUN, Paarl | Friday 5.15pm. SARFU coaching manager Rudy Joubert has been appointed as the new coach of Boland. Joubert will take up his two-year appointment at the end of the World Cup when his responsibilities as coach of the Namibian national team are concluded. Joubert succeeds Mike Bayly who has left the province […]

ROBBEN Island and two other heritage treasures are likely to be declared World Heritage Sites by Unesco in December, Environmental Affairs Minister Valli Moosa said on Wednesday. Moosa told parliament he is confident that Unesco will award Robben Island, the pristine St Lucia Wetlands on the east coast and the Sterkfontein hominid sites “their rightful […]

THE government of Democratic Republic of Congo president Laurent Kabila, has accused the rebels of breaking a ceasefire signed by all parties to the conflict. The general staff of the Congolese Armed Forces said that rebel forces on Wednesday carried out several attacks against government positions and are seeking to gain ground. He said the […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Cape Town | day 12.45pm. THE Giddings family from England, injured in the Planet Hollywood bomb blast 13 months ago, were invited to the city for a “friendly meeting” but they weren’t smiling afterwards, the Cape Times reported on Friday. Planet Hollywood bomb blast victims who expected to be compensated for injuries in […]

THE Y2K Decision Support Centre said on Friday there were no “9999” computer glitches reported in South Africa. The “9999” problem is due to Thursday’s date being the 9th day of the 9th month in year 99 which in some computer programs is read as “end-of-file”. The problem caused the indefinite closure of China’s only […]

ANDY COLQUHOUN, Durban | Saturday 8.00pm. THE Lions had clearly not been privy to the script planned for a regal farewell to some of South African rugby’s great and the good as they claimed the last Currie Cup of the millennium to complete a remarkable transformation of the union in 1999. The planned parting present […]

THE 11th International Conference on Aids and Sexually Transmitted Diseases in Africa takes place in the Zambian capital Lusaka from September 12 to 16. The theme of the conference is “Looking into the Future: Setting Priorities for HIV/Aids in Africa”. Sub-Saharan Africa is home to more than 70% of the world’s 33,4-million people living with […]