GRAHAM GRIFFITHS, Northampton | Wednesday 10.30am. HANSIE Cronje’s South Africans are braced for a Sri Lanka backlash when the teams clash in a World Cup group A match on Wednesday. Holders Sri Lanka have a pressing need to win the second of their five first-round games after losing the opening match against England at Lord’s […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Wednesday 6.30pm. FORMER South Africa cricketers slammed the standard of umpiring in the World Cup group A match against Sri Lanka at Northampton on Wednesday after favourites South Africa were dismissed for 199 for nine. Third umpire Ken Palmer was at the centre of a storm after controversial decisions which led […]
CLIMBER Cathy O’Dowd and her team will resume their attempt to climb the northern slope of Mount Everest in Nepa this week after a rescue attempt set them back. Punt Geselsradio reports on Monday that the team is expected back at the advance base camp, which is about 6500 metres above sea level, on Wednesday. […]
THE Western Cape Gambling and Racing Board is due to announced the preferred finalist for the Cape Metropole casino licence on Wednesday. The board said that once the preferred finalist has been selected, it will determine whether there is any probity considerations still outstanding regarding the preferred finalist, on the basis of investigations that have […]
THE Stormers have a home semi-final when they will face the Otago Highlanders next weekend at Newlands in the Super 12 semi-finals. The Cape Town team finished second on the log, with 36 points, winning eight of their 11 games, and losing three. However, the Queensland Reds, also with 36 points and eight wins, drew […]
FIVE elephants which were moved this weekend from KwaZulu-Natal to the Northern Province Have adapted to their new environment well. The dramatic operation was filmed and shown live on the internet. Andrew McKenzie, director of the Rhino and Elephant Foundation, said the elephants — an adult cow, a sub-adult cow and three sub-adult bulls =- […]
CHARGES of fraud and theft involving R10-million were withdrawn against the United Christian Democratic Party in the Mafikeng High Court on Monday. Former Bophutatswana president, Chief Lucas Mangope, is the party leader. UCDP spokesman Sipho Mfundisi said the charges related to allegations that the party, then known as the CDP, misused government funds to bolster […]
JOMO Cosmos’ coach Jomo Sono predicts Kaizer Chiefs will win the Castle Premiership after his side dropped a 1-0 game to the Amakhosi on Saturday. The win for Chiefs opens up a six-point lead over nearest rivals Sundowns. Sono felt that beating Cosmos was a crucial turning point for Chiefs, after which they will be […]
WESTERN Cape Premier and provincial New National Party leader Gerald Morkel was forced on Monday to cancel his planned visit to an informal settlement on the Cape Flats due to a “life-threatening African National Congress presence”. Morkel said in a statement that he had been advised by his security personnel to avoid the Vrygrond squatter […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Dar es Salaam | Monday 2.00pm. A TANZANIAN court on Monday adjourned for two days an application by Kigali for the extradition of the suspected murderer of a Rwandan prime minister and 10 Belgian peacekeepers. Magistrate Projestus Rugazia postponed the case to Wednesday to give former Rwanda major Bernard Ntuyahaga time to obtain […]