PETER HUWELE of LibLife AC won R10 000 on Sunday in a finely-judged victory in the 50km City to City race — his first major run in nine months. Huwele’s teammates also took top honours in the race –from Johannesburg to Centurion, south of Pretoria — including Helene Joubert, who retained the women’s title she […]
THE Heath special investigation unit is investigating evidence linking South African Rugby Football Union president and acting judge Silas Nkanunu to fraud related to compensation paid to road accident victims. The Heath unit is considering at least 15 cases, involving millions of rands, where Nkanunu and his Port Elizabeth legal firm are alleged to have […]
HUNDREDS of ‘ghost’ graduates at the University of the North may get away with buying their degrees because no-one has bothered conducting a proper investigation into the scam since it was first identified in 1994. University officials insisted last week that the matter has been investigated and resolved by both the Mojapelo Commission and Judge […]
FORMER world champion Frankie Fredericks pulled out of Friday’s 200m final because of injury. Fredericks has been complaining all week of running injured and after a meeting with his doctor on Friday the Namibian decided not to run. He is suffering from an infected nerve in his left hamstring. “Frankie has been in extreme pain […]
THE draw for the final round of African qualifiers for the Olympic soccer tournament,as released by the Confederation of African Football on Saturday is as follows: Group A: October 16 – Uganda v Zimbabwe, Kampala October 16 – Nigeria v Angola, Lagos October 31 – Angola v Uganda, Luanda October 31 – Zimbabwe v Nigeria, […]
HALFBACK Rhys Duggan is the only newcomer in the All Blacks squad for the Rugby World Cup named in Auckland on Monday. Lock Ian Jones and winger Glen Osborne, who has played test rugby at full back as well, but in recent weeks has been at centre for his North Harbour provincial team, earned a […]
THE lover of alleged cash heist kingpin Collin Chauke lost her temper in the Nelspruit Regional Court on Monday when she was told her application for bail could not be heard. The The elegantly dressed Dudu Nkosi, (30) has spend the past 32 weeks behind bars while awaiting trial on 14 fraud charges and one […]
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TELKOM and the South African Post Office are due to meet representatives of the Communication Workers’ Union on Monday to discuss the ongoing industrial action over wage increases. CWU members went on strike two weeks ago demanding increases of between 10% and 14% for Post Office and Telkom staff. While workers returned to work last […]
MICHAEL METELITS, Johannesburg | Friday 5.30pm. SOUTH African markets continued to pull back from some recent gains on Friday, ending the week with a whimper. Most JSE indices were marginally down with the exception of gold, which rode a higher bullion price up. Dealers blamed a 127-point loss on the Dow on Thursday for some […]