PAKISTAN captain Wasim Akram has rapped young pace bowler Shoaib Akhtar over the knuckles for his part in their World Cup defeat by South Africa. He told the Sunday Telegraph that Shoaib, the fastest bowler in the tournament, had not bowled “according to the plan”. “At the death the best policy is to bowl full […]
DENMARK, long one of Zimbabwe’s closest allies, has suspended more than $26 million worth of aid — until Zimbabwe pulls out of the Democratic Republic of Congo. Denmark had pledged the aid to upgrade Zimbabwe’s eight airports.The Danish Ambassador to Zimbabwe, Erik Fiil, said on Thursday that the move was a protest against Zimbabwe’s continued […]
POLAND’S ambassador to South Africa, Zofia Kuratowska, has died of cancer, a foreign ministry spokesman said on Wednesday. Kuratowska, who had been posted in South Africa for 18 months, died in the Pretoria Heart Hospital on Tuesday, ministry spokesman Marco Boni said. Kuratowska had previously been a deputy speaker of the Polish parliament and was […]
TUESDAY, 12.30PM: THE SOUTH AFRICAN under-23 team opened their Four Nation International Youth soccer tournament campaign with a 1-1 draw against Zimbabwe at the Orlando Stadium in Johannesburg on Tuesday. The South Africans played amateurish football in the first half, but surprisingly scored in the first 45 minutes. The Zimbabweans, on the other hand, played […]
WEDNESDAY, 12.30PM: SOUTH AFRICAN goalkeeper Andre Arendse’s World Cup may be over as he bacame the latest victim of the injury jinx surrounding Bafana Bafana as he injured his knee during practice on Monday night. Arendse was on crutches before he was taken to hospital in Vichy to undergo tests and observation on the injured […]
FOUR teenagers who were convicted of murder on Thursday will be medically tested to verify their claim that they are under 18, and minors in the eyes of the law. The Nelspruit Regional Court found that the four, along with Mathews Thabe (18) murdered Amos Nkosi (46) on March 15 after Nkosi refused to move […]
THE African National Congress and the Inkatha Freedom Party on Thursday agreed to form a coalition government in KwaZulu-Natal. In a joint statement the parties said that they commit themselves to a need for the formation of a coalition government between the ANC and IFP. They said they hope “to finalise the talks in due […]
THE Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s amnesty committee is considering reopening the amnesty application hearing by security policemen who killed Matthew Goniwe and three other Eastern Cape activists known as the Cradock Four in 1985, TRC spokesman Phila Nqgumba said on Thursday. This comes after George Bizos SC, who appeared for the families of the four […]
THE Lions kicked off their Currie Cup campaign with a 22-16 win over Eastern Province on Sunday, seeing off a spirited fightback. The Vodacom Cup winners scored three tries to two against the Port Elizabeth team.
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Port Elizabeth | Wednesday 8.30pm. THE Springboks are not taking their two-Test series against Italy for granted, despite the visitors’ thrashing this week against a minor provincial side, captain Gary Teichmann said on Wednesday. The Boks captain told reporters in Port Elizabeth — where his team will meet Italy on Saturday for the […]