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/ 13 February 2005
A last-gasp goal from Phumudzo Manenzhe earned Orlando Pirates a lucky 1-1 draw in their Castle Premiership derby against Moroka Swallows played at Ellis Park on Saturday. The drama erupted 10 minutes into the second half with the Birds leading 1-0 and Bucs getting a penalty.
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/ 13 February 2005
Manning Rangers beat Bloemfontein Celtic 1-0 in a Castle Premiership encounter at Chatsworth Stadium in Durban on Saturday night. Rangers got full points thanks to an injury-time goal by Phumlani ”BMX” Mkhize who came on for MacDonald Mukansi in the 88th minute. The score was 0-0 at the break.
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/ 13 February 2005
Golden Arrows compounded their problems even further after losing 1-2 to Wits University in a Castle Premier Soccer League match played at the Bidvest Stadium on Saturday night. Despite recently appointing Khabo Zondo as their head coach, Arrows are still languishing near the bottom of the log.
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/ 13 February 2005
Bush Bucks collected maximum points when they beat Jomo Cosmos 1-0 in a closely contested Castle Premier Soccer League relegation battle on Saturday evening. The winning goal came in the 66th minute when Agent Sawu scored from a well-taken free kick.
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/ 13 February 2005
Dynamos’ impressive home winning streak came to an abrupt end when they went down 2-1 to a revitalised Mamelodi Sundowns in a Premier Soccer League match at Giyani Stadium on Saturday. Dynamos led 1-0 at the break. Despite the result, the home side gave Sundowns a run for their money, particularly in the second half.
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/ 13 February 2005
South Africa urgently needs a well-funded institute to research water demand management. This is the view of Pieter Pansegrouw, professor of civil engineering at Port Elizabeth’s Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, who wrote on the topic in the latest issue of Farmer’s Weekly.
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/ 13 February 2005
The minister of communications has finally approved the bid by Indian Telecoms group VSNL for an equity stake in the second national operator (SNO) on Saturday — meaning nothing now lies in the way of licensing a rival to Telkom. The minister said a licence for the SNO should be issued ”at the earliest opportunity”.
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/ 13 February 2005
Sri Lanka – still recovering from the devastation of December’s tsunami – has accused Britain of undermining its already embattled health service by failing to prevent hospitals luring away trained doctors and nurses to work in the UK. Sri Lanka says it is causing ”a grave problem” for the south Asian nation’s health service.
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/ 13 February 2005
A strain of HIV that is highly resistant to almost all anti-retroviral drugs and which leads to the rapid onset of Aids has been detected in New York. Doctors and hospitals across the city have been placed on alert and told to test all new HIV cases for evidence of the strain.