OWN CORRESPONDENT, Sydney | Tuesday 1.15pm. THE South African men’s field hockey team has a fortnight to try to convince the National Olympic Committtee of South Africa to reinstate the them in the Sydney Games. Captain Craig Jackson is not confident, coach Giles Bonnet is more upbeat and Australian coach Terry Walsh is wary. The […]
DOUBLE Olympic champion Penny Heyns clocked the third-best time of her career in South Africa when she blitzed the 100m breaststroke heats at the Telkom national championships in Durban in 1min 07,84 seconds on Monday morning. The time is a second outside her world record. Julia Russell threw down the gauntlet to Sarah Poewe as […]
DOUBLE Olympic champion Michael Johnson ran a sparkling hand-timed 43,9 seconds for 400m to complete his spectacularly successful three-meet tour of South Africa on Friday. Johnson, world record-holder over 200 meters, 300 meters and 400 meters, started easily, and finished fast to reach his goal of a sub-44 second 400, even if it was a […]
RICHARD Kaplan produced one of the Vodacom Tour’s most impressive final day comebacks to wipe out a five shot deficit on overnight leader Callie Swart and win the FNB Botswana Open, and a cheque for R28260, at the Gaborone Sun on Saturday. Kaplan began the day in joint 15th place on four-under par 138 and, […]
UK supermarket Tesco has awarded two Cape producers of apples and pears the sought-after international Nature’s Choice accreditation, Capespan group announced on Tuesday. The two production units, Monteith Trust and Kromvlei Estates from the Elgin/Grabouw region, received accreditation under guidance of the Capespan Group’s environmental management team for their compliance with the strict requirements of […]
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SOUTH Africa’s bowlers will be seeing Australian skipper Steve Waugh in the middle, as the gutsy batsman says he is confident of playing in this month’s one-day series despite suffering a wrist injury in New Zealand. Waugh retired hurt during Australia’s six-wicket win over New Zealand in the third Test when he was struck on […]
UNION representatives in the diamond industry are calling for strict controls to curb the sale of diamonds from war zones. The calls come ahead of the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions to be held in Durban. In an motion adopted last week, The Universal Alliance of Diamond Workers condemned the financing of African wars […]
THE national congress of the Socialist Party of Azania (Sopa) has endorsed a memorandum of understanding reached with the Azanian People’s Organisation (Azapo) to foster unity. The agreement was reached on Friday between Azapo’s deputy president Pandelani Mefolovhodwe and Sopa’s deputy president Dusty Nkoana. Both have reaffirmed their commitment to scientific socialism and acknowledged the […]
MALAWI’S government suspended its multi-million dollar contract with British pre-shipment clearance company Intertek Testing Services (ITS) on Friday following allegations that it was involved in corrupt practices in other African countries. The surprise move has been hailed as Malawi President Bakili Muluzi’s first real public stand against rampant corruption in the small central African country. […]