THE Bulls held the Sharks to a 14-14 draw, after leading 14-7 at half-time, in their Vodacom Super 12 match at Loftus in Pretoria on Saturday, effectively relegating the Sharks to the also-rans of the tournament. Springbok hooker and Bulls captain, Naka Drotske, said on Saturday that a lack of confidence was at the core […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, PUKEKOHE | Sunday 2.00pm. SOUTH Africa’s Stormers pipped New Zealand’s Chiefs 28-25 in a Super 12 match in Pukekohe on Sunday. The Stormers’ win, after the teams had been locked 18-18 at halftime, is only the second away victory by a South African side in this season’s competition and consigned the Chiefs to […]
SEVERAL thousand Muslims marched in Cape Town on Saturday to protest against the Indian government’s actions in Kashmir. The convenor of the Islamic Unity Convention, Abe Parker, who organised the demonstration, said about 4000 people participated in the march to the offices of the Indian high commissioner. He said a memorandum calling for the immediate […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Canberra | Saturday 4.20pm. THE ACT Brumbies equalled the biggest win in Super 12 history on Saturday when they thrashed the Cats 64-0. The Brumbies ran in nine unanswered tries to completely overwhelm their opponents and match the biggest winning margin in Super 12 which they set against the Northern Bulls a year […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Friday 3.50pm. AN angry crowd tried to storm a Durban court where three men faced charges on Friday over a nightclub teargas attack that led to the deaths of 13 school children. Hundreds of protesters broke down the gates at the court where a bail application was being heard for three […]
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Justin Arenstein Ousted Mpumalanga MEC for Local Government and Traffic Fish Mahlalela was axed just hours before he was scheduled to hand evidence implicating senior provincial African National Congress leaders in tender fraud to National Director of Public Prosecutions Bulelani Ngcuka. The evidence included documents and audio tapes allegedly proving that ANC provincial treasurer Jerry […]
World culture converges on Benoni as Womad endeavours to make a profit this year Nashen Moodley The task of bringing a world music festival, even if it is the most significant travelling festival of its kind, to a country that is severely underexposed to world music is an unenviable one. Despite fighting what many saw […]
ABSA, SA’s largest bank by assets, acquired a controlling 70% stake in Tanzania’s largest commercial bank, the National Bank of Commerce, on Friday, Absa said in a statement. The stake will cost R121-million and the deal, which forms part of the Tanzanian government’s goal of financial sector reform, becomes effective from April 1. Absa is […]