IRISH Prime Minister Bertie Ahern on Thursday handed over a R200000 cheque to Cape Town’s only Aids orphanage, rounding off a four day official visit to South Africa. Ahern also met some of the 42 children that are being cared for at the orphanage.

SOUTH Africa’s star middle-order batsman, Daryll Cullinan, on Friday announced his retirement from limited-overs cricket, but said that his Test career will continue. Cullinan (32) made the announcement at the end of the first day of the fifth Test against England at Centurion, and said that he has made the decision because he wants to […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Centurion | Friday 6.45pm. IT has been a hard day at the office for the South African batsmen, and after 45 overs of a rain-delayed first innings the home side is back in the dressing room on 155/6. England skipper Nasser Hussain won the toss and sent the South Africans in to bat […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Orkney | Friday 9.10am. NINE of 15 miners were brought to the surface early on Friday after being trapped more than two kilometers underground in a gold mine in the North West town of Orkney for more than 90 hours. Jubilant applause from anxious colleagues and relatives greeted the first of the nine […]

ZAMBIAN riot police on Thursday broke up a demonstration by hundreds of protesters demanding the reinstatement of more than 300 junior doctors sacked for going on strike. The demonstration took place in the Copperbelt town of Kitwe some 400km from the capital Lusaka. The government fired the doctors for going on strike to demand better […]

THE referees and assistant referees for the African Nations Cup in Ghana and Nigeria between January 22 and February 13 have been announced. Group A Referees – Abderrahim al-Arjoune (Morocco), Mourad Daami (Tunisia), Hailemalack Tessema (Ethiopia), Ali Bujsaim (United Arab Emirates) Assistants – Taoufik Adjengui (Tunisia), Ali Tomusange (Uganda), Farag Wagih (Egypt), Claro Palomo (Philippines) […]

A NORTHERN Province shop assistant allegedly beat an armed robber to death with the man’s shotgun on Wednesday. Police spokesman Captain Ailwei Mushavhanamadi said on Thursday Tshiphiwa Netshikulwe, 30, of Shayandima village near Thohoyandou, was killed in a shop he tried to rob at nearby Itsani at about 4pm on Wednesday. Netshikulwe bought a cigarette […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Cape Town | Thursday 2.00pm. SIX crew members aboard the South African yacht La Bamba are reported to be safe, but exhausted, after their 40-foot boat sank in the South Atlantic while taking part in the Cape to Rio yacht race. The crew were rescued by a fellow competitor early on Thursday morning. […]

THE Southern African Development Community (SADC) has appointed an interim executive secretary following a rift between member ministers and outgoing secretary Kaire Mbuende of Namibia. Mauritian economist Preg Ramsamy was appointed interim chief executive of the 14-nation regional bloc late Monday, the Gaborone-based organisation said. SADC declared that it will appoint a permanent executive secretary […]