MARK GLEESON, Johannesburg | Friday 11.00am. STRIKER Benni McCarthy will not be going to the African Nations Cup after a last-ditch effort to get him into the squad was rejected by coach Trott Moloto. Moloto said on Friday he would make no late changes to his 22-man squad for the finals, which start on January […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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.