A 20-year-old Dutch tourist was reportedly abducted from a city hotel five hours after arriving in Cape Town this week, taken on a horror ride, tortured and held captive overnight in a Langa shack. Leahauda von Greunen, who arrived in Cape Town from Mauritius at 3pm on Thursday, said she was making a telephone call […]

SWAZILAND drew 3-3 with Zambia after coming from behind in their Cosafa Cup match at a wet Vosloorus Stadium in Johannesburg on Friday. Zambian Mwela Phiri scored the first goal in the sixth minute, Nsofwa Chaswe made it 2-0 just three minutes later. The Swazis fought back well and Wandile Nxumalo scored in the 34th […]

LUCKY Maselesele lived up to his name when he scored a hat-trick in South Africa’s 3-0 defeat of Madagascar in a Cosafa Cup match at Orlando in Johannesburg on Friday. The Kaizer Chiefs striker was in fine nick and blew the opposition out of the water as they slumped to their first defeat in the […]

(played, won, drawn, lost, goals for, against, points) Sundowns 15 12 3 0 35 10 39 Kaizer Chiefs 18 8 7 3 23 11 31 Classic 18 10 1 7 28 30 31 Orlando Pirates 15 8 6 1 30 12 30 Mann. Rangers 15 8 4 3 25 21 28 Hellenic 17 7 5 […]

ANDREW MUCHINERIPI, Johannesburg | Saturday 6.00pm. Orlando Pirates ………………….. (3) 5 (Lota 55, 85, Lekoelea 8, Zuma 23, Mngomeni 42) Moroka Swallows ………………….. (0) 0 DO not write Thabo Mngomeni out of the Bafana Bafana squad for the African Nations Cup finals in Ghana next month just yet because he sent an extremely high-frequency signal […]

AN American foundation donated R15-million to the Kruger National Park on Thursday for a four-year ecological research project that will study riverbed corridors. “This programme will provide a thorough understanding of the structure and dynamics of riverbed corridors and the role they play in the savannah landscape,” said Wits Professor Kevin Rogers. The project starts […]

NEW Zealand whipped South Africa 31-0 in the semi-finals of the inaugural World Sevens Series in Dubai on Friday. South Africa beat France 24-0 in the quarter-finals. The New Zealanders then dethroned Fiji as masters of the Sevens game by beating the Islanders 38-14 in the final.

OWN CORRESPONDENT, QwaQwa | Sunday 6.00pm. Free State Stars … (0) 1 (Ngaduane 65) Manning Rangers …. (0) 1 (Kungoane 64) IT finally happened! The first leg of the second Rothmans Cup semi-final eventually took place in cool, cloudy conditions in one of those towns where they erect traffic lights to ensure no one misses […]

THE Canadian government will donate more than R200 million to Africa over the next five years to fight the spread of Aids on the continent, the Canadian High Commission in Pretoria said on Thursday. the money will be given to existing anti-Aids projects that are successfully fighting the spread of the disease in Africa — […]

JAMES Bryant scored a splendid century to put Eastern province in a strong position on the first day of a four-day Supersport Series match against Western Province in Cape Town on Friday. Bryant was eventually sent back to the hut after being caught by Herschelle Gibbs at midwicket for 131. Bryant was caught behind off […]