ARCHBISHOP Desmond Tutu was treated for prostate cancer at Emory University Hospital in Atlanta in the United States on Tuesday. The hospital’s spokeswoman Rashel Stephenson said Tutu was treated with a minimally invasive procedure called cyrosurgery which enables physicians to freeze and destroy the prostrate gland without destroying surrounding tissue. She said that Tutu was […]

THE South African Rugby Football Union said on Monday that the Springboks should not be disgraced for placing third at the World Cup. SARFU President, Silas Nkanunu praised the Boks, saying that “there was always evidence that the team was determined to succeed. They, like all others, wanted to win, to make themselves and their […]

A PAINTING by South African artist Irma Stern sold at auction for R1,1-million to a private collector on Monday night. The auctioneers, Stephan Welz & Co, said it was the first time an art work had sold for more than R1-million in South Africa. Company chief Stephan Welz added that the R13,1-million raised at the […]

BRITAIN’S Queen Elizabeth and her husband the Duke of Edinburgh arrived in South Africa Tuesday at the start of a five-day visit during which she will officially open the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting. The Queen was met at Waterkloof Airforce Base by South Africa’s Foreign Minister Nkosazana Zuma, British High Commissioner Maeve Fort and […]

SHAUN Pollock and Jacques Kallis have moved to the top of the Price-Waterhouse-Coopers ratings for all-rounders, while Pollock has also displaced Allan Donald at the top of the pile for Test bowlers. Donald has moved to second spot on the rankings. Kallis and Pollock are currently on 465 and 402 points respectively in the all-rounder […]

THE Duke of Edinburgh, husband of Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II, presented peace awards on Wednesday to British defence advisors who are helping integrate former South African freedom fighters into the post-apartheid armed forces. Prince Philip, accompanying the queen on a state visit to South Africa, presented the Wilkinson Sword for Peace to the British Military […]

NIGERIAN President Olusegun Obasanjo on Monday approved the immediate release of hundreds of detainees who have been awaiting trial in the country for more than two years. The release order, however, excludes all those been detained for murder, robbery, rape, fraud and forgery. Shortly after he was sworn in in May, Obasanjo ordered the release […]

SARAH BULLEN, Cape Town | Wednesday 11.45am MIDI TV, holding company of free to air television station e.tv, hopes to attract new equity partners with its proposed changes in its shareholding, acting CEO Marcel Golding said on Tuesday. Golding was speaking at the start of Midi’s application to the Independent Broadcasting Authority in Rosebank to […]

FIVE young people were shot and hacked to death in a clash between rival gangs in Amshayazafe township in KwaZulu-Natal, police said on Wednesday. Police spokesman Captain Vishnu Naidoo said the bodies of the victims, a woman and four men aged between 15 and 20, were found outside a shop in the township, some 50 […]

THE Free State/Griquas selectors have announced the team to play England in a four-dayer at Bloemfontein next weekend. The selectors had a tough time selecting the side as six of the top players are either on Test or South Africa A duty. One of the inclusions in the side is 18-year-old legspinner Andre Abrahams, a […]