MANAGING director of the United Cricket Board, Ali Bacher, has paid tribute to legendary West Indian paceman Malcolm Marshall who died late on Thurdsday after a long battle with colon cancer in Bridgetown, Barbados. Marshall was 41. “Malcolm was a brilliant fast bowler and an outstanding ambassador for the game of cricket,” said Bacher. “He […]

THE tourism ministry on Sunday urged the country’s tour bus operators to force clients to wear seat belts following two road accidents in which 31 foreigners were killed. “This would save a lot of lives on our roads,” Tourism Minister Valli Moosa’s spokeswoman Didi Moyle said. She said there is no law forcing tour operators […]

Friday: At Newlands Stadium — Ajax Cape Town 2 (David Kannemeyer 17, Carlo Scott 37) Bush Bucks 0; At Investec Stadium — Wits University 2 (Alois Bunjira 22, 39) Manning Rangers 2 (Robbie Milne 19, Sipho Ndzuzo 25). Saturday: At Johannesburg Stadium — Kaizer Chiefs 4 (Siyabonga Nomvete 40, 88-pen, Thabo Mooki 81, Patrick Mbuthu […]

MICHAEL FINCH, Kimberley | Monday 9.00am. THANKS to two whirlwind innings’ from Hansie Cronje and Nicky Boje, Free State finally got the better of the plucky North West side to win their Supersport Series match by four wickets in Potchefstroom on Sunday. Cronje scored 44 off 40 balls (5×4, 1×6) and Boje 76 off 67 […]

UGANDA’S Minister of State for Regional Cooperation Amama Mbabazi on Sunday played down the repudiation of a ceasefire pact by one faction involved in the war in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The head of the Ugandan-backed rebel Movement for the Liberation of Congo (MLC), Jean-Pierre Bemba, on Saturday said the ceasefire in DRC is […]

PETROS AUGOUSTI, Johannesburg | Monday 9.00am. GAUTENG mopped up a sorry Easterns tail dismissing them for a paltry 83 to take the honours and the points on the final morning of their SuperSport Series match at the Wanderers on Sunday. The tail did not so much wag as fall off with David Terbrugge starting the […]

SARAH BULLEN, Cape Town | Monday 1.00pm POLICE spokesman for urban anti-terror unit Operation Good Hope, Captain Neville Malila, confirmed on Monday that the the bomb detonated in popular gay nightclub on Friday night was homemade. The bomb went off inside the premises of the popular Blah Bar on Somerset Road in Green Point at […]

ANDY COLQUHOUN, Cape Town | Monday 1.00pm. FORMER captain Michael Atherton and uncapped Chris Adams put on 147 to spare England’s blushes as they gave an otherwise indifferent batting display against the combined Western Province and Boland X1 on Sunday. Atherton scored 83 and Adams hit 89 in contrasting style in their fifth wicket stand […]

A METRORAIL train driver faces disciplinary action after the accident near Riverlea, Johannesburg which left four commuters dead and at least 20 injured in October. A Metrorail statement issued on Friday said the driver had been travelling at high speed and had lost control of the train when it went through a red signal and […]