CONTROVERSIAL cricketer Makhaya Ntini has been included in the Border B team to play North West B in a three-day UCB Bowl cricket match starting in East London on Thursday. Ntini won his court appeal against a six-year jail sentence after being found guilty of raping a domestic worker in a public toilet last December.

RICHMOND mayor Andrew Ragavaloo’s 22-year-old son, Dwane, appeared in the Richmond Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday on one murder charge and two of attempted murder. Dwane Ragavaloo was arrested on Sunday in connection with a shooting incident in which Riccardo Whyte was killed and his relatives Rowan and Melville Whyte wounded. The shooting occurred during a […]

TWO men who allegedly shot and killed a nine-year-old boy in an apparent road rage incident over the weekend have appeared in the Johannesburg Magistrate’s Court. Young Rethabile Tsunyane, was shot while sitting between the driver of a truck and his father, Vincent Tsunyane. Severe criticism has been levelled against the taxi industry following the […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Cardiff | Wednesday 10.00am. TIAAN Strauss, former Springbok skipper and now Wallaby eighthman, will retire from international rugby after the World Cup. The thirty-two year old has again been passed over by the Australian selectors for Saturday’s tournament decider against France at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff. Strauss, who also did play against […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Cardiff | Wednesday 10.00am. TIAAN Strauss, former Springbok skipper and now Wallaby eighthman, will retire from international rugby after the World Cup. The thirty-two year old has again been passed over by the Australian selectors for Saturday’s tournament decider against France at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff. Strauss, who also did play against […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Cape Town | Tuesday 6.30pm. SUNDOWNS will be on a mission to avenge their 1-0 defeat by Orlando Pirates in the first leg semi-final of the Rothmans Cup. Sundowns’ unbeaten 15 run of 15 matches at Loftus Stadium came to an abrupt end when Denis Lota thumped in a goal in the 17th […]

THE Swedish foreign aid agency has cut off assistance to an education project in South Africa’s Northern Cape Province after two local employees admitted embezzling funds, officials said Tuesday. Swedish embassy spokesman Thomas Kjellson said on Monday that the two employees of the city of Kimberly had forged cheque signatures and faked an accountant’s audit […]

THE South African Teachers Union said on Tuesday it intends to sue the government for making unauthorised deductions from the salaries of 12000 of its members, SAFM reports. SATU spokesman Chris Kloppers said a day’s pay was deducted even though the union’s members were not involved in the public servants salary strike earlier this year.

FRENCH prop Franck Tournaire could miss the World Cup final after being cited on a biting charge by tournament disciplinary chiefs. Tournaire faces a charge of biting an unspecified opponent during France’s thrilling semi-final victory over the All Blacks at Twickenham. The hearing will take place in Cardiff on Wednesday morning and will be chaired […]