WESTERN Province’s woeful season continued as they slumped to a 10-wicket defeat against KwaZulu-Natal in the four-day SuperSport Series match at Newlands on Sunday. Having been dismissed an hour before tea for 260 in their second innings on the final day, the hosts had the impossible task of defending 31 runs. The visitors rattled off […]

Former South African leader Nelson Mandela has claimed the backing of key Arab leaders for a three-point Middle East peace plan.

WITH the rain gods playing along, Border handed Griqualand West a thoroughly professional eight wicket walloping on the fourth and final day of their Supersport Series match at Buffalo Park on Sunday. From day one, the result looked inevitable as Border put up a first innings of 426 and then comprehensively outplayed the visitors. Unlike […]

A NINE-year-old boy was shot dead in an apparent road rage incident in Johannesburg, police said . The boy and his father had accepted a lift with the driver of a truck, which was shot at and forced off the road near Kibler Park outside Johannesburg after it had overtaken another truck, Captain Lungelo Dlamini […]

CONGO’s President Denis Sassou Nguesso has lashed out at the “mafia system” that operates in the economic capital and oil terminal, Pointe Noire, declaring war against systematic corruption. “In this system, businessmen corrupt customs officials, policemen and tax inspectors so as not to have to pay their taxes, whilst magistrates deliberately give rulings contrary to […]

THE Springboks’ defeat by Australia in the rugby World Cup was a severe blow for South Africa’s cricket team who suffered a heart-breaking exit from the cricket World Cup at the hands of Australia in June. Hansie Cronje and his team had finished play in the first test against Zimbabwe by the time the Twickenham […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, London | Sunday 7.00pm. FRANCE staged an amazing comeback to stun tournament favourites New Zealand 43-31 in the second World Cup semi-final at Twickenham on Sunday and earn a final date with Australia. The Springboks now face the All Blacks on Thursday in the play-off for third. France trailed by 14 points early […]

WITH the result never in doubt, it was left to speedster Mornantau Hayward to supply the interest as Eastern Province crushed lowly Easterns by nine wickets in their Supersport Series match at St George’s Park on Sunday. Hayward took a career best six for 31 as Easterns were bowled out for 185 in their second […]

PETER KING, Cairo | Sunday 10.00pm. CAIRO airport echoed with the screams of hysteria and horror on Sunday as distraught relatives learned their loved ones were aboard EgyptAir Flight 990, which crashed off the US coast with all 214 aboard feared dead. Several people collapsed unconscious and many were given oxygen by doctors as airline […]

CAPTAIN Joost van der Westhuizen said he was “very, very disappointed” by the Springboks’ 27-21 defeat by Australia in a World Cup semifinal on Saturday. “But the guys showed lots of character and a lot of heart. There’s no one to blame. I never believed we were out of it, anything can happen. It’s typical […]