PROSECUTORS have dropped charges against ten of the 12 white policemen shown on a BBC documentary beating up black hijack suspects, one of whom later died. Only the two men actually involved in the beatings have been charged. The Police and Prisons Civil Rights Union, representing mainly black policemen, has criticised the decision, saying all […]

HOMOSEXUALS in Zimbabwe on Sunday called for the legal recognition of same-sex relationships in the country. They are seeking the inclusion of a clause on sexual orientation in the country’s new constitution, currently being drafted under a controversial constitutional review process. Representatives of the Gays and Lesbians of Zimbabwe (GALZ) made the appeal to a […]

ANDREW MUCHINERIPI, Pretoria | Monday 10.30am. SUNDOWNS will face Orlando Pirates in the Rothmans Cup semi-finals after completing a 6-3 aggregate victory over Bloemfontein Celtic in the last quarter-final at Loftus Stadium on Sunday. Daniel Mudau, Isaac Shai and new signing Alain Amougou scored for the Brazilians before Willem Vries struck a late consolation goal […]

POLICE believe boys as young as seven years old are being sold to farmers in neigbouring Lesotho to work as herd boys, the City Press newspaper reported on Sunday. Police said a ten-year-old boy had escaped to South Africa this week from the mountain kingdom where he claimed he had been forced to herd cattle […]

STEVE Elworthy, sandwiched between Saturday’s announcement of the national team to face Zimbabwe later this month and the Springboks’ Rugby World Cup victory over England on Sunday, produced a superb bowling performance for Northerns against Border that seems likely to only have an impact on the stats sheet. A day after the lanky paceman was […]

FORMER head of the South African Financial Fiscal Commission Murphison “Murphy” Morobe has been appointed as the new chairman of the South African National Parks Board. The other board members are Praful Bhawan, J Brown, Nomsa Canca, T Khumbane, Tumelo Lobelo-Ratefane, R Maruma, Professor Sue Milton, Nthobi Moahloli, JK Modise, S Njikelana, O Ntuli, Dr […]

NEW Zealand coach John Hart said the injury sustained by flyhalf Andrew Mehrtens in Sunday’s 30-18 defeat of Scotland in a World Cup quarter-final did not seem too serious. “He received a bang on the knee,” Hart said of his influential number 10, who limped off at halftime in the game at Murrayfield and was […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Paris | Monday 10.10am. SPRINGBOK coach Nick Mallett, basking in Sunday’s 44-21 quarter-final win over England, declared that he was no longer confident that the Springboks would retain the World Cup – he was convinced. The 42-year-old said his team had produced a performance worthy of world champions after fly-half Jannie De Beer […]

ALAN FINLAY, Johannesburg | Monday 5.00pm. The JSE ended in negative territory on Monday, driven down by jitters in the US market and gold shares which closed 2,99% or 34,69 points in the red. The overall index closed 0,20% or 14,40 points down, with industrials 0,15% or 11,04 points lower. Only financials posted a gain […]