SCOTLAND’s World Cup hopes recieved a massive blow here on Wednesday when centre John Leslie was ruled out for the rest of the tournament. Leslie has been struggling with an ankle injury since being carried off in Scotland’s opening match against South Africa. It was initially feared that the New Zealand-born star had broken his […]

NIKI MOORE, St Lucia | Thursday 5.15pm. MOZAMBIQUE, Swaziland and South Africa on Thursday signed the region’s first international protocol on malaria control in Johannesburg, in an attempt to stem the spread of the often fatal disease. The new Lubombo Malaria Control protocol will enable the launch of a R50-million spraying programme in deep rural […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Glasgow | Wednesday 10.15am. TICKETS to World Cup matches are too expensive, South African coach Nick Mallett said on Tuesday when asked to comment on the poor attendances at games staged in Scotland. “I don’t know what salaries are like here but 30 pounds ($50) for a ticket seems to be very expensive,” […]

CONVICTED rapist Makhaya Ntini appeared in two premier league club cricket matches this season despite being ordered by the Border Cricket Board to refrain from playing until his appeal has been heard. Ntini, who also played Test cricket for South Africa, played in matches against Rhodes and Healdtown. The chairman of Willows Cricket Club, Simon […]

SOUTH Africa is currently ranked 32 out of 85 in a “anti-corruption list” of countries around the world and holds third place in Africa – behind Botswana and Namibia. So said Peter Eigen, chairman of German-based Transparency International, organiser of the 9th anti-corruption conference presently underway in Durban. Presently, top of the anti-corruption index is […]

RUTGERS University in the USA has announced its participation in the South African Large Telescope (SALT) project that will create the second largest telescope in the world. The university has committed to participating at the level of a 10% partnership with a pledge of $2.4-million plus an additional $1-million toward operations during the first 10 […]

SPESCOM Temoso, a black empowerment IT company, announced on Thursday that it has been awarded part of a multi-million rand contract to supply the Gauteng provincial government with IT solutions. In line with the two year GT11 contract, Spescom will help the government streamline and improve efficiency within all its departments. The company’s MD Daphne […]

SHARES in Standard Bank Investment Corp (Stanbic) rose on Wednesday after the lender said it has recovered most of its exposure to defaulting Russian banks. The bank is one of South Africa’s big four lenders and is currently being courted by its smaller rival Nedcor Ltd. Stanbic said late on Tuesday it has recovered 90%, […]

THE United Nations has suspended all its operations in Burundi after the execution style killing of two of its workers and seven others on Tuesday. A UN spokesperson said the suspension was intended as “a mark of respect” to the two officials and would last for three days. “We will most likely resume activities next […]

WASPS flanker Joe Worsley wins his first cap as England coach Clive Woodward makes six changes from the side that lost to the All Blacks last weekend for Friday’s key Group B match with Tonga. Jonny Wilkinson is replaced by Northampton fly-half Paul Grayson and Jeremy Guscott loses out to fit-again Will Greenwood for a […]