MICHAEL FINCH, Wanderers | Thursday 8.30pm. By Michael Finch ALLAN Donald wrecked England with one of his finest fast bowling performances to put South Africa on top on the opening day of the first test at the Wanderers on Thursday. Donald captured six for 53, the third best figures of his test career, and fellow […]

OVER 100 years old and still have that vital spark? Then Cape Town needs you. The city, dubbed one of the top five hot spots in which to celebrate the millennium, is searching for the oldest reveller, who will be wined and dined with 10 friends and chauffeur-driven to a chosen event during the festivities.

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Thursday 10.30am. SPORTS Minister Nkonde Balfour joined the fray in the Rothmans Cup saga that has seen more twists and turns than the usually volatile South African soccer scene ever has seen. Balfour is concerned the legal wranglings, that have seen Free State Stars expelled from the richest national football competition […]

SOUTH African Fulton Allem will not be making a return to South African golf as anticipated by his fans and fellow golfers. Allem, who was due to start the Vodacom Tour summer leg at Royal Cape Golf Club in the Vodacom Players Championship in December, has had to withdraw due to injury. Allem announced on […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Cape Town | Thursday 3.25pm. BAFANA Bafana have won a number of skirmishes with European clubs over the past few days to enable them to field as strong a team as possible for their friendly against Sweden on Saturday. Officials insisted on calling up the majority of their European-based players for the Nelson […]

THE bronze statue of statesman Louis Botha outside the gates of Parliament in Cape Town is strewn with flowers after a demonstration earlier on Thursday to mark international day against violence against women. Scores of women and men, including Speaker of Parliament Dr Frene Ginwala and Pan Africanist Congress member Patricia de Lille joined the […]

ALLEGED mafioso Vito Palazzolo has turned the tables on the Western Cape police and laid a charge of defamation of character against police management for a report last year that named him as head of the Western Cape mafia. The Cape Times reports that Palazzolo has filed a civil action in the Cape High Court, […]

BRITAIN’s Princess Anne landed in Botswana on Tuesday on the first leg of a three-nation African goodwill tour. Wearing a green suit buttoned high at the neck, Princess Anne was met by Foreign Affairs Minister Mompati Merafhe and British High Commissioner John Wilde. Merafhe stood in for President Festus Mogae who is at a summit […]