TUESDAY, 3.30PM NINETEEN-year-old Daniel Coetzee was sentenced on Tuesday to 40 years’ imprisonment for his part in the Christmas Eve Worcester double bombing, in which a woman and three children were killed and more than 50 people injured when two bombs exploded among Christmas shoppers in the Western Cape town. Coetzee was on Monday convicted […]
TUESDAY, 5.30PM AS paramilitary police patrolled the Zambain capital Lusaka and provincial towns on Tuesday amid continuing nationwide protests at the weekend shooting of former president Kenneth Kaunda, the Zambian government appointed a commission to investigate the shooting incident. Making the announcement, Vice-President Godfrey Miyanda again denied the government had ordered the shooting of Kaunda […]
TUESDAY, 1.00PM NATIONAL Party leader FW de Klerk is to formally announce his resignation as party leader and his departure from politics on Tuesday. Cape Town Afrikaans daily Die Burger reported on Tuesday morning that De Klerk informed his nine provincial leaders of his decision on Monday afternoon. The National Party’s executive federal council has […]
TUESDAY, 1.30PM: NORTHERN Transvaal will be without four of their seven Springboks — Krynauw Otto, Danie van Schalkwyk, Andre Snyman and Ruben Kruger — because of injuries, when they face Gauteng Lions in a Bankfin Currie Cup match at Loftus Versveld Stadium on Saturday. Scrumhalf Joost van der Westhuizen, flank Schutte Bekker and prop Marius […]
TUESDAY, 1.30PM: OLYMPIC gold medallist Haile Gebrselassie of Ethiopia wants to reclaim his 5 000m world records when he runs in Berlin on Tuesday night. Gebrselassie lost his two world records to two Kenyans on Friday. Daniel Komen shattered the 5 000m mark with a time of 12min 39,74sec and Paul Tergat broke the 10 […]
TUESDAY, 1.30PM: SPRINGBOK flyhalf Jannie de Beer has become the 22nd South African rugby player to join the 1 000-point scorers club. His 26 points against Australia on Saturday took his points tally in first class rugby to 1 023. De Beer, who has scored 77 points, including two tries, in his last five Springbok […]
MONDAY, 1.00PM: THE Springboks won their final Tri-nations Test match against Australia 61-22 at Loftus Versveld Stadium on Saturday. The Boks scored six tries in the second half to add to two first-half tries. The victory takes some of the pressure off coach Carel Du Plessis, widely expected to be axed if his team failed […]
MONDAY, 1.00PM: MAMELODI Sundowns beat Wits University 1-0 in their Premier Soccer League match at Odi Stadium on Sunday. New signing Alex “Barnes” Bapela scored the goal that saw the “Brazilians” move up to second place in the log. Moroka Swallows beat Cape Town Spurs 2-1 at Orlando Stadium on Sunday. Striker Alex Monau scored […]
MONDAY, 1.00PM: ORLANDO Pirates went down 2-1 to Premeiro of Angola in the African Champions League match at FNB Stadium on Saturday. Pirates, who are favoured to win the league, scored first through midfielder Dumisani Ngobe. In the 46th minute, Ngobe connected a cross from striker Jerry Skhosana and smashed it into an empty net. […]
MONDAY, 1.00PM: THE Third African Junior Athletics Championships ended on Saturday with host, Nigeria, leading with 21 medals, made up of seven gold, six silver and eight bronze. South Africa placed second with seven medals, including five gold, one silver and one bronze. Kenya followed with seven medals — four gold and three silver. Eighteen […]