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Athletic records set to be smashed
Expectations are high that local athletes will raise the bar at the SA championships this weekend.
Harmse falls short of fourth All Africa shotput gold
Veteran hammer throw specialist Chris Harmse fell 10cm short of winning his fourth All Africa Games after Egypt’s Mostafa Hamed threw 74.66m away.
Chance of a 100-basis-point rate hike in June?
Global analysts Lehman Brothers wondered out loud on Friday morning whether some notably hawkish statements by Reserve Bank Governor Tito Mboweni on Thursday might be a signal…
More gold for SA team at African champs
South African athletes continued to dominate the 16th African Athletics Championships on another windy day in Addis Ababa on Saturday. Three more gold medals by Chris Harmse,…
SA athletes battle against heat
The pressure of qualifying for the Beijing Olympics for world indoor long-jump champion Khotso Mokoena is over after he carded a leap of 8,24m with his first dash at the board on…
Athletes sparkle in windy Potchefstroom
Hammer thrower Chris Harmse, Sunette Viljoen (javelin) and hurdler Ockert Cilliers sparkled at the Yellow Pages Series meet in Potchefstroom on Friday night. Ghastly winds played…