AmaZulu shocked Telkom Knockout champions Platinum Stars when they beat them 1-0 in a lukewarm game in front of 8 000 fans at the King Zwelithini Stadium on Sunday. AmaZulu led 1-0 at half-time. The only goal of the match came in the 16th minute when Mpho Maleka beat Wyne Sunderland with a low shot after he received a neat pass from Dumisani Ngwenya.
It started off as no more than a stroll in the park for the Sharks at the Absa Stadium in Durban on Saturday. But in the end it became a struggle for the weakened KwaZulu-Natal side to overcome a determined bottom-placed Valke in their final round-robin Absa Currie Cup rugby match.
African National Congress (ANC) succession battles are unlikely to be a feature of President Thabo Mbeki’s imbizo (meeting) in the Ladysmith this weekend, according to local party bosses and analysts. Mbeki’s visit will be the first presidential imbizo in the province since allegations that certain ANC members were trying to make the province a no-go area for Mbeki.
Cricket South Africa (CSA) and the South African Cricketers’ Association are headed for confrontation over the breakaway Indian Cricket League. The chief executive of CSA, Gerald Majola said South Africans who played in the planned 20-over competition, will be banned from the game in their country.
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/ 28 September 2007
Another two bodies have been found in the sugar-cane fields near the KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) town of Umzinto, police confirmed on Friday. Spokesperson Superintendent Zandra Hechter said the bodies were discovered in the early hours of Friday morning adjacent to the Shayamoya township of Umzinto. Their identities were not known yet.
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/ 22 September 2007
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India stormed into the final of the Twenty20 World Championship on Saturday after Yuvraj Singh’s blistering batting earned them a 15-run win over Australia. India booked a final date with traditional rivals Pakistan in Johannesburg on Monday thanks to Singh’s blazing knock of 70 runs off just 30 deliveries.
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/ 21 September 2007
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The inaugural Twenty20 World Championship has been whittled down from 12 teams to just four, and by 10pm on Saturday evening, it will be known which two teams will battle it out in the final at the Wanderers on Monday. The first semifinal, pits Pakistan against New Zealand, and the second, between Australia and India, should be a cracker.
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/ 21 September 2007
Water quality in Durban’s harbour has started to improve following the release of chemicals from a blazing chemical storage depot, a senior Water Affairs and Forestry Department official said on Friday. The chemicals were released into the harbour for three hours on Tuesday night during the blaze.
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/ 21 September 2007
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South African captain Graeme Smith dismissed renewed barbs of ”chokers” after his team crashed out of the Twenty20 World Championship, saying it was the tournament format that did them in.
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/ 20 September 2007
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Hosts South Africa were eliminated from the Twenty20 World Cup after paceman Rudra Pratap Singh led India to a 37-run win in their Group E Super Eights match on Thursday. Singh took four for 13 as South Africa made 116 for nine in reply to India’s 153 for five.
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/ 20 September 2007
In a dramatic change to previous seasons, the Fina/Arena World Swimming Championships will be held over five weeks rather than several months, as was the case between 2003 and 2006. And, on a revised schedule, Durban will host the first leg of the seven events on October 19 and 20.
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/ 19 September 2007
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On a night of high excitement and fireworks both on and off the field, India beat England by 18 runs in their Twenty20 World Championship Super Eight match at Kingsmead, Durban, on Wednesday evening. Helped by a dazzling innings from Yuvraj Singh, India, who won the toss, made 218 for four in their 20 overs.
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/ 19 September 2007
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Justin Kemp blasted 89 not out off 56 balls after Morne Morkel claimed 4-17 as South Africa thrashed New Zealand by six wickets in the Twenty20 World Championship on Wednesday. Graeme Smith’s home team restricted the Kiwis to 153-8 after giving them first strike at Kingsmead and then knocked off the modest target with five balls to spare.
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/ 19 September 2007
One person was reported missing on Wednesday following a blaze that ripped through the Island View Storage (IVS) depot in Durban, police said. In a statement released shortly after midday on Wednesday, IVS MD Koos Ehlers said eight tanks had been damaged or destroyed.
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/ 19 September 2007
Firefighters battled for more than four hours on Tuesday evening to control a blaze at Durban’s Island View chemical storage depot. The inferno erupted when three tanks containing highly flammable chemicals exploded at 7pm. Hundreds of residents on the Bluff flocked to view the flames shooting high into the night sky.
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/ 18 September 2007
Durban’s Island View oil depot was ablaze on Tuesday night after three tanks exploded. Hundreds of residents on the Bluff flocked to various streets and points to view flames shooting high into the night sky. A Bluff resident, Ivan Raimbault, said there was an explosion at about 7pm. Ten minutes later the second tank blew. The third one exploded five minutes later.
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/ 18 September 2007
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New Zealand beat England by five runs to squeak home in their Twenty20 World Championship Super Eight match at Kingsmead in Durban on Tuesday. It was more a case of England throwing away a probable victory — crazy run outs and some reckless batting cost England important wickets — and a possible place in the semifinals.
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/ 17 September 2007
Four people appeared in the Manguzi Magistrate’s Court on Monday in connection with the murder of two women accused of bewitching a northern KwaZulu-Natal school. Police spokesperson Captain Jabulani Mdletshe said police had conducted an ”operation” that resulted in 13 people being taken into custody last week.
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/ 15 September 2007
The Sharks scored seven tries in a well-deserved victory of 48-25 against the Boland Cavaliers in Durban after leading 22-13 at half-time on Friday. The Sharks were dominant throughout and Gcobani Bobo looked dangerous on attack. For the home side, scrumhalf Rory Kockott was once again a handful and he tested Boland’s defence to the full.
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/ 14 September 2007
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Pakistani fast-bowler Muhammad Asif stunned a near-capacity crowd of partisan supporters by taking a wicket in each of his four overs in the Twenty20 World Championship cricket match against India at the Sahara Stadium Kingsmead in Durban on Friday, setting up a grand struggle between the two Asian giants.
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/ 13 September 2007
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Rain washed out the Twenty20 World Championship match between India and Scotland on Thursday without a ball being bowled. The teams were awarded one point each. India are scheduled to play Pakistan in Group D at the same venue on Friday.
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/ 13 September 2007
A fifth badly decomposed body of a woman has been found in a KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) sugar-cane field, police said on Thursday. ”We suspect the woman was about 18 to 35 years of age,” said police spokesperson Superintendent Zandra Hechter. The body was found on Thursday afternoon.
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/ 12 September 2007
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Shahid Afridi smashed 22 off seven balls and then grabbed 4-19 as Pakistan brushed aside Scotland by 51 runs in the Twenty20 World Championship in Durban on Wednesday. The pugnacious all-rounder ensured his team faced no hiccups after Craig Wright had taken three wickets to restrict Pakistan to 171-9 at the Kingsmead.
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/ 12 September 2007
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Mark Gillespie spearheaded New Zealand’s nine-wicket demolition of Kenya in the second match of the Twenty20 World Championship in Durban on Wednesday. The paceman took 4-7 in 2.5 overs as Kenya, who were put in to bat on a responsive pitch, were dismissed for a record low of 73 in 16.5 overs.
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/ 11 September 2007
South African batsman Ashwell Prince has resigned as president of the South African Cricketers’ Association after alleged details of a meeting were published. Rapport claimed on Sunday that Prince was among 30 players who signed a memorandum calling for an end to South Africa’s racially influenced selection policies.
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/ 6 September 2007
”Regardless of the BEE types’ penchant for emaciated white girls whose figures might be attributed to the sort of galloping bulimia offensive to any self-respecting peasant living below the bread line, it is time to ensure transformation occurs at all levels of society. Including the air-heads,” writes Niren Tolsi.
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/ 5 September 2007
Pace-bowler Andre Nel will replace injured batsman Loots Bosman in South Africa’s squad for the Twenty20 World Championship, Cricket South Africa said on Tuesday. Bosman was ruled out after injuring his back when he dived into advertising boards during South Africa’s tour to Zimbabwe last month.
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/ 2 September 2007
Golden Arrows striker Norman Smith was on target on Saturday night when he scored a brace for his Lamontville-based team, ensuring a 2-1 win over Amazulu in a Premier Soccer League game played in Durban. The score was 0-0 at half-time. Smith opened the scoring in the 62nd minute of the game.
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/ 1 September 2007
It was meant to be the feature game of the weekend Absa Currie Cup rugby fixtures but in fact the confrontation between the Sharks and the Golden Lions was almost a slow motion affair until a semi-power failure with 25 minutes to go sparked the Sharks into action for their first try in an important 21-3 victory.
The South African Municipal Workers’ Union (Samwu) said on Friday it was ”angered” by Safety and Security Minister Charles Nqakula saying the integration of metro police forces into the South African Police Service (SAPS) was inevitable. On Thursday, Nqakula told a media briefing at Parliament that no one could stop the incorporation of metro police into the SAPS.
A man was wounded and a woman and two good Samaritans robbed of their vehicles amid a high-speed chase on the KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) North Coast, police said on Wednesday. Superintendent Vincent Mdunge said a woman was hijacked and robbed of her Nissan Almera in Mandini, near the Tugela River, on Tuesday night.
Narend Singh, the former KwaZulu-Natal arts, culture and tourism minister who resigned amid a sex scandal, is back, representing his party in the National Assembly, media reports said on Monday. Singh was sworn in on Friday to serve on the finance, agriculture and land affairs portfolio committees.