Durban

The International Cricket Council (ICC) is expected to issue a statement concerning possible action against Pakistan all-rounder Shahid Afridi, Cricket South Africa media manager Gordon Templeton said on Tuesday. Afridi is alleged to have swung his bat at a spectator after he had been dismissed for 17 against South Africa at SuperSport Park in Centurion on Sunday.

A Durban metro policeman riding a motorcycle was seriously injured in a hit-and-run accident after he was allegedly forced off the road by a minibus taxi on Monday. A spokesperson for ER24, the national medical-care network, said the policeman had lost a foot.

Lamontville Golden Arrows walloped Bidvest Wits 3-1 in a Castle Premiership game played at the Chatsworth Stadium on Sunday. Abafana Besithende led 1-0 at halftime. Arrows striker Mabhuti Khanyeza scored twice in the 39th and 83rd minutes.

Two tries by wing JP Pietersen gave the Durban Sharks a 17-3 victory over the Bulls of Pretoria in an error-strewn Super 14 match on Saturday. Pietersen scored once in each half in a game dominated by good defence and indifferent attack. The Sharks led 7-3 at halftime and the issue stayed in the balance until Pietersen wrapped up the match with five minutes remaining.

A poor crowd on Sunday saw AmaZulu play out a 1-1 draw against SuperSport United in a Premier Soccer League game at the Princess Magogo Stadium. AmaZulu were in a 1-0 lead at the interval. Bennet Mnguni, the former Sundowns midfielder, and ex-Kaizer Chiefs player Lucky Mzizi made their debuts for AmaZulu.

The 2-0 defeat of Lamontville Golden Arrows by Ajax Cape Town in their Premier Soccer League encounter on Wednesday at Chatsworth Stadium has not dampened the team spirit. In fact, it has steered them to reinforce the squad if they are to avoid relegation at the end of the season.

The student representative council of the Durban University of Technology on Monday called off its boycott plans after the institution’s management agreed to meet several of its demands over results, fees and security. SRC president Thami Shezi had initially urged nearly 1 500 students not to register.

Police on Wednesday recovered the body of a 13-year-old girl who was apparently raped and then thrown over a cliff in Durban’s Molweni area. The police search-and-rescue unit had to retrieve Londi Mdunge’s body, which had fallen nearly 60m down a cliff overlooking the Inanda Dam.

Two security guards at a Durban railway station were shot dead and robbed of a shotgun, police said on Friday. The two men were on duty at the Zwelethu railway station in Durban’s Umlazi area on Thursday night when a group of four armed men approached them and opened fire.

African National Congress (ANC) deputy president Jacob Zuma has criticised the media for calling people who walked out during President Thabo Mbeki’s address at a funeral ”Zuma supporters”. ”They are not Zuma supporters,” he said on Wednesday about those who walked out of the funeral of struggle hero Moses Mabhida.

The South African and Indian cricket teams were both anxiously watching the skies over Kingsmead on the fifth morning of the second Castle Lager Test on Saturday. The start of play was delayed by 55 minutes, and the players were taken off the field again half an hour later because of the heavily overcast conditions at the ground.

The second Castle Lager Test between South Africa and India at India took another twist on the fourth day on Friday when South Africa suffered a dramatic batting collapse to go to lunch on 192 for six. They have an overall lead of 280. Led by the exuberant youngster Shanthakumaran Sreesanth, India claimed six wickets for the addition of just 44 runs in nine overs and two balls.

Two wickets for Makhaya Ntini and three for Morne Morkel gave South Africa the edge at lunch on the third day of the second Castle Lager Test against India at Kingsmead on Thursday. At lunch, India had 183 for eight. India resumed play in the extended session on their overnight score of 103 for three, with the little master, Sachin Tendulkar, poised to score his first half century this year.

South Africa won the toss and elected to bat first in the second Castle Lager Test against India at Kingsmead on Tuesday. The Proteas premier batsman, Jacques Kallis, has been ruled out with a back injury and fast bowler Dale Steyn has not yet recovered from the left thigh injury that forced him off the field during the first Test at the Wanderers.

Fraud convict Schabir Shaik underwent explorative surgery in a Durban hospital on Monday. Shaik’s brother Mo Shaik said Schabir had undergone an angiogram at St Augustine’s hospital. Mo Shaik said the procedure was performed after his brother’s physicians had become concerned at ”swelling in the heart”.

Lawyers for Durban businessman Schabir Shaik on Friday failed to lodge papers with the Constitutional Court appealing his corruption and fraud conviction and sentence. Hearing radio reports on the possibility of papers being filed, court officials kept the general office open an extra half-hour, to 4pm.