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/ 27 February 2005
Faced with the almost impossible task of scoring 330 runs for victory, Zimbabwe laboured to 198 for seven off their 50 overs in the second game of the three-match Standard Bank limited-overs cricket series at Kingsmead on Sunday to lose by 131 runs. It leaves them 2-0 down with one to play in Port Elizabeth on Wednesday.
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/ 27 February 2005
Five men drowned and two were washed out to sea during a baptism on Durban’s Suncoast beach in the early hours of Sunday, police said. Captain Gugu Sabela said the men from a congregation in Inanda were taking part in a baptism ceremony just after midnight when the tragedy happened.
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/ 25 February 2005
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Fraud and corruption accused Schabir Shaik told the Durban High Court on Friday how he helped himself to money from the account of Deputy President Jacob Zuma. The money was donated to Zuma, his long-time friend and the man he served as a financial adviser, by former president Nelson Mandela, the court heard.
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/ 23 February 2005
The Sharks will have a completely new-look loose-forward trio for their opening 2005 Vodacom Super 12 rugby fixture against the Stormers at Newlands on Friday night. Jacques Botes, Braam Immelman and Jaco Gouws, who will wear the skipper’s tag, got the nod from coach Kevin Putt in the starting line-up.
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/ 23 February 2005
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Businessman Schabir Shaik is still bankrolling Deputy President Jacob Zuma, the Durban High Court heard on Tuesday. ”I continue to do so till this day,” Shaik told the court at his fraud and corruption trial. Shaik began testifying in his defence on Monday and for the past two days he has detailed payments made to and on behalf of Zuma.
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/ 22 February 2005
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Former president Nelson Mandela offered to help to ”extinguish” the debt of Deputy President Jacob Zuma. Testifying at his fraud and corruption trial on Tuesday, Schabir Shaik said Mandela felt Zuma’s financial problems were ”distracting him from his duties at the African National Congress”.
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/ 21 February 2005
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A nervous-looking Schabir Shaik finally went into the witness box in the Durban High Court on Monday to state his defence against fraud and corruption charges. Shaik, who constantly played with his glasses, was offered a chair by Judge Hillary Squires because he had been ”unwell” previously.
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/ 21 February 2005
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Fraud and corruption accused Schabir Shaik will tell his version of events but without the support of his friend Deputy President Jacob Zuma when he enters the witness box in the Durban High Court on Monday.
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/ 17 February 2005
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A much-mentioned encrypted fax allegedly recording a bribe of R500Â 000 to Deputy President Jacob Zuma was judged admissible as evidence by Durban High Court Judge Hillary Squires on Thursday. The fax is the key document in count three of the state’s case against fraud and corruption accused Schabir Shaik.
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/ 17 February 2005
Lamontville Golden Arrows hammered Mamelodi Sundowns 5-2 in an entertaining Castle Premiership encounter played at King Zwelithini Stadium on Wednesday afternoon. The first goal of this game was netted by Ezrom Nyandoro in the fifth minute to the delight of Brazilians supporters who came out in large numbers to watch this thriller.
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/ 16 February 2005
Donations from KwaZulu-Natal intended for tsunami-hit countries will instead be diverted to poor people in the province, the Airports Company South Africa (Acsa) said on Wednesday. Acsa spokesperson Chris Jacobs. He said 80 out of 120 tonnes of aid are still in storage in Durban and donors will meet on Thursday to discuss distribution.
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/ 16 February 2005
Cameroon striker Samuel Eto’o was named African footballer of the year for the second consecutive time on Tuesday. The announcement in Durban came as no surprise after Eto’o told teammates of his impending triumph after a friendly match against Senegal in France last week and several journalists overheard the conversation.
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/ 15 February 2005
After two years in the wilderness after a drugs test that went sour, talented Sharks flyhalf Herkie Kruger is back in the frame and the controlling body has once again got his signature on paper. A delighted Sharks coach Kevin Putt said: ”He is now available to play and this is hugely exciting for us.”
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/ 15 February 2005
Schabir Shaik’s brothers, Mo and Yunus, have asked former journalist Ranjeni Munusamy to sit in on his fraud and corruption trial with the possibility of becoming his media advisor, she told the South African Press Association on Monday. ”I have observer status with the defence team,” she said while leaving the Durban High Court.
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/ 12 February 2005
South African cricket captain Graeme Smith said on Friday that it was ‘very satisfying’ to win the Standard Bank one-day series against England, after the South African team’s dismal performance in 2004, when they won only two out of 15 one-day matches.
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/ 10 February 2005
A superb Scott Chipperfield goal earned Australia a 1-1 draw with South Africa in a lively friendly in Durban on Wednesday. The second-half substitute for Danny Tiatto struck after 71 minutes, pouncing on a headed clearance from Quinton Fortune and slamming the ball over recalled goalkeeper Calvin Marlin into the roof of the net.
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/ 8 February 2005
German-based defender Bradley Carnell has withdrawn from the Bafana Bafana squad to play Australia at Durban’s Absa stadium on Wednesday night. Carnell, who plays in the German second division for Karlsruhe, pulled a leg muscle at the weekend. Last week, Dutch-based goalkeeper Hans Vonk was forced to withdraw from the squad.
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/ 8 February 2005
Struggling Manning Rangers are without a head coach following the sudden resignation of Ian Palmer on Monday. The former Orlando Pirates striker joined the KwaZulu-Natal outfit towards the end of last year on a two-year contract. He was offered a contract after two consecutive victories.
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/ 8 February 2005
Bush Bucks chairperson Sturu Pasiya is adamant that the Eastern Cape team will not be relegated at the end of the season despite languishing at the bottom of the log. ”We are definitely going nowhere. Bush Bucks will still be campaigning in the Castle Premiership next season.” said Pasiya from East London on Monday night.
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/ 7 February 2005
The much-mentioned encrypted fax continued to take centre stage in the Schabir Shaik fraud and corruption trial in the Durban High Court on Monday. Prosecutor Billy Downer continued with his argument to admit as evidence seven documents, which the defence opposes.
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/ 3 February 2005
Cobras and green mambas endanger the lives of children at a ”jungle school” in KwaZulu-Natal, the principal complained on Thursday. ”You can’t leave your teaching aids in the classes because the monkeys run in and destroy everything,” said Anastacia Mhlongo, principal of Engweni Primary School in the Dukuduku forest near Mtubatuba.
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/ 2 February 2005
The Schabir Shaik fraud and corruption trial has been adjourned until Friday, when the state and defence will argue the admissibility of documents submitted by the state. These documents include the infamous encrypted fax as well as those confiscated during search and seizure operations in France and Mauritius.
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/ 31 January 2005
The Schabir Shaik fraud and corruption trial resumed in the Durban High Court on Monday without the hype that signalled the start of the case last October. Forensic auditor Johan van der Walt told the court that Deputy President Jacob Zuma owed fraud and corruption accused Schabir Shaik R2,2-million in capital and interest.
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/ 31 January 2005
The investigators responsible for uncovering possible irregularities in South Africa’s multibillion rand arms deal will be quizzed in the Schabir Shaik fraud and corruption trial when it resumes on Monday. Forensic auditor Johan van der Walt will be back in the witness box after previously explaining the paper trail linking Shaik and Deputy President Jacob Zuma.
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/ 25 January 2005
The Treatment Action Campaign has criticised the Catholic Bishops’ Conference in Southern Africa for saying the government should promote abstinence and not condoms in the fight against Aids because condoms are ”clearly not working”. ”It’s a sorry situation to find a person of such influence preaching such a message,” a TAC spokesperson said.
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/ 24 January 2005
The head of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference in Southern Africa, Cardinal Wilfred Napier, criticised the government on Monday for promoting condoms in the fight against HIV/Aids ”when it’s clearly not working”. Napier said only drastic change in sexual behaviour will stop the spread of the disease.
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/ 24 January 2005
Kaizer Chiefs failed to continue with their dominance over Manning Rangers when the Durban-based outfit held them 2-2 in a crunch Castle Premiership encounter played at Chatsworth Stadium on Sunday afternoon. The visitors were the first to find the back of the net in the 26th minute when Arthur ”10111” Zwane scored.
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/ 24 January 2005
South African Tim Clark took the lead at the third hole during the final round of the South African Airways Open golf tournament played the Durban Country Club on Sunday and never looked back. When the 29-year-old from Umkomaas potted the final putt of the tournament, he had completed the tournament in a 15-under-par 273.
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/ 23 January 2005
Four South Africans topped the leaderboard after the third round of the South African Airways Open golf championship at the Durban Country Club. Tim Clark, Titch Moore, Hendrik Buhrmann and Tjaart van der Walt will all go into Sunday’s final round on nine-under 207’s.
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/ 21 January 2005
Security remained tight at Lindelani, north of Durban, on Friday following the killing of the area’s Inkatha Freedom Party leader, Thomas Shabalala. The Durban serious and violent crimes unit is investigating the killing. Shabalala was shot twice in the head and chest at his driveway gate just after 8pm. Police do not suspect the killing to have been politically motivated.
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/ 20 January 2005
Keep the ball straight and stay out of the rough, especially on the opening five holes. That, says defending champion Trevor Immelman, is the key to victory at this year’s South African Airways Open golf championship that begins at the Durban Country Club on Thursday.
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/ 19 January 2005
At least 15 Durban-based medical specialists have offered their services to a local welfare group, the Gift of the Givers Foundation, as it prepares for a mercy flight to tsunami victims in Somalia. The foundation’s director, Dr Imtiaaz Sooliman, said Gift of the Givers is ready to leave with 40 tonnes of food, medical supplies and water.