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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German-based defender Bradley Carnell has withdrawn from the Bafana Bafana squad to play Australia at Durban’s Absa stadium on Wednesday night.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
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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/ 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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/ 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.
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/ 19 January 2005
A tank containing a cleaning solvent caught fire and exploded at a Durban oil refinery on Tuesday night. Managing director of the Engen refinery, Wayne Hartmann, said he had no idea what sparked the fire at 8.45pm, but said it was extinguished quickly by metro fire personnel who responded instantly to their call.
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/ 17 January 2005
Legal teams on both sides of the Schabir Shaik fraud and corruption trial are back at work, although the case only resumes in court on January 31. A confident Shaik said compared to the tsunami, conflict in Iraq and the Israeli/Palestinian conflict, ”mine is not a problem, just a slight irritation … like a mosquito around your ankle”.
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/ 16 January 2005
Dynamos collected full points away from home thanks to the only goal of the match by Ntokozo ”Koloba” S’khakhane, beating Lamontville Golden Arrows in a dull Castle Premiership match played at King Zwelithini Stadium on Saturday afternoon.
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/ 11 January 2005
Dale McDermott, the former Springbok technical analyst whose video evidence of Springbok players being abused and humiliated at Kamp Staaldraad shocked the rugby world, was found dead on Sunday at his Durban home. No foul play is suspected. Springbok coach Jake White said on Monday night that he was ”shattered” to hear of the death.
At least five people were killed and hundreds left homeless when heavy storms swept through KwaZulu-Natal on Monday night. Five people in the Umhlahlani area in Ulundi died in a fire and six others were seriously injured when lightning struck their hut and caused a blaze that razed it.
Insurance company Old Mutual on Monday said it is willing to speed up claims resulting from the tsunami disaster in south-east Asia. In a statement, Old Mutual spokesperson Stephen Bowey said it normally takes two to three days to process a life-insurance claim once a death certificate is in the company’s possession.
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/ 23 December 2004
Seven gunmen robbed the South African Revenue Service’s customs offices in Durban on Thursday, escaping with R70 000 in cash, the service said. Staff members who had been held up in the cash hall were being treated for shock. Staff and members of the public took down the registration numbers of the two getaway vehicles.
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/ 20 December 2004
A man convicted on a rape charge walked out of custody in Durban on Monday on bail of R50, after serving three years of a 10-year sentence. This followed the admission by his 19-year-old step-niece, who was the alleged rape victim, that her evidence had been a lie, his lawyer, Vassist Sewpal, said.
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/ 9 December 2004
KwaZulu-Natal women who lay charges of domestic violence and then withdraw them could face prosecution this festive season, provincial minister for safety and security Bheki Cele said on Thursday. Unveiling his festive-season security strategy, Cele said domestic violence usually increases considerably during this time.
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/ 8 December 2004
Thirty correctional services officials were arrested in KwaZulu-Natal on Wednesday in connection with a R30-million medical aid fraud scam, Scorpions spokesperson Makhosini Nkosi said. The arrests stem from information given to the Jali Commission of inquiry into prison corruption and an investigation which began in 2002.
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/ 7 December 2004
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The Durban High Court refused on Tuesday a state application for a South African Revenue Service (Sars) official to testify in the Schabir Shaik fraud and corruption trial. Rob Reid, who has already supplied the state with an affidavit, will no longer go into the witness box.