MOTHER City took no prisoners in their 4-0 demolition of Budeli Real Vultures in a Bobsave Superbowl match at Hartleyvale in Cape Town on Wednesday night. City led 2-0 at the break. The goals came through Makuka Makinta (two), Mimi Radebe and substitute Nzawetheti Nogwasa.
DUDU Nkosi, the former girlfriend of one fo South Africa’s most wanted men, alleged cash-heist kingpin Collin Chauke, is a free woman. On Wednesday she walked out of the Nelspruit Regional Court after being given a suspended sentence. She was found not guilty of defeating the ends of justice by harbouring Chauke until he was […]
BUSH Bucks went down 2-1 in their PSL match against Wits University at the Investec Stadium on Wednesday. Bucks were leading 1-0 at half-time, but an inspired performance by Wits snatched away the points. Patrick Moyo put Bucks in front in the fifth minute, but Wits equalised through substitute Robrecht van Rijkel in the 74th […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Sydney | Wednesday 10.30am. CATS’ coach Laurie Mains has added a second black player to his team for Saturday’s Super 12 match against New South Wales but denied the move was made to appease the South African Rugby Union. Mains, a former New Zealand coach, promoted black centre Mac Masina to his starting […]
ALAN FINLAY, Johannesburg | Thursday 4.50pm. NEGATIVE sentiment continued to dog the JSE on Thursday, driving the markets down 0,87% or 69 points by close of play. Analysts said local markets lack direction in the wake of a whipsawing Dow Jones, and that the big players are taking advantage of its vulnerability. Resources plunged 2,97% […]
A BABOON which climbed on electricity lines in a rural part of the Western Cape sparked a fire which destroyed at least six farms. Police Inspector Derik Petersen said a badly burnt baboon was found hanging on the electricity wires near the farming town of Porterville. He said police believed the baboon had caused the […]
BRITAIN has recalled its High Commissioner to Zimbabwe after customs officials forcibly opened diplomatic bags at Harare airport. Junior foreign minister Peter Hain described Zimbabwe’s action as “a grave breach of the Vienna Convention”. “Zimbabwe should be in no doubt that this is totally unacceptable behaviour. Hain said the bag had contained routine “protective screening […]
FIVE more people have been killed despite a curfew on two rival communities fighting over land in southwest Nigeria, bringing the toll to 35 in one week. Nigeria’s northern states erupted recently when Muslims and Christians clashed over the imposition of the Islamic Sharia law. The five were killed on Wednesday at Ogunsola village following […]
TRANSNET said on Wednesday it plans to sell its passenger bus services business, Autopax, in a bid to step up its restructuring programme. The loss-making parastatal, whose restructuring has been hobbled by massive debts, set no deadline for the disposal. “The government of the Republic of South Africa, represented by Transnet announces its intention to […]
OWN CORESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Thursday 10.30am. GAUTENG Deputy Judge President HCJ Flemming became the sixth Johannesburg judge or close family member to be hijacked in the past three years when he was robbed of his white Audi as he left his Victory Park home. The judge, who each day sits on appeal benches hearing the […]
SOUTH Africa closed the gap on Australia at the top of the Wisden World Championship with their 2-0 series victory in India. India dropped to seventh in the table, with only England and Zimbabwe below them. If Australia lose their forthcoming series in New Zealand — the last was drawn — their record will be […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Kochi | Thursday 9.00am SOUTH Africa have posted a total of 301/3 in their alotted 50 overs against India at Kochi, leaving the home-side a tough, but not unreachable target. The top-scorers for South Africa were openers Gary Kirsten and Herschelle Gibbs who scored 115 and 111 respectively. The two openers were sent […]
SOUTH Africans are becoming more optimistic about government’s ability to fight crime and improve the economy, according to the results of a survey released on Tuesday. The independent Human Sciences Research Council said a survey conducted in November last year showed most six out of 10 people believe the government has some degree of control […]
THE government imposed a curfew on two neighbouring communities in southwest Nigeria where fighting since Friday has claimed more than 30 lives and tension reigns. Residents said the governor of Osun state, Bisi Akande, announced on state-run radio that a curfew was being imposed in the communities of Ife and Modakeke. It will run from […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Tuesday 4.00pm ALTHOUGH the Proteas will have to do without Lance Klusener’s bowling in the first one day international on Thursday, there’s still the fearsome South African pace attack for India to contend with. “It’s unlikely at this stage that he will bowl. The physio has asked us to take it […]
TANZANIA, one of the world’s poorest countries, is sending 1000 tonnes of maize to flood-stricken Mozambique. Foreign Affairs spokesman Patrick Chokala said on Wednesday that in addition to the maize, the Tanzania-Mozambique Friendship Association would embark on a national fund-raising campaign for victims of the floods. “Under the circumstances, we are giving what little we […]
TROPICAL cyclone Gloria and Eline have killed 130 in Madagascar, and left thousands homeless. Gloria, which hit Madagascar last weekend, killed at least 66 while Eline killed 64 mid-February, authorities said. The UN has warned that Madagascar could be next in line for international aid on the scale being received by Mozambique. The thousands left […]
WALLABY captain John Eales will be out of rugby for up to six weeks after tests on Monday confirmed he has suffered a fractured eye socket. Eales was injured in a head clash with Queensland Reds teammate Sean Hardman in last Saturday’s 43-25 Super 12 loss to Wellington in New Zealand. “There is a fracture […]
THREE Dutch tourists have been murdered by “armed bandits” in a remote desert region of northern Mali. Security forces found the bodies and arrested four people in a search of the area known as the Tessalit circle, some 2000km north of the capital. While such attacks on vehicles are not uncommon, no foreigners have been […]
THE former head of apartheid’s security police, General Johan Coetzee, on Tuesday said he had no prior knowledge of a bloody cross-border raid by police into neighbouring Lesotho in 1985. Coetzee told a TRC hearing in Pretoria that at the time of the raid he was on holiday. “I did not know about the raid […]
CHINA will invest $200-million in a Zambian mine as part of Beijing’s effort to ensure a stable supply of raw materials, an official said on Wednesday. Officials said the rehabilitation of the Chambishi copper mine is at an advanced stage and production is expected to resume later this year. The Chinese group bought an 85% […]
THE Stockpoort border post between South Africa and Botswana was reopened to light traffic on Wednesday, three weeks after the Limpopo River burst its banks. It is now one of only two border posts between South Africa and its northern neighbours that are open. Northern Province police spokesman, Captain Ronel Otto, said the Beit Bridge […]
FORMER world kick-boxing champion Mike Bernardo will be contesting the WBF heavyweight world title on March 19 in Las Vegas. Bernado, who has taken a break from Thai boxing to concentrate on the more lucrative square ring sport, stopped US fighter Scott Conner in the second round of an elimination tournament earlier this year. Bernardo, […]
THREE people were killed in clashes on Tuesday in the far northern Nigerian city of Sokoto over demands for the imposition of Islamic Sharia law, reports said. Two churches were burnt down in the clashes which broke out around the university, one resident who asked not to be identified said. Details of the unrest — […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Wednesday 3.00pm. THE rand continued firming against the dollar on Wednesday after its intraday worst level of R6,53 to the US currency. Dealers said the local currency was tracing the euro to range around the crucial R6,50 mark by mid-afternoon. Dealers also said investors remain bullish about the rand’s prospects, despite […]
GRIQUAS and the Gauteng Falcons gave each other as good as they had in their Vodacom Cup match, with the visitors eventually winning 17-16 in Brakpan. The half-time score was 10-6 in favour of Griquas. Griquas skipper Luther Bakkes, playing at hooker, scored for Griquas as did lock Hanu Nel. Edrich Lubbe converted both tries […]
AT least 34 homes, a school and three game lodges have been destroyed by flooding in the Chiawa valley of the lower Zambezi following opening of spill gates at the giant Kariba Dam. Aid workers say maize fields along the river banks in the valley have been destroyed after the waters rose just over 5.1 […]
MINERALS and Energy Minister Phumuzile Mlambo-Ngcuka on Friday announced PricewaterhouseCoopers as the consortium to advise government on restructuring the electricity distribution industry. Mlambo-Ngcuka said PricewaterhouseCoopers was selected above 16 other bidders to advise government on developing a comprehensive and integrated implementation strategy for the establishment of regional electricity distributors.
THE Natal Wildebeeste scored a convincing 26-18 win over the South Western Districts Eagles in their Vodacom Cup clash in George on Saturday. The Natalians played a sparkling second-half and went into the second stanza leading 14-7. Natal also pick up the full complement of bonus points in this, their first match of the competition. […]
EGYPTIAN courts ordered 40 people remanded in custody on Monday after a student’s death crossing a road brought 3000 rioters onto the streets in clashes with police in which some 60 people were hurt. A total of 78 people were brought in for questioning after the rioting just north of the capital but the others […]
REPRESENTATIVES from thirty African, Caribbean and Latin American nations met in Mali on Monday to discuss how to stop deserts taking over more of their land. The three-day conference, organised by the United Nations, will discuss ways of putting into practice the body’s desertification control convention. UN agencies say that 110 countries are affected by […]
EMSIE FERRERIA, Cape Town | Tuesday 6.00pm ECONOMISTS said a stronger dollar rather than a weaker rand has precipitated the downward spiral in the local currency, which crashed through the the crucial R6,50 early Tuesday, only to recover by later afternoon. At one point in early trade the rand was heading for the R6,55 mark […]