OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Monday 1.55pm. THE six men accused of the gang-rape and murder of teenager Valencia Farmer appeared in the Parow regional court on Monday. When they arrived for their bail hearing, a banner-waving crowd of about 200 people chanted “no bail, no bail” and “hang the murderers”. The accused are Glenville Faro, […]
SUNDAY 8.00PM: KAIZER Chiefs beat Orlando Pirates 2-0 to win the Iwisa Charity Spectacular for a record eighth time at the FNB Stadium in Johanesburg on Saturday. The match was not brilliant by any stretch of the imagination, but it did show some weaknesses in the Pirates squad that will play Mamelodi Sundowns in the […]
MICHAEL METELITS, Johannesburg | Tuesday 1.45pm. HIGHER inflation figures are unlikely to get in the way of expected interest rate cuts, according to economists reacting to Tuesday’s Consumer Price Index (CPI) figures released by Statistics South Africa. Overall CPI rose to 7,3%, while core inflation rose to 8,0%. Both indices gained 0,2% on increases in […]
DEFENDING champions Blue Bulls ripped the chase wide open in the Currie Cup when they trounced Free State 38-17 in a weekend of topsy-turvy results. The Natal Sharks, however, escaped a possible upset defeat at the hands of Boland in the southern wine-farming town of Wellington to claim the log-leadership. The Sharks, with 30 points, […]
THE government is to spend R10-million to mark the centenary of the Anglo Boer War. South Africa’s most extensive land war has generally been seen as a battle between the British and the Afrikaners, but it has become increasing evident that the war involved all South Africans and should be remembered by the nation, SABC […]
SUNDAY 8.00PM: SOUTH Africa on Saturday beat an Australian team at home for the first time in five years when they won their first Tri-Nations match 14-13 at a rain-lashed Subiaco Oval in Perth. The match was an exceptionally tight affair, with both teams chalking up eight points at the break. The Australians took an […]
ORGANISERS of the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester plan to drop one-day cricket but rugby sevens, hockey and netball will remain, the New Zealand Olympic Committee said on Tuesday. Organisers have finalised a list of 14 individual sports and three team sports they planned to host, New Zealand Olympic Committee chief executive Michael Hooper said […]
LUKE Hitchings mounted an early assault in the final of the Gunston 500 in Durban on Sunday to claim the title and the R60 000 ($9,780) first prize. Australian Hitchings beat compatriot Koby Abberton into second place with American Adam Replogle third and another Australian, Mick Campbell, in fourth place. Greg Emslie, the last South […]
AT LEAST half of the 843 municipalities face financial problems and 151, or about one in six, are in full-blown crisis. Chief director in local government finance at the constitutional development and provincial affairs department, Jackie Manche, told delegates at the South African Local Government Association’s annual general congress in Port Elizabeth that the troubled […]
ZIMBABWE’S President Robert Mugabe has called on southern African states to support the Angolan government in its war against UNITA rebels. Speaking at the official opening of a new session of parliament, Mugabe said the Angolan conflict was a “threat to the Southern African Development Community’s development and prosperity.” Mugabe, who heads the 14-nation SADC’s […]
FIVE people, including a 65-year-old pensioner and her daughter, appeared briefly in the Mkhuhlu periodical court on Monday in connection with attempting to castrate a man. They were not asked to plead on charges of attempted murder after they allegedly tried to cut off the testicles of Charles Thabiso Mhlanga, (26) a sangoma from the […]
MICHAEL VLISMAS, Johannesburg | Tuesday 11.25pm. SPRINGBOK coach Nick Mallett plans to present the South African Rugby Football Union (SARFU) with a proposal which he feels will repair the damage done by a dismal Tri-Nations ahead of the World Cup. The Springboks arrived at Johannesburg International early on Tuesday morning with their World Cup hopes […]
THE opposition Malawi Congress Party and its coalition partner the Alliance for Democracy returned to parliament on Monday after boycotting Friday’s opening address by President Bakili Muluzi, news reports said. The opposition deputies took up their seats in parliament on Monday to participate in the debate on the president’s address, which is scheduled to last […]
A SHOP selling relics of the 1994 genocide in Rwanda, including victims’ bones and skulls, will soon start operating in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania one of the people involved told the Tanzanian Daily Mail.. Among articles to be sold by the group are video cards, ordinary cassettes, victims’ clothes and other items related to the […]
SHANNON BRIGGS wants to fight Mike Tyson, and could be one step closer to that dream after his match-up with former Tyson opponent Francois Botha, the “White Buffalo”. The two will meet August 7 at the Trump Taj Mahal in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Botha was leading Tyson on all three cards after four rounds, […]
COVENTRY City on Monday completed the signing of the Moroccan international Mustapha Hadji from Deportivo La Coruna, paving the way for George Boateng to leave for Aston Villa. Coventry paid a club record 4m for the 27-year-old midfield player, known in his home country as “The Detonator”. Hadji grew up in France and had spells […]
CASEY Progressive, the Durban branch of the JSE-listed black empowerment IT total solutions provider, Casey, announced on Monday it has been awarded a R1,6-million contract by the Medical School in Durban to provide 200 work-stations, for use in its under-graduate computer skills laboratory.
MICHAEL VLISMAS, Carnoustie | Sunday 10.00pm. IT was perhaps not as severe as Jean Van de Velde’s disappointment, but Ernie Els’ own major misery this year continued as he again failed to realise his expectations at the British Open. While Van de Velde was self-destructing in spectacular fashion on the drenched fairways of Carnoustie and […]
A RECORD 75 million (about $117.5 million) is the expected profit from the rugby union World Cup which starts in two and a half months time, the Daily Telegraph newspaper reported in London on Friday. Profits raised from the October 1 to November 6 competition will be passed on to help rugby union development worldwide […]
EGYPT will open its first shipping line with east Africa next month, sending goods from Suez to Djibouti and the Kenyan port of Mombasa, the Egyptian Businessmen’s Association said on Sunday. Six ships with total cargo capacity of 40000 tons will sail the routes monthly starting August 1, EBA general secretary Taher el-Sherif said. Another […]
VOTER registration for Mozambique’s presidential and legislative elections kicked off in the country on Tuesday, despite some access and weather problems in northern Niassa, central Sofala and southern Inhambane provinces. The voter registration runs until September 17. It’s the third registration to take place in Mozambique since the 1992 peace agreement ending 16 years of […]
THE The A and P Tennis Classic officially struck out with its headline attractions as Amanda Coetzer took advantage of Anna Kournikova’s serve and defeated the Russian teenager 6-4, 6-4 in the quarter-final on Friday night. The ouster of the fan favourite completes a bad week for the organizers of the exhibition event. Jana Novotna, […]
SARAH BULLEN, Cape Town | Monday 4.45pm LOCAL stock drifted higher in a thin day of trade on Monday that saw the all share index lift 0,19%. Heavyweight stock took most of the slack volume, with the Alsi-40 index outperforming the market to rise 0,40%. The all gold index staged a late recovery after dipping […]
JUSTICE and Constitutional Development Minister Penuell Maduna will ask Parliament to accede to a 26-year-old United Nations convention that declares apartheid a crime, Maduna announced on Monday. The cabinet has already given the matter the go-ahead, he said in a statement. The issue of acceding to the convention would be brought before parliament at its […]
FLYHALF Stephen Larkham will join the Wallabies at their training camp in Queensland on Wednesday as he nears a return to rugby union following a serious knee injury. Larkham damaged knee ligaments playing for the ACT Brumbies against Super 12 champions Canterbury Crusaders in early April. The 25-year-old will be assessed by the Australian coaching […]
BAFANA Bafana defender Pierre Issa extended his contract for two years with French first division side Marseille, the club announced. The 23-year-old defender, who represented South Africa in last year’s World Cup, began his career with the side who were runners-up in this year’s French championship. Issa, who joined Marseille in 1996, was a key […]
THE best of South African hockey will be on show next week as the country’s top eight sides gather for the annual men’s hockey interprovincial. The tournament, which runs at the Univerity of Port Elizabeth-Tech astroturf from next Tuesday to Saturday, is sure to be highly competitive as the provinces vie for one of the […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Monday 1.55pm. THE six men accused of the gang-rape and murder of teenager Valencia Farmer appeared in the Parow regional court on Monday. When they arrived for their bail hearing, a banner-waving crowd of about 200 people chanted “no bail, no bail” and “hang the murderers”. The accused are Glenville Faro, […]
DUAL Olympic breaststroke champion Penny Heyns was named on Wednesday as part of a 26-member South African team to contest next month’s Pan Pacific swimming championships in Sydney. Heyns, who won the 100-200m breaststroke double at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, said she wanted to use the meeting as part of her preparation for next year’s […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Mbabane | Sunday 7.00pm. OUTSIDERS Swaziland reached the Castle Cup Southern Africa championship semi-finals with a dramatic triumph over Zimbabwe in Mbabane on Sunday. A last-minute goal from a controversial penalty award earned the Swazis a 1-1 draw and they won the shootout 4-3 to join Angola in the last four of the […]
PENNY Heyns broke the five-year-old women’s 200 meter breaststroke world record at a Los Angeles event on Saturday, setting a new time of two minutes 24.51 seconds. Heyns, competing in the sixth annual Janet Evan Invitational competition, first broke Australian Rebecca Brown’s record of 2:24.76 in the qualifying rounds with a time of 2:24.69. She […]
WESTERN Province skipper Bobby Skinstad is likely to returns to Currie Cup rugby next Saturday in his team’s clash against Free State. Skinstad, the pretender to the Springbok captaincy, has been out for three months after injuring his knee in a car accident following a good Super 12 leading the Stormers. Many rugby commentators see […]