Breaking News

Why Zille axed Max

Weatern Cape Premier Helen Zille's cabinet reshuffle to embrace ID leader Patricia de Lille at the expense of provincial MEC for community safety Lennit Max, has raised eyebrows with some insiders spe...

Smit banks on everything coming up roses

The Springboks invariably come up smelling of roses when they play Test matches in the Free State capital and captain John Smit is banking on more of the same in today's Tri-Nations match against the ...

Zuma's brood getting bigger?

There may well be another Zuma baby on the way - bringing all the president's children to a tally of 22. The Ilanga newspaper reported on Friday that President Jacob Zuma's fiancee, Bongiwe Gloria N...

ICC: fixing case is most serious since Hansie

LONDON - The head of the International Cricket Council has called the fixing allegations against three suspended Pakistan players the most serious case of corruption to hit the sport since South Afric...

SA loses free status as media threats grow

Freedom House, the US-based NGO which has been closely monitoring political rights and civil liberties in every country of the world for decades, has ranked South Africa among Africa's few "free" coun...

Sport

Smit banks on everything coming up roses

The Springboks invariably come up smelling of roses when they play Test matches in the Free State capital and captain John Smit is banking on more of the same in today's Tri-Nations match against the ...

Easy win for Venus as she advances in US Open

New York - Venus Williams easily eliminated 185th-ranked qualifier Mandy Minella of Luxembourg 6-2, 6-1 on Friday at the US Open. The No. 3-seeded Williams reached the fourth round for the 12th time ...

Day, Johnson share lead as Woods struggles

Boston, Massachusetts - Zach Johnson and Jason Day beat the rain on Friday to share the clubhouse lead in the first round of the Deutsche Bank Championship. Johnson gave US Ryder Cup captain Corey Pa...

ICC: fixing case is most serious since Hansie

LONDON - The head of the International Cricket Council has called the fixing allegations against three suspended Pakistan players the most serious case of corruption to hit the sport since South Afric...

No word yet on rest for the Boks

Bloemfontein - The Springbok management have not yet decided about the resting of players on the year-end tour and are likely to discuss the issue within the next fortnight. "The fact that it is a Gr...