Wilmot bid to ease bail By Adrienne Carlisle GRAHAMSTOWN -- One-time Eastern Province cricket hero Lorrie Wilmot, who is facing five rape and indecent assault charges in the Regional Court here, is to bring an application today to relax his bail conditions which stipula... Beer cargo trashed in crash By Bongani Siqoko EAST LONDON -- Hundreds of litres of beer were wasted when cases of beer fell from a delivery truck here yesterday morning. The truck, which was carrying beer worth about R30000, was on its delivery route to Beacon Bay bottle ... Call for calm after bomb explodes in central Cape Town CAPE TOWN -- Just a day after the Muslim Judicial Council (MJC) joined hands with other religious and political support for Operation Good Hope, yesterday's bomb blast in the centre of Cape Town once again demonstrated the callousness of the attac... Second registration set to be smoother, more orderly By Lucas Mati EAST LONDON -- Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) provincial electoral officer Bongani Finca is cautiously optimistic the second round of voter registration starting today will be much more orderly. The commission had drawn on ... Majority in poll criticise govt over crime rate JOHANNESBURG -- Job creation and the high crime rate remain the most serious concerns among the South African electorate with the majority criticising the government for not doing enough on these issues, according to the latest Opinion 99 poll rel...

Protest over SA elephants BADEN BADEN, Germany -- About 20 animal rights activists protested here yesterday evening shortly before a ceremony at which President Nelson Mandela was to receive the German Media Award. Activists, in elephant masks and stripy suits, staged a l... Medical evidence of journalists' torture HARARE -- A doctor has confirmed that two Zimbabwean journalists were tortured after being detained over a reported coup plot against President Robert Mugabe. P C K Chigwanda said in a report made available to AFP yesterday that he had found phys... 'Open motor racing to blacks' LONDON -- The Nigerian prince helping fund the Arrows Grand Prix motor racing team believes the time has come for Formula One to shed its image as a white man's sport. Prince Malik Ado Ibrahim joined forces with Arrows owner Tom Walkinshaw earlie... Border's climb to the top gets under way tonight By Peter Martin EAST LONDON -- A win tonight for the Mercedes-Benz Border team in their Standard Bank league cricket match against Kwazulu-Natal at Buffalo Park here could enable Border to top the log. At the moment they are one point behind bo... Ranatunga fined, gets suspended sentence on charges PERTH -- An International Cricket Council (ICC) disciplinary panel has fined Sri Lankan captain Arjuna Ranatunga and given him a six-match suspended sentence over his actions in a tri-series match last week. Ranatunga has been charged under clau...

Bungu is boxer of the year
JOHANNESBURG -- IBF junior featherweight cham-pion Vuyani Bungu walked off with his third consecutive Boxer of the Year trophy here last night. And he scored a first in the process, becoming the only fighter in the 23- year history of the King ...