South Africa

Rampant Aussies humble Proteas
JOHANNESBURG -- South African cricket edged closer to an on-field crisis as the national side crashed to their biggest ever Test defeat, and the second heaviest in the history of Test cricket, at the Wanderers here yesterday. For the fourth time...

Andre Vos quits Test rugby
JOHANNESBURG -- Former Springbok captain Andre Vos decided yesterday the physical demands of international rugby were too much, and said he would no longer be available for selection to the national side. The 27-year-old former East Londoner capt...

Call to reinstate doctor
JOHANNESBURG -- DA leader Tony Leon yesterday demanded the Mpumalanga government withdraw its case against Dr Thys von Mollendorff and reinstate him immediately. Von Mollendorff was fired on Friday for allowing a group that provided free advice a...

Top investors pleasantly surprised at SA economy
KLEINMOND -- President Thabo Mbeki and members of his International Investment Council (IIC) agreed yesterday that programmes to put South Africa's image in a better light needed top priority. The IIC met at an exclusive resort here on the south ...

Postal tariffs to rise by 9%
JOHANNESBURG -- Postal tariffs will go up by nine percent from April 22. Acting head of the Postal Regulator Mikie Kutta said on Saturday: "Postal tariffs are reviewed every year due to rising costs and other factors. This year we had to take int...

Summit to focus on morals
WITBANK -- Deputy President Jacob Zuma yesterday announced that a Moral Regeneration Summit would be held in April at Waterkloof Air Force Base in Pretoria. Speaking here at the launch of partnership against crime between the community, business ...

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No clarity on SA media in Zim
PRETORIA -- There was still no clarity on whether South African journalists, initially refused permission to cover the upcoming Zimbabwean presidential election, would now be allowed to do so, the South African National Editors Forum (Sanef) said ...

Zanu(PF) branch in Jo'burg lambasts media
JOHANNESBURG -- The South African branch of Zanu(PF), Zimbabwe's governing party, lambasted the "imperialistic media" yesterday for "demonising" President Robert Mugabe by blaming him for lawlessness in that country. Addressing the official openi...

S African observers stoned
JOHANNESBURG -- Members of the South African parliamentary mission observing the presidential election in Zimbabwe were slightly injured when their vehicles were stoned yesterday afternoon. Andries Botha, a Democratic Alliance member of the team,...