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South Africa plans to create special courts dedicated to handling crimes committed during the World Cup, aiming to speed up the judicial process, especially for cases involving foreigners.
South Africa scored four tries to beat Italy 32-10 in a rugby international on Saturday and win its first match out of four on its northern hemisphere tour. Bryan Habana, Jacque Fourie, Fourie Du Preez and Wynand Olivier all touched down, while Morne Steyn kicked 10 points and substitute Ruan Pienaar added a late conversion for the world champions.
South Africa beat Italy 32-10 (halftime 12-7) in Udine, Italy on Saturday.
UDINE, Italy (AP) -- South Africa beat Italy 32-10 in a rugby union test at Stadio Friuli on Saturday: Scores: South Africa 32 (Bryan Habana, Jacque Fourie, Fourie Du Preez, Wynand Olivier tries; Mourne Steyn 2 penalties, 2 conversions, Ruan Pienaar conversion) def. Italy 10 (Gonzalo Garcia try; Craig Gower conversion, penalty). HT: 12-7.
New Moon opening night strikes on Nov. 27 in Johannesburg, South Africa. Eighth-grader Rea will be there with 20 of her closest friends.
Looks like South African runner Caster Semenya will be able to keep the gold medal she won at the recent world championships in Berlin.
South African all-rounder Jacques Kallis has been ruled out of the one-day series against England because of a rib injury, Cricket South Africa said on Saturday.
Nov. 21 (Bloomberg) -- South Africa plans to create special courts during the 2010 FIFA World Cup to speed up processing cases involving foreigners, Agence France-Presse reported, citing Justice Department Spokesman Tlali Tlali.
Looks like South African runner Caster Semenya will be able to keep the gold medal she won at the recent world championships in Berlin. The public humiliation? That will stay with her, too, long after the gold loses its shine. Three months after she mopped up the field in the women's 800, international sports officials are trying to tie a ribbon on a deal that will likely allow Semenya to keep...
Nov. 20 (Bloomberg) -- South Africa’s FTSE/JSE Africa All Share Index fell or a third day, declining 129.96, or 0.5 percent, to 26,929.25 in Johannesburg.
Scotland stunned Australia 9-8 and New Zealand continued its perfect touring record to beat England on Saturday, while Wales outclassed Argentina and South Africa finally won a match in Europe with victory at Italy. Australia flyhalf Matt Giteau missed an injury-time conversion after a try by Ryan Cross for the Scots, who led 9-3 after two penalties by Phil Godman and a drop goal by Chris...
Rain washed out the first one-day international between South Africa and England without a ball being bowled on Friday.
Nov. 20 (Bloomberg) -- South Africa’s FTSE/JSE Africa All Share Index fell or a third day, declining 51.57, or 0.2 percent, to 27,007.64 at 9:50 a.m. in Johannesburg.
Everton midfielder Steven Pienaar has won South Africa's player of the year award for 2009. Pienaar was voted the national team's best player in a text message vote by fans. Mamelodi Sundowns' Siboniso Gaxa and Macbeth Sibaya of Russian team Rubin Kazan finished second and third.
DE DOORNS, South Africa, Nov. 20 (UPI) -- The United Nations announced its condemnation of violence and xenophobic attacks that drove 3,000 foreigners from their shacks in South Africa.
* South Africa run in four late tries
World champions South Africa ended their three-match losing run with a 32-10 victory against error-strewn Italy here on Saturday.
Nov. 20 (Bloomberg) -- The following stocks may rise or fall in South Africa. Symbols are in parentheses and prices are from the last close. The FTSE/JSE Africa All Share Index fell for a second day, declining 151.43, or 0.6 percent, to 27,059.21 in Johannesburg.
One of the most public and controversial cases of sex verification in sports has apparently been resolved, but the results may never be made known to the public.
Johannesburg - The results of sex tests performed on controversial South African champion runner Caster Semenya will not be made public as had been expected, South Africa's sports department said Thursday. The sports department in Pretoria said in a ...
Nov. 19 (Bloomberg) -- South Africa’s FTSE/JSE Africa All Share Index declined 82 points to 27,128.64 at 10:53 a.m. in Johannesburg. The following are among the most active stocks in the South African market today.
