Cape Town
World’s oldest bed found in South Africa
The world’s oldest bed, which dates back to 77,000 years ago, has been discovered in a cave in South Africa, a media report said on Friday.
Roebuck was about to be detained before suicide
Noted cricket columnist Peter Roebuck was about to be detained over an alleged sexual assault on a Zimbabwean Facebook friend when he committed suicide at his hotel, his colleague Jim Maxwell has said
Renowned cricket writer Roebuck commits suicide
Peter Roebuck, one of the most respected cricket commentators, who also wrote for Indian newspapers, committed suicide at his hotel here where he was covering Australia's Test series against South Afr
South Africa cruise to victory over Australia in Cape Town Test
Graeme Smith and Hashim Amla both hit centuries to take South Africa to a comfortable nine-wicket victory over Australia on Friday to end one of cricket's most topsy-turvy Test matches.
Amla raced to
Last pair save Australia from record low
Australia's last wicket pair saved their team from being bowled out for the lowest total in Test history on the second day of the first Test against South Africa at Newlands on Thursday.
Australia we
Dalai Lama pokes fun at China slurs, slams censorship
The Dalai Lama on Saturday slammed censorship in China as 'immoral' and poked fun at denunciations of himself in a video chat with Desmond Tutu after he was not granted a visa in time to travel to Sou
One-legged S.African driver used boy as clutch
A one-legged delivery truck driver was stopped at a Cape Town roadblock Friday, when police found him using his 11-year-old son to operate the clutch.
The 39-year-old driver had his left leg amputate
South Africa calls for immediate ceasefire in Libya
South Africa's foreign minister called for an immediate ceasefire in Libya on Tuesday, after President Jacob Zuma's talks in Tripoli failed to advance a regional peace plan.
Preparing green-top pitches will backfire on SA: Dravid
Senior India batsman Rahul Dravid has warned South Africa that they could be making a big mistake if they prepare green-top pitches for the Test series starting next week as his side also possess no l
Gritty Uruguay win fans’ hearts
Uruguay have been the biggest villains of the 2010 Fifa World Cup. They sent home team Bafana Bafana packing in the Group Stages. If that wasn’t enough, they followed it by ending the hopes, in most controversial circumstances one might add, of the continent’s last team — whom the fans here had cheered as their own even naming them Baf-Ghana Baf-Ghana.
