Fuming rugby bosses cry foul in Super 14 row
By Brett Adkins
RUGBY in the Eastern and Southern Cape was dealt a crippling blow yesterday when it was announced that Central Unions had been awarded the hotly contested fifth franchise for the expanded Super 14 tournament in 2006....
Stormers face tough challenge at Newlands
Special Correspondent
CAPE TOWN – All eyes will be on the Stormers as they bid to salvage South African rugby pride when they play the Crusaders in a crunch Super 12 showdown at Newlands this afternoon....
When the tourists get ‘khaki fever’, rangers are hunted
The jeep jockeys get selected for their charm and their comprehensive knowledge of the wild. But besotted visitors sometimes regard them as easy prey, learns Michael Roux van Zyl. Mike Holmes took the pictures ...
Super 14 decision body blow for EC
THE rejection of the joint Eastern Cape/Border/South Western Districts bid for the fifth South African Super 14 franchise next year is a severe body blow to rugby in this part of the world. For far too long this region has been regarded as the poor relation of the sport and this was the ideal opportunity for the South African Rugby Union to change this unfair perception....
Pascal brings French flair to The Barn next week
THE mood will be decidedly early 20th century French when cabaret supremo Daniele Pascal appears at The Barn at the Port Elizabeth Opera House next week for a four-night season.
Pascal’s latest fare is made up of the “French cafe songs” made famous in the side cafes and music halls of Paris in the 1920s through to the 1940s by the likes of Edith Piaf, Mistinguette and Yvonne Printemps....