Sri Lanka meets South Africa for the second Test in Cape Town today.
SLBC
The second Test between Sri Lanka and South Africa starting today in Cape Town is expected to include another bowlers’ strip. Traditionally the pitch is bouncy and with rain forecast for all five days, there is also expected to be significant swing in …
‘Homeless’ man drowns in tidal pool
Independent Online
Picture: Ayanda Ndamane Cape Town – An elderly man drowned at the Dalebrook tidal pool in Cape Town, the city’s Disaster Risk Management Centre said on Monday. The centre’s head Wilfred Solomons-Johannes said the man began to struggle in the water and …
Biogas technology a boon for S Africa’s poor
Al Jazeera
The new biogas project is still in its infancy but it is hoped this technology could one day be used across the African continent where poverty and energy issues still plague the majority. Al Jazeera’s Haru Mutasa reports from Cape Town, South Africa.
Man killed in shack fire
Independent Online
A man was killed in a shack fire in Phumlani in Cape Town on Sunday, December 25, 2011, disaster management said. Firefighters extinguished the blaze and found the charred body of a man inside one of the shacks around 2am, spokesman Wilfred …
Capetonians urged to be safe
Primedia Broadcasting – Eyewitness News
Cape Town Disaster Management officials say these are favourable conditions for runaway veld fires. A fire gutted a home in Elsies River on Monday morning, leaving six people homeless. On Sunday, separate blazes in several informal settlements …
Telefonica reels in leader
Adelaide Now
Still the one: Camper might be narrowly out in front but overall leaders Telefonica, shown here celebrating their early success in Cape Town, is catching up. Picture: AP Source: AP SPANISH team Telefonica were reeling in Volvo Ocean Race pacesetters …
Mom happy with Christmas gift
Primedia Broadcasting – Eyewitness News
A Cape Town mother who gave birth to the city’s first baby on Christmas said the little one has brought new meaning to her life. Lauren Stevens welcomed little Lola-Star into the world at exactly 12am on Sunday morning at Somerset Hospital in Green …
Clear-headed Aussies ready for Boxing Day
ABC Online
Australia’s recent batting woes, which included 47 all out against South Africa in Cape Town and a dismal buckling to lose the Hobart Test against New Zealand, prompted the bosses to convene a boot camp before the Boxing Day Test at the MCG. …
Zimbabwe starlet Billiat for Ajax attachment
StarAfrica.com
The Zimbabwean is one of four players selected by South African side Ajax Cape Town for the trip to their mother club in the Netherlands. The quartet may be handed contracts if they impress Ajax coach Frank de Boer during the weeklong stint. …
