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 A Memorial Ride for former world mountain bike champion Burry Stander has been planned in Port Elizabeth on Thursday. It is co-ordinated by local cycling enthusiast Brad Jackson and will start at Walmer Park Shopping centre on Thursday

 The Road Traffic Management Corporation has just released the latest figures for the festive season road death toll. It says 1,465 people died on the roads. This figure is for the period from the 1st of December to the 8th of January

American world number 13 John Isner has withdrawn from next week's Australian Open with a knee injury. The big-serving Isner, who was seeded 12 at the first Grand Slam of the season, injured his right knee during the Hopman Cup in Perth last week

It was another good day for Giniel de Villiers and Dirk von Zitzewitz (Imperial Toyota Hilux) in the Dakar Rally in South America yesterday. The 2009 champions finishing the day in fourth place and maintained their third position in the overall

Swansea produced the second surprise English League Cup semi-final first leg result in as many days after defeating Chelsea 2-0 Stamford Bridge last night. If not as great an upset as fourth-tier Bradford City's 3-1 win over Aston Villa on

The hunger strike initiated by inmates at the Groenpunt maximum prison in Deneysville, where 50 inmates and 7 warders were injured during riots on Monday, has ended. The prisoners had been refusing to eat since citing various complaints

 Three men have been arrested after they were found in possession of dagga outside Beaufort West. Police stopped and searched their VW Polo at a roadblock on the N1 when they noticed it had no number plates. Police Captain Malcolm Pojie

 Five people have died in head-on collisions on the N2 in the Transkei. Provincial traffic spokesperson Tshepo Machaea says four people died between Mthatha and Dutywa when a truck and a bakkie collided. In the other accident, one person

 Two women were arrested in Mthatha on Wednesday after they were caught with counterfeit Mandela bank notes. Police warrant officer Dineo Koena says they were able to buy school uniforms at a nearby store without anyone noticing that their