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 Two people have been killed and a woman critically injured when their car was shot at in Msinga south of Dundee, in KwaZulu-Natal. Police spokesperson, Colonel Jay Naicker, says the vehicle was ambushed. The two deceased, a man and

Seven-time world snooker champion Stephen Hendry has announced his retirement after losing in the quarter-finals at the world championships in Sheffield, England. The 43-year-old snooker legend bowed out after a 13-2 defeat to fellow Scot

Martin Skrtel's own goal condemned Liverpool to a 1-0 loss to Fulham last night, maintaining the team's dreadful home form in the Premier League this season. The 18-time champions have won just five of 18 home matches in the league and are likely

 A stunning 30-metre thunderbolt from captain Lucky Lekgwathi in injury time lifted Orlando Pirates to a critical 2-1 win over SuperSport United in their Absa Premiership match at the Peter Mokaba Stadium on Tuesday night. The top spot on

 National Metalworkers Union of SA general secretary Irvin Jim has accused the Democratic Alliance of trying to undermine the ANC leadership. He was speaking at a Workers Day rally in the Northern Cape. Jim referred to the DA as a "

The fight against toll roads was the hot topic on Workers Day as Cosatu and the SA Communist Party promised to step up their campaign against the government's plan to implement an e-tolling system in Gauteng. Cosatu said it would continue its

England backrower James Haskell has been suspended for three matches for punching an opponent during the Super rugby match between his Otago Highlanders and the Cheetahs. Haskell received a yellow card for the incident in Saturday's match in

The South Africa men's hockey team put together a near-faultless first half performance to beat China 5-2 in their key Olympic Qualifier Tournament match in Japan yesterday. The result sets up a key game for SA tomorrow against  log-leaders

Manchester City seized control of the Premier League title race last night after Vincent Kompany's first-half header powered them to a 1-0 win over bitter rivals Manchester United. Kompany headed home from a corner on the stroke of half-time to