Новости за 05.04.2018

AUGUSTA, Georgia – Tiger Woods returned to the acid test of Augusta National on Thursday with a one-over par 73 in the first round of the Masters, declaring the experience “awesome”.

JOHANNESBURG – Reeza Hendricks and Rassie van der Dussen were the big winners at the Highveld Lions season awards on Thursday evening, with the former walking away with the Player of the Year gong, while Van der Dussen picked up two prizes at a ceremony held at Sun City.

DURBAN - Augmented reality game Pokémon Go will be rewarding their users for cleaning up on Earth Day.

Johannesburg - SAPS and the State Information Technology Agency (SITA) have confirmed that certain critical systems have been shut down following a threat from Forensic Data Analysts (FDA) to suspend its services over lack of payment. 

JOHANNESBURG - Clicks has opened its 500th pharmacy in Joburg and plans to expand to 900 stores in South Africa, with a pharmacy in every store.

Social media was rightly awash with praise for the production crew at SuperSport and the role they played in exposing the sandpaper affair during the Newlands Test.

JOHANNESBURG - Business Unity South Africa (Busa) on Thursday, joined millions of South Africans and people world wide to mourn the passing of struggle stalwart Winnie Madikizela-Mandela.

JOHANNESBURG - A female contract who is part of the Expanded Public Works Programme (EPWP) was on Thursday shot and injured while working on the Northcliff Ridge.

“Ma Winnie did not kill Stompie!” These were the words former ANC MP Vytjie Mentor said at a memorial in Cape Town.

LONDON – World Rugby are to set up a disputes committee to examine Spain’s controversial defeat by Belgium last month, the global governing body said on Thursday as they revealed they were “deeply concerned” by events at the World Cup qualifier.

PORT ELIZABETH - Some 300 residents of Port Elizabeth on Thursday set up burning barricades across the M14 at Izinyoka, Kwadwesi leading to Kleinskool, as well as the R75 in protest at the demolition of shacks.

Luxor - A passenger bus and a truck collided on a road in southern Egypt, killing 20 people, local security sources said on Thursday.

CAPE TOWN - A student activist on Thursday described how the life of Winnie Madikizela-Mandela helped her during her incarceration in 2016 following widespread protests over free education.

RUSTENBURG - North West premier Supra Mahumapelo on Thursday, appointed a team to intervene at the provincial health and social development departments.

Usually, grooming is a good thing, but too much of it can be a sign of a stressed-out cat.

'The Batman' standalone movie will not be dealing with the brutal death of Jason Todd aka Robin.

JOHANNESBURG - Just as we are recovering from the shocking news of how the listeriosis bacterium has been traced to a processed food factory in Polokwane, Limpopo, we now hear there is a new possible outbreak.

This at a time when Tiger Brands, the company that owns the Limpopo facility, still refuses to admit guilt even though it accepts that it will face a crippling lawsuit from the families of the 180 people so far confirmed to have died because of listeriosis since January 2017.

PARIS – Rafael Nadal faces a potentially season-defining Davis Cup weekend as the 16-time Grand Slam champion returns for his first appearance since hobbling out of the Australian Open in January with a crippling hip injury.

Durban - Supporters of former president Jacob Zuma, including university students and his controversial son Edward, defied the ANC National Executive Committee (NEC) on Thursday night by donning ANC colours at a night vigil in Durban.

AUGUSTA – Tiger Woods was in the spotlight in his first Masters appearance in three years on Thursday, but it was playing partner Marc Leishman who topped the leaderboard through nine holes at Augusta National.

The two cultural norms, which may on the surface seem completely different, are starting to converge

Scottburgh’s Johnathan Rorke took to King’s Beach to confirm his anointment as South Africa’s new king of beach sprinting.

It is unclear when the madness will end. Just some days ago, the US government announced that it planned on asking all visitors applying for a visa to release their telephone numbers, email addresses and social media history. 

Women who eat sprouts, broccoli and cauliflower are less likely to suffer strokes, research shows.

JOHANNESBURG - South Africa is currently experiencing a palpable mood of change since the recent changes in government. While it is too early for the new leadership to have introduced any meaningful economic changes, they are sending encouraging signals to the market.

Will this have significant bearing for the construction industry? In my view, the answer is in the affirmative. The industry is poised to benefit in the medium to long term.