Articles tagged ‘Australia’
What’s Happening in the Tri-Nations?
By Ben | August 20th, 2006 |
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Your Correspondent has been gone for so long (OK, just a week), that he feels as though the Tri Nations should be over by now. And look - it is! To every South African’s relief, no doubt. Now we have what amounts to a two-test home series against New Zealand (who thumped the Boks and [...]
Springboks Escape Utter Humiliation This Time
By Ben | July 22nd, 2006 | Add a Comment »
South Africa’s Springboks, last week’s sorry excuse for a rugby team (they lost their first Tri Nations test match, against Australia, 49-0, in one of their worst defeats ever), magically morphed into this week’s reasonably-perky union footballers, falling to a far-superior All Blacks side in Wellington by just a whisker less than half their opponent’s [...]
Stories from the 01-02 April ‘06 Weekend: What You Missed
By Ben | April 3rd, 2006 | Add a Comment »
SA Blog brings you South Africa news from the weekend which you may not have seen. (Note: over time, some links may expire, as stories are archived.)
Robbie Williams and Leonardo DiCaprio avoid the paparazzi. The two stars are in town for a concert and movie, respectively, but the local photographers don’t seem to be up [...]
Stories from the 25-26 Mar ‘06 Weekend: What You Missed
By Ben | March 27th, 2006 | Add a Comment »
SA Blog brings you South Africa news from the weekend which you may not have seen. (Note: over time, some links may expire, as stories are archived.)
Metallica Drains Cape Town of Electricity. Metallica hit the stage at Green Point stadium on Saturday - and the lights went out. Power was quickly restored to the concert, [...]
Australian High Commission and Consulate in South Africa
By Ben | March 9th, 2006 | Add a Comment »
High Commission Homepage | Australian Citizen Services | Visa Applications
Emergency assistance (Australian nationals only): 0800 993 511 (SA) OR 0961 9 616 261 1446 (AU)
AUSTRALIAN HIGH COMMISSION
Commission Head, Tshwane (Pretoria)
Tel: +27 (0) 12 423 6000
Fax: +27 (0) 12 421 7888
Register with DFAT: click here
Street address: 292 Orient Street, Arcadia, Tshwane (Pretoria) | MapBusiness [...]
Cape Town Power Outage: Tonight’s Cricket “Guaranteed”
By Ben | March 3rd, 2006 | Add a Comment »
Today’s cricket match between South Africa’s Proteas and the Australians - an ODI day-nighter - won’t be interrupted by the rolling blackouts that have brought chaos to Cape Town in recent weeks.
At least, that’s the hope everyone appears to be grasping at. Apparently, the cricket people have struck a deal with the Eskom people (see [...]
Stories from the 25-26 Feb ‘06 Weekend: What You Missed
By Ben | February 27th, 2006 | Add a Comment »
SA Blog brings you South Africa news from the weekend which you may not have seen. (Note: over time, some links may expire, as stories are archived.)
Cape Town’s electricity woes set to continue. For the immediate future, Cape Town has power (hooray!), but because of a tricky maintenance schedule for South Africa’s sole nuclear reactor, [...]
South Africa vs. Australia: Cricket Schedule
By Ben | February 24th, 2006 | 1 Comment »
After taking a walloping Down Under during their recent tour there, South Africa’s cricketers get another chance to challenge Australian dominance, in the home test, ODI and Pro20 series, which kick off today.
Fixture schedule: SA United Cricket Board
Live match scores on the web: Cricinfo.com
Tune in via radio: Radio 2000 (around 99 - 100 on the [...]
Live Cricket: Follow South Africa vs. Australia NOW!
By Ben | January 20th, 2006 | 1 Comment »
Australia posted 245 all out in the ODI currently being played at the MCG, with a run rate of 4.9. This seems chaseable - but South Africa, now on 84/2 (3.41 to the over), need to up the pace of their innings a bit.
For those who understand what this means, follow the rest of South [...]
Travel Special: Cheap Flights from Down Under
By BootsnAll | December 13th, 2005 | 2 Comments »
South Africa’s national carrier, SAA, has announced special airfares from major cities down under - but you have to book soon. Tickets range from AU$1450 ex Adelaide to AU$1650 ex Sydney.
As a bonus, you’ll get a free return flight to Durban, Cape Town or the Nelson Mandela Metropole (NMMM, a.k.a Port Elizabeth). Note that these [...]
