WEDNESDAY, 1.00PM: BAFANA BAFANA won their warm-up friendly match against Free State XI 1-0 in Bloemfontein on Tuesday night. Midfielder Doctor Khumalo scored from a penalty spot after being brought down by defender Charles Montloung in the 53rd minute. Bafana Bafana attacked early in the first half and Eric Tinkler was unlucky when his shot […]
TUESDAY, 5.30PM THREE men, including a policeman absent without leave and a police reservist, appeared in the Richmond Magistrate’s Court in KwaZulu-Natal on Tuesday afternoon on a charge of attempted murder. The accused are policeman Bongaleni Robert Ntolo, 26, reservist Thembinkosi Muqga Ngwenya, 39, and Bongani James Phiri, 32. The case was remanded until August […]
TUESDAY, 3.30PM FOLLOWING last week’s secession of the Comoran island of Anjouan, a second island in the Indian Ocean archipelago on Monday seceded from the federation. A small group of secessionists on the island of Moheli on Monday named a new president and prime minister and called for a return to French rule. Meanwhile the […]
MANGOPE TRIAL OPENS The fraud trial of former homeland autocrat Lucas Mangope began on Monday in Mafikeng. Mangope faces fraud, theft and foreign exchange control charges totalling R1,8-million. The charges rise out of an investigation by the North-West government, and the trial is expected to last several months. BUBONIC PLAGUE IN MOZ THERE has been […]
MONDAY, 11.30AM: INVESTMENT Bank SBC Warburg on Monday scotched speculation about the status of its recent huge purchases of Sentrachem shares when it revealed it bought 3,4-million Sentrachem shares last week, at R10,20 each, and that the purchase was for Dow SA’s account. Until the announcement that the purchase was for Dow’s account there had […]
TUESDAY, 1.00PM: SOUTH AFRICA’S women’s hockey team beat their Scottish counterparts 2-1 in the World Cup qualifying tournament in Harare, Zimbabwe on Monday. South Africa have already qualified for the Cup finals. Now they are looking at improving their world ratings which have risen dramatically recently. South Africa’s sensational striker Pietie Coetzee and Megan Dobson […]
TUESDAY, 11.00AM LOW prices, production problems and continued losses from Columbus Stainless saw Samancor’s profits nosedive 40% to R409-million in the year to June. The manganese producer, which is the steel and ferralloys division of Billiton, produces as its main products stainless steel, manganese alloy and chrome, which have all been weak on world markets. […]
TUESDAY, 1.00PM: HANSIE CRONJE was reappointed as captain of the South African cricket team for the 1997/98 season on Monday. Cronje’s reign will start with next month’s tour of Pakistan and will run up to the conclusion of next year’s five Tests against England. Western Province’s Gary Kirsten was appointed as vice-captain. SOUTH AFRICA’S Test […]
TUESDAY, 1.00PM: NORTHERN Transvaal rugby selectors on Monday named an unchanged squad to face Free State in a Bankfin Currie Cup match in Bloemfontein on Saturday. Springbok wing Andre Snyman was left out even though national coach Carel du Plessis gave permission for him to play. Northern Transvaal convenor of selectors Deon Boardman said they […]
TUESDAY, 10.30AM The system of government subsidies to Mossgas and SA oil companies needs a fundamental review, according to auditor-general Henri Kluever in a special report tabled in Parliament on Monday. Kluever described as possibily unreasonable the huge payments made to Mossgas from the Equalisation Fund, financed by levies on retail fuel sales, which enabled […]