THURSDAY, 1.00PM: SOUTH African Football Association CEO Danny Jordaan says Safa needs about R7-million before the World Cup finals in France next year. Some of the money will be used for transport and accommodation, but some will be ploughed back into development programmes. “The national team players of tomorrow come from these provinces and if […]
THURSDAY, 1.00PM: SOUTH AFRICA’S Llewellyn Hebert clocked a superb 48,17sec to win the 400m hurdles at the Nice Grand Prix meeting on Wednesday. Olympic silver medallist Samuel Matete came second, clocking 48,37sec. Herbert’s victories over world number one Bryan Bronson three days earlier and Matete on Wednesday have added to his status as a serious […]
THURSDAY, 10.30AM TRANSPORT parastatal Transnet has approved a record R1,5-billion in capital expenditure for SA’s seven commecial sea ports in 1997/98. SA’s ports have long suffered from limited funding for new construction. Portnet CE Ivor Funnell said on Wednesday the sharp increase of R1,44-billion in Portnet capital investment is largely the result of increased demand […]
THURSDAY, 11.30AM CENTRAL bank governors of Southern African Development Community member states are working to develop a database of monetary and financial statistics for publication on the internet, according to SA Reserve Bank deputy governor Timothy Tahane. Tahane said the project is one of several being pursued jointly by the 12 SADC members in a […]
THURSDAY, 1.00PM: SOUTH AFRICA is ranked 22 internationally and second in Africa after Zambia in the latest Fifa rankings issued on Wednesday. Brazil became the first team to log over 70 points. (ranking end of 1996 in brackets) 1 Brazil(1) 71.85 points; 2 Spain (8) 63. 38; 3 Denmark (6) 62.35; 4 Romania (16) 60.90; […]
THURSDAY, 3.00PM THE Bushbuckridge Committee on Wednesday decided to sever all ties with the Northern Province government. The decision was taken after a meeting between the committee and Northern Province officials. In terms of the decision, no Northern Province officials will be allowed to address public meetings in the area and circulars put out by […]
THURSDAY, 4.30PM WINNIE Madikizela Mandela earlier this week complained to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission through her lawyers about her teatment by the commission in the course of its investigations into the kidnap and murder of teen activist Stompie Seipei. Madikizela-Mandela’s lawyers on Wednesday published their letter to the TRC, prompting the commission to in […]
THURSDAY, 1.00PM: ORLANDO PIRATES have signed up Bloemfontein Celtics defender Willem Jackson. He says he left Celtic for the Buccaneers to get the recognition he deserves and to be noticed by national coach Clive Barker. “Pirates are a big side and playing for them will obviously help me get noticed, especially by national coach Clive […]
PRESIDENT Nelson Mandela continued his South-East Asian tour on Thursday by receiving an honorary doctorate from Thailand’s Chulalongkorn University, where students sang "Happy Birthday" to him ahead of his 79th birthday on Friday.
THURSDAY, 1.00PM: ZAMBIA, Mozambique and Namibia all share the points at the top of the table in the Cosafa Cup soccer tournament after their opening matches. Zambia, who were pre-tournament favourites were held to a 2-2 draw by Tanzania at the weekend. Namibia, who are a suprise at the tournament, boast a record of a […]