Yearly Archives: 1999

.Former president Nelson Mandela said on Tuesday that South Africa’s economic and financial performance should not be compared with developed countries. Business Report quoted Mandela as saying: “When judging South Africa you have to take the background into account.” He was addressing a gathering of international advisers in Cape Town. The prevalence of low levels […]

THE South African national netball side brushed off their defeat by New Zealand on Sunday, trouncing Wales 80-31 in the women’s world netball championships in Christchurch on Monday. The Proteas scored 21 points in the first quarter, and from there on it was plain sailing.

ALAN FINLAY, Johannesburg | Tuesday 5.00pm. THE gold price rocketed for the second day running on Tuesday and at 4pm had burst through the $300 mark, setting a new fifteen month high of $304,68 to the ounce. Its dramatic one-day hike of $23, which analysts called “unbelievable”, fell just short of covering as much ground […]

IN a bid to make Spoornet profitable, Transnet plans to shut down all Eastern Cape railway lines with the sole exception of vital goods and passenger routes between Port Elizabeth and Johannesburg. Transnet Managing Director Saki Macozoma said it aims to keep profitable lines only – essentially lines linking major centres and the Reef with […]

DAVE Davenport of Border was re-elected unopposed on Thursday night as president of the South African Golf Association. The Association’s annual general meeting, held in the Royal Durban clubhouse after the fourth day’s play in the Prestasi national inter-provincial tournament, also re-elected Peter Morris unopposed as senior vice-president. Dr Carl Nieuwoudt was re-elected second vice-president.

MORE than 200 rebel members of the National Union of Mineworkers on Tuesday gave up a week-long sit-in deep inside the north shaft of Douglas colliery in Witbank. Sol Morathi, communications manager of Ingwe Coal, said that all 230 miners left the shaft before 1pm. They were the rump of a sit-in by more than […]

CLUB Africain of Tunisia scored twice within three minutes to defeat Power Dynamos of Zambia 2-1 in Tunis this weekend and reach the African Cup Winners Cup semi-finals. Algerian Rezki Amrouche put the Tunisian club ahead after 29 minutes and Togolese international Libambani Yedibahoma added a second at the Al-Menzah Stadium. Danny Chulampongo set up […]

SOUTH African double Olympic swimming champion Penny Heyns thrilled the Durban crowds on Sunday when she cracked two World shortcourse records within an hour at the Mr Price Seagulls Winter championships at the Kings Park Pool. Earlier on Sunday morning, Heyns broke the 100m breaststroke record in a time of 1min 05,40 seconds beating her […]

FOUR of Zimbabwe’s top road runners and a leading athletics coach were killed in a car accident while on their way to an international event in Swaziland on Wednesday night, a sports official said Friday. Edward Siwela, secretary-general of the Amateur Athletics Association of Zimbabwe, said two other top athletes were injured in the crash […]

CRAIG RAY, Welkom | Tuesday 12.30pm. THE Welkom Griffins face the prospect of losing up to five of their talented backline players following offers from other rugby unions. Wings Giscard Pieters and Gavin Passens as well as centre Stuart Abbott, fullback Donovan van Vuuren, scrumhalf Neil de Kock and centre Kat de Jager have all […]