POLICE said on Sunday that they suspect a political motive for the murder of an African National Congress election worker in Soweto at the weekend. Police spokesman Inspector John Shiburi said Simon Ngubane (47) was on Saturday found dead in his car with two bullet wounds in the right eye and another in the back […]
LUKE BAKER, Pretoria | Tuesday 2.15pm FINANCIAL markets got a boost on Tuesday after the release of encouraging central bank reserves and money supply figures which pointed to further interest rate cuts. Gold and foreign exchange reserves grew by R800-million in April to R33,7-billion and the central bank’s outstanding forward book — the amount of […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, London | Tuesday 9.00am. SOUTH Africa’s cricket team flew into London on Monday to news they were favourites to win the World Cup. But captain Hansie Cronje was cautious about the 11-4 odds quoted in London, which placed them just above Australia at 3-1. ”Our team is not going to play any better […]
INCREASED gold output and lower production costs from Minorco operations helped AngloGold return highly satisfactory results for the first quarter of the year with headline earnings up 87% at 974 cents per share compared to 521 cents/share in the December quarter. It is the first time the Johannesburg-based group — the largest gold producer in […]
CONTROVERSIAL MP Patricia de Lille has been named the Pan Africanist Congress’ choice for Western Cape premier, in the party’s “wish list” for provincial premiers, released on Sunday. Former PAC secretary-general Maxwel Nemazhivhanani has been named the premier-candidate for Northern Province, Elias Ntloedibe, a founder member of the PAC, is the premier-elect for the North-West, […]
JEAN-CLAUDE Ganga, one of the six International Olympic Committee (IOC) members expelled in the Salt Lake City corruption scandal, was ousted as president from the Congolese National Olympic Committee (CNOC) on Friday. CNOC president for the past 10 years, Ganga will be replaced by current vice-president Raymond Ibata. Ganga’s position as head of Africa’s association […]
ILLEGAL immigrants trying to sneak into the Northern Province may soon find themselves up against German-style security measures after provincial police called in border control experts from the state of Saxony. Provincial safety and security MEC Seth Nthai said on Monday the province has signed a cooperation agreement with Saxony to tap into its expertise […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Monday 11.00am. HOLDERS ASEC of Cote d’Ivoire scored two late goals to crush Al-Harrach of Algeria 4-0 in an African Champions League second-round, first-leg clash in Abidjan on Sunday. The youthful Ivorian team went ahead midway through the first half through Venance Zeze and Aruna Dindane added a second after 69 […]
HEALTH Minister Dr Nkosazana Zuma has been blamed by two opposition political parties on Sunday after the United States placed South Africa on a trade “watch list” — which identifies countries it claims denies adequate protection to intellectual property rights — for the second year in a row. National Party health spokesman Dr Kobus Gouws […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Saturday 9.00pm. ORLANDO Pirates pulled off a fine 3-1 win over Desporto Maxaquene 3-1 in an African Cup Winners Cup first leg, second round at the FNB Stadium in Johannesburg on Saturday. Pirates converted more chances and made better use of the field and opportunities. It took a goal by Sam […]