OWN CORRESPONDENT, Cape Town | Thursday 1.15pm. SOUTH African national soccer coach Trott Moloto has had to make some last-minute changes to the Bafana Bafana side that jets to Malta tonight. Aaron Mokoena, defensive star of the Amaglug-glugs, has been given an urgent call to join the team which will play Malta as part of […]
JOURNALISTS at the trial of Apartheid chemical expert Wouter Basson have been refused entry to the former South African National Defence Forces’ Special Forces headquarters in Pretoria on Thursday morning. That’s after the trial moved to Valhalla, where three state witnesses identified places where apartheid hits squads were conceived. Basson said he was suprised that […]
MALBAK, the packaging group owned by Rembrandt, has annuonced that it has bought Low & Bonar, the second biggest carton converter in the UK. According to the Business Report the deal is worth 80-million. Malbak said that the acquisition is in line with its strategy of focusing on folding cartons in the UK and Europe. […]
NATIONAL water affairs and forestry minister Ronnie Kasrils will be tackled next Tuesday over the unresolved problem of squatters in the sensitive Dukuduku Forest near St Lucia. KwaZulu-Natal’s agriculture and environment MEC, Narend Singh, said on Wednesday that he would personally meet with the minister to find out why the matter had not been settled. […]
DIMENSION Data, South Africa’s biggest IT group, has bought the leading US network integration company Integrated Systems Group for $70-million. The group said the acquisition gives it instant credibility in the highly competitive New York market. The deal is effective from June and subject to certain conditions will be sealed with an immediate $35-million cash […]
THE Canterbury Crusaders on Thursday named the side that will defend their Super 12 title at this weekend’s final against the ACT Brumbies at Canberra’s Bruce Stadium. Scrumhalf Justin Marshall remains sidelined by a calf injury and he will again be replaced by newcomer Ben Hurst, who made a fine Super 12 debut during last […]
THE Post Office said on Thursday that it is setting up a pilot project that aims to sell postage stamps over the internet. It is hoped the project will be up and running by the end of the year. All the consumer will need is a computer, a printer and an internet connection to buy […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Cape Town | Thursday 1.25pm. WORLD Cup-winning halfback pair George Gregan and Stephen Larkham, along with rugby league convert Andrew Walker at fullback, hold the key to the ACT Brumbies breaking New Zealand’s hold on Super 12 title on Saturday. The Brumbies, in their first final since losing the 1997 final to the […]
MORE than 150 people were killed in the clashes that erupted between Muslims and Christians in the northern Nigerian city of Kaduna at the start of this week. The toll has risen past 150 with dozens of bodies observed in hospital morgues and on the streets in the two main riot-affected areas in the south […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, London | Thursday 2.15pm ENGLAND cricket chief Lord MacLaurin believes the outcome of the Pakistani match-fixing inquiry reveals just the ”tip of the iceberg”. Former captain Salim Malik and former Test bowler Ata-ur-Rehman were banned for life on Wednesday by the Pakistan Cricket Board, acting after the release of a long-awaited judicial report […]