ESKOM, the state owned electricity supplier, plans to invest more than R7 billion in projects in other African countries over the next five years. More than R4.2 billion of this would be in new projects, R1,8 billion in equity investments and R1 billion in the rehabilitation of existing projects, Public Enterprises Minister Jeff Radebe said […]
THE main rebel group in the Democratic Republic of Congo on Sunday denied reports from a Rome-based missionary news agency that its forces took part in an alleged massacre of around 300 civilians. Misna, the news agency, “has always falsely accused the Congolese Rally for Democracy. There was no massacre,” the movement’s military leader and […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Cape Town | Tuessday 1.00pm. THE President of the South African Hockey Association, Claire Digby, has left for Rio de Janeiro to assist the embattled South African men’s hockey team to find a berth at the Sydney Olympics. The team’s plight will be heard on Wednesday when the International Olympic Committee meets to […]
LUKE BAKER, Johannesburg | Tuesday 3.30pm. DIMENSION Data, the country’s leading IT group, is expected to win government approval for a primary London listing “imminently”, its chairman said on Tuesday.
South African top seed Amanda Coetzer beat Spain’s Cristina Torrens-Valero 4-6, 6-2, 6-3 Sunday to win the 140,000-dollar WTA tennis event in Antwerp. Coetzer, the world number 11, beat an opponent way below her in the rankings at 80th in a match interrupted by rain. On clay made slower by the moisture, the first set […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Cape Town | Tuesday 11.50am. TWO of the greatest rivals in South African soccer Orlando Pirates and Kaizer Chiefs have been united under the same sponsorship banner. Cellular network provider Vodacom has announced a “multi-million rand” three-year sponsorship the two clubs who hold two of the top-three spots on the Premier Soccer League […]
SOUTH Africa’s Oscar Chalupsky won the 10km Kala Kukea memorial race at Hawaii Kai at the weekend. With the World Ocean Kayak Championships on May 28, it sets the Duzi star up well. “This was a very good warm up race for next week’s world champs and it gave a good indication of my speed,” […]
A REPORT by national automobile group Naamsa, says that the sales of passenger cars in South Africa increased by 27,1% to 55385 units in first quarter of this year. Commercial vehicle sales for the same period increased by 10,2% to 27894 units over the first quarter of 1999. Heavy commercials were six percent down on […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Cape Town | Tuesday 4.15pm. SPORTS Minister Ngconde Balfour has sided with the South African men’s hockey team in its battle against the National Olympic Committee of South Africa to get to the Sydney Games. Balfour spoke in Parliament on the eve of the decision by the International Olympic Committee whether to uphold […]
A BAN on women’s boxing in South Africa will be overturned by legislation to be introduced later this year, Sports Minister Ngconde Balfour said on Tuesday. The ban, effected by a 1954 law, was contrary to South Africa’s post-apartheid constitution which rules against discrimination in all spheres of life, Balfour said in parliament. “Our constitution […]