SONIA DELESALLE, London | Friday 9.00am. SOUTH African and Britain called for a full-scale mobilisation of monitors to ensure troubled Zimbabwe’s crucial upcoming elections are free and fair. But Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe warned that no Britons would be allowed into the country to observe the June 24-25 parliamentary polls. The crisis in the former […]
SOUTH African tennis players are top of the heap in the ATP doubles rankings with four South Africans ranked in the top-five. Ellis Ferreira and his American partner, Rick Leach hold the top-spot, with Davis Cup pair, David Adams and John-Laffnie De Jager ranked at number 4. Wayne Ferreira is in fifth spot with Russian […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Cape Town | Friday 1.50pm. CATS coach Laurie Mains has failed to get the required response from match referee Paddy O’Brien after making claims that the ACT Brumbies are running obstructive plays in attack ahead of Saturday’s Super 12 rugby semi-final in Canberra. The winner will play either dual defending champions Canterbury Crusaders […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, London | Friday 2.00pm. RAIN brought play to an end on the second day of the first of two Tests between England and Zimbabwe at Lord’s on Friday. England were 90 for two off 33 overs in their first innings, replying to Zimbabwe’s 83 all out, with Michael Atherton on 45 not-out and […]
CANTERBURY Crusaders scrumhalf Justin Marshall and lock Norm Maxwell have been ruled out of Saturday night’s Super 12 rugby semi-final against the Otago Highlanders in Christchurch. Both suffered calf muscle tears in training this week and were ruled out by medical staff after a fitness test. Ben Hurst will replace Marshall, while Chris Jack will […]
WAYNE Ferreira, ranked twenty-three in the world, has sharpened his mental toughness by hiring Sweden’s Mats Wilander. Wilander, a multiple Grand Slam winner was renowned for his mental toughness which helped him take home no less than thirty-three career singles titles. Wilander joined Ferreira in Hamburg this week. “I decided to use Mats to help […]
DATATEC, which released better than expected results on Wednesday, says it is “cheesed off” with the markets lack of confidence in the IT company, after news leaked out that it will not meet initial earnings forecasts. The results shows headline earnings a share for the year to March 31 have grown 75% to 393c. Original […]
THE South African Telecommunications Regulatory Authority has appointed corporate financial consultants Grant Thornton Kessel Feinstein to oversee the business plans of the six bidders for the third cellular licence. The consultants are expected to assess the bidder’s plans and to draft a report for the regulatory authority. GTKF hopes to submit a report to Satra […]
AVIS Southern Africa announced on Thursday that it has agreed in principle to acquire the Avis car rental operations in Norway and Sweden as part of a geographical expansion strategy. At the same time, it announced it has lifted headline earnings per share by 24% to 73,3 cents for the year to March. The group […]
ANGOLAN troops mounted an attack on Zambian soldiers in April, but only in an effort to defend their territory from an incursion by Zambian forces, the Angolan embassy in Lusaka said on Thursday. A group of 24 Zambian soldiers crossed the frontier into its western neighbour on April 27 and engaged in a gunfight with […]