PRESIDENT Thabo Mbeki has arrived in Britain for a two-day visit to be followed by a five-day tour of the United States. Mbeki was welcomed at the airport by South Africa’s High Commissioner in London, Cheryl Ann Carolus. The president will attend the third meeting of the United Kingdom/South Africa bilateral forum on Thursday and […]
LUKE BAKER, Johannesburg | Thursday 12.40pm. THE rand fell to a new record low against the dollar on Thursday, undermined by a fresh weakness in the euro. The currency traded briefly at $7,18 to the dollar, breaching its previous record low of R7,17 reached on May 10, before recovering slightly to stand at R7,16 at […]
THE entire 23-man crew of a Taiwanese fishing vessel and their dog reached South Africa late on Tuesday after being rescued by a Turkish ship after their boat sank in the south Atlantic Ocean. The fishermen and the dog, whose name means Prosperous Ocean in English, were deposited fit and well at the Cape Town […]
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PRESIDENT Thabo Mbeki flew to Britain late on Tuesday for a two-day visit which will be followed by a five-day tour of the United States. Mbeki will attend the third meeting of the United Kingdom/South Africa bilateral forum on May 18 and 19 and will holds talks with Prime Minister Tony Blair, likely to focus […]
WALLABY centre Tim Horan, widely regarded as one of the best midfielders in the game, will quit Australian rugby union later this year and finish his playing career with former Springbok skipper Francois Pienaar’s London club Saracens. Horan announced on Tuesday that he will leave Australia in September after the Tri-Nations series, ending a Wallaby […]
SOUTH Africas Wayne Ferreira got his Hamburg Masters first-round off to a flyer when he knocked out Australian Pat Rafter on Tuesday. Ferreira was in fine fettle, ousting the 11th-seeded Rafter 6-4, 7-5 to reach the second round of the $2,95-million, the fifth Masters Series event of the year. The 25th-ranked Ferreira made the perfect […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Wednesday 3.45pm. ESKOM, the electricity parastatal, has managed to cut its municipal debt by more than two-thirds in four years, due in part to a tougher stance against defaulting municipalities. In 1996 it stood at R1,54-billion, but Eskom’s Butana Nkosi said on Wednesday it is now at the R450-million mark. Nkosi […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, London | Wednesday 1.00pm. THE world’s leading diamond miner De Beers announced it is selling its only direct holding in a Russian mine to Alrosa, Russia’s leading diamond miner. A spokeswoman for De Beers said the company had hoped there would be a relaxation in Russia’s legislation to the benefit of foreign investors, […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Asmara | Tuesday 6.00pm. ETHIOPIA has stepped up its assault in the border war with Eritrea in a bold offensive into west of the country. Eritrea in response has repeated its call to the United Nations to take action against the “aggressor” in what is thought to be Africa’s bloodiest and most senseless […]