THE conflict between Chelsea and the Nigerian Football Association seems to have been resolved after the club won its battle to play Celstine Babayaro in Wednesday’s crunch Champions Cup quarterfinal against Barcelona, despite Babayaro having to play for his country in a World Cup qualifier over the weekend. Chelsea had to obtain permission from the […]
THE gold price fell on Tuesday after Austria’s central bank announced that it has sold 30 tons of gold and is planning further sales. Prices are around their lowest levels since December 1999 when the Dutch central bank announced plans to sell part of its gold reserves and following Bank of England gold auctions. On […]
EASTERN Cape police have arrested three men in connection with the rape of two Belgian tourists near Storms River on Tuesday morning. The two women were apparently hitchiking on the N2 near Port Elizabeth when they were offered a lift by three men who raped them. The women walked to a garage in Kareedouw, where […]
THE Mail & Guardian newspaper is considering legal action against the African National Congress in response to the ANC’s submission to the Human Rights Commission on racism in the media. Minister of Public Enterprises, Jeff Radebe, delivering the ANC’s submission on Wednesday, said that M&G editor Phillip van Niekerk himself wrote an article critical of […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Tuesday 6.00pm RESOURCE stocks left their high tech counterparts behind on Tuesday, after the sector remained shaky after US tech benchmark, Microsoft, took a weighty knock on Monday. The resource index rose a hefty 1,72% to 5090 but off its intraday highs as some investors snatched quick profits. It remains well […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Pretoria | Wednesday 2.45pm STANDARD Bank Limited (Stanbic), which is fending off a hostile bid from rival Nedcor, has formed a joint venture with African Bank Investments Limited, the companies said on Wednesday. The venture will focus on providing loan, insurance and transaction products to the country’s growing market of black customers, a […]
STEVE Waugh will lead the Australian cricket team on its brief tour of South Africa later this month after being cleared of serious injury during the third and final test against New Zealand. The Australian captain was forced to retire hurt on Monday after being struck on the left wrist while batting against the Kiwis […]
ZIMABAWE’S batsmen will be heaving sighs of relief as Pakistani paceman Shoaib Akhtar has been pulled out of the Pakistani team’s opening triangular one-day match against Zimbabwe on Wednesday. Pakistan’s manager Brigadier Muhammad Nazir said Shaoib is being given more time to recover from a groin injury he suffered in the Sharjah Cup tournament. ”We […]
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