JAMES Loughnane, the Cape Town professional who plays under the Irish flag, won the R500000 Zambia Open for the second time in three years after clawing his way past overnight leader Bradford Vaughan at the very last hole of the tournament. Loughnane finished on 18 under-par after a fourth sub-70 round in a row, with […]
AN unofficial report alleging Rwandan strongman Paul Kagame’s involvement in the 1994 assassination of his country’s president has been found in United Nations files, a UN source said on Monday. The source says “the so-called report” had been written by Michael Hourigan, a former investigator for the international Rwandan war-crimes tribunal in Arusha, and was […]
ALAN FINLAY & Reuters, Johannesburg | Monday 4.45pm. THE JSE ended firmer on Monday with only resources taking a bit of knock finishing 0,22% or 11 points down. Overall share prices held onto last week’s gains, ending 0,42% or 34 points up. Dealers said the market moved against the trend of softer key European bourses, […]
THE government said on Monday it plans to privatise its special risk insurer, Sasria, and invited tenders for advisers for the transaction. The government, working on a tight programme to wrap-up the privatisation of R170-billion worth of state assets by 2004, said in a newspaper advertisment it has resolved to dispose of its entire interest […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Cape Town | Wednesday 3.00pm. BAFANA Bafana coach Trott Moloto left out key European-based players and called up five new faces when he named his squad on Tuesday for next week’s World Cup qualifier against Lesotho. Moloto said he wants to concentrate on developing domestic-based talent for a heavy schedule of matches in […]
AN Mpumalanga farm labourer was left paralysed and penniless when she was shot in the head 11 months ago and no one has been arrested because the evidence is lodged in her skull. Police say they need the bullet stuck in 28-year-old Patricia Moswana’s head for ballistic tests, but doctors cannot remove it without killing […]
QUICK-bowler Mfuneko Ngam has been included in the Eastern province squad for the Standard Bank limited-overs final clash against Boland in Paarl on Wednesday. Ngam is being given a chance to prove his talents even though he injured his foot last week. The 21-year-old Ngam will join EP stalwarts Mark rushmere, Dave Callaghan and Meyrick […]
CRICKET in South Africa will receive R35-million in development funding, the largest amount of money ever earmarked for amateur cricket, from the United Cricket Board over the next year, director of amateur cricket Khaya Majola said on Monday. The money will be used mainly in previously disadvantaged communities to develop the sport. Majola said that […]
JOHANNESBURG police have arrested four men in connection with the ambush and murder of a Gauteng cyclist on the N1 south of Johannesburg. Cyclist Johan Kruger was only one of several motorists to be murdered over a period of a few weeks on a stretch of highway near Mondeor. Four men aged between 19 and […]
MANDY Adamson signalled her return to competitive golf with a two-shot victory in the Ladies Professional Golf Tour’s Championship at a windy Mowbray Golf Club on Tuesday. Adamson survived a treacherous front nine where she bogeyed two of her first three holes to turn at two-over for the day on her way to a three-over […]