OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Tuesday 6.00pm. AT least nine people have drowned and thousands more have been left homeless in renewed countrywide flooding since the weekend. In the Qwa Qwa region of the Free State, at least 420 families have been left homeless and provincial authorities say they fear further dage and fatalities in the […]
Former South African World Kick Boxing champion, Mike Bernardo’s proposed WBF heavyweight world title fight has been sidelined due to promotional problems. Bernardo was scheduled to have faced American Keith McKnight for the vacant conventional boxing title on Saturday night in the USA. Ron Scalf, President of the WBF told ZA*SPORTS that they are working […]
ZIMBABWE’S minister of lands and agriculture, Kumbirai Kangai, was arrested on Monday over corruption charges at the state-run grain marketing firm, state radio reported. The radio said Kangai was picked up by police for questioning in an ongoing corruption probe at the Grain Marketing Board. He was expected to spend the night in a police […]
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FINNISH mining and metals group Outokumpu said on Friday it would work with South African Gold Fields Limited in northern Finland to explore for and develop platinum group metals. It said Gold Fields had committed $1.5-million in exploration funding until the year’s end, with the option to take a 30% stake in the partnership by […]
SHARES in life insurer Fedsure took a tumble on Wednesday, extending a slide started on Monday when the insurer released financial results that fell short of market expectations. Fedsure posted a 20% increase in diluted earnings per share of 367,3 cents, below analysts’ forecasts of a consensus 398 cents as polled by independent agency Barra. […]
A FREE State farmer has been charged with the attempted murder of his domestic worker. Jacobus van Zyl, 22, of Uitsig farm near Bethlehem, allegedly attacked Malau Emily Malinga, 45, last Thursday. According to the police report he punched her in the face, kicked her and tried to drown her in a cattle drinking trough. […]
THE Democratic Republic of the Congo has dissolved the joint venture between state-owned cobalt producer Gecamines and Billy Rautenbach’s Ridgepointe Overseas Developments known as Central Mining Group, according to a March 14 decree from the ministry of mines. Concessions held by the joint venture — which include roughly half Gecamines’ annual output of 4000 tons […]
ETHIOPIAN Kutre Dulecha snatched victory on the line in the world cross country women’s short course race on Sunday after a finish in which the three medallists shared the same time. Dulecha, the world 1500m bronze medallist, made the early pace in the 4.18km race on the second and final day of the championships in […]
BIG-name outfits achieved satisfactory away results in the Cup Winners Cup with Canon Yaounde of Cameroon and Al-Merreikh of Sudan winning and Zamalek of Egypt and Royal Armed Forces of Morocco drawing. Canon triumphed 1-0 over Coast Stars in Kenya through a late first-half goal from Robert Jamamba and Abbas Zaki and Said Al-Zanzon had […]