Yearly Archives: 2000

KAIZER Chiefs beat teh Basotho Tigers 3-0 in a friendly in Kimberley on Sunday. Dennis Vukubi scored the only first half goal, while Lucky Maselesele netted twice after the break.

FIFA chief Sepp Blatter repeated his support on Sunday for African bids to stage the 2006 World Cup. “I said we needed more solidarity and if one of the bids gives all guarantees, it is only logical that we should go round the globe,” said Blatter, who supported African bids last week at the African […]

FIFA president Sepp Blatter has called for a worldwide annual soccer break in December. “It is vital that soccer should stop for a month”, Blatter said on Sunday. Speaking on French television, the FIFA chief said the sport’s world governing body would present its plan in March for a new, harmonised soccer calendar which could […]

A SENEGALESE judge began hearing harrowing testimony of torture and killings against exiled former Chadian dictator Hissene Habre in a landmark human rights case in Africa. Lawyers said four Chadians who say they were tortured by Habre’s henchmen during his 1982-90 rule filed into the chambers of Judge Boucounca Diallo of the Regional Court in […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Sunday 4.00pm. HITCHES in South Africa’s free trade deal with the European Union over the use of the terms grappa and ouzo are unacceptable, Britain’s visiting minister for Africa Peter Hain has told The Sunday Independent. “I share South Africa’s intense frustration with the way in which all our interests are […]

ANGLOVAAL Mining (Avmin) has signalled its intention to dispose of its stake in the Saturn diamond partnership to De Beers in a deal that could net it close to R40-billion. The Saturn Partnership is a 50% stakeholder in the pretax profit of Venetia Diamond mine, the richest diamond mine in SA. De Beers receives the […]

ANGLOGOLD, the world’s biggest gold producer, said on Tuesday the company’s shares have been included in the All Ordinaries index of the Australian Stock Exchange. AngloGold said in a statement the stock represented 0,11% percent of the ASX All Ordinaries index and 9,6% of the ASX Gold index. Last month the South African gold miner […]

FORD Motor Company has doubled its investment in vehicle manufacturer SA Motor Corporation to 90% by acquiring a further 45% share from Anglo American Corporation of SA. Ford, which already holds 45% of Samcor’s shares, is set to purchase Anglo’s 45% — 35% immediately and the remaining 10% within the next two years. Ford will […]

A UNIT of Anglo American Plc confirmed on Thursday that its purchase of the main assets of Zambia Consolidated Copper Mines (ZCCM) had been delayed until February from a previously agreed date of January 31. The statement said that ZCCM and ZCI had made satisfactory progress towards the completion of the sale of the Nchanga […]