Deon Potgieter boxing For many years the title of “Mr Boxing” in South Africa belonged to the former CEO of the national boxing commission, Stanley Christodoulou. However, that title has now passed to Rodney Berman of Golden Gloves Promotions. Without a doubt, Berman is now the most powerful man in the sport in South Africa. […]

ROBERT HOLLOWAY, United Nations | Friday SIX years after the genocide in Rwanda ended, more than 4450 children – including 450 who have been formally cleared of any involvement in the genocide courts – are among the 123000 people languishing in prisons, many without charge, says a UN human rights report. Michel Moussalli, special representative […]

Rosanne Buchanan lifestyle The issue of smoking in restaurants and pubs has been smouldering for a long time and with the latest tobacco legislation, more and more establishments will be forced to opt for a non-smoking policy. Speak to any restaurant or pub owner around Johannesburg and you’ll find that confusion reigns over the recently […]

friday Cricket: International Cricket Council (ICC) Knockout Trophy, second semifinal, from Nairobi, at 8.30am on SuperSport1 (SS1)/ M-Net/CSN Golf: Alfred Dunhill Cup, from St Andrews, Scotland, at 11.30am on SuperSport Extra1 (what was the Olympic Elite channel, number 28 on most decoders) Rugby: Currie Cup, Super Eights, round four, Eagles vs Cheetahs at 4pm on […]

ITALY’S Agip and state-run Nigerian National Petroleum Corp signed a memorandum of understanding this week to jointly develop two new oil fields in an offshore Nigerian block. The signing followed NNPC’s selection of Agip Energy and Natural Resources Ltd last month as partner in developing the Okono and Okpho. Agip said it expected to produce […]

SOUTH Africa’s 2000/01 maize crop has begun in the east amid mixed reports on weather conditions in the west, cooperatives said. The maize crop is estimated to be 23.6% smaller according to intentions-to-plant released by the National Crop Estimates Committee in September. However, a number of big cooperatives said the figure meant very little and […]

SOUTH African financial services group FirstRand this week launched its R300m consumer e-commerce initiative called eBucks.com. The financial services portal will give users access to the group’s online product portfolio and will offer a secure online payment solution and an electronic currency. FirstRand, one of the country’s big four banking groups, will invest R300m over […]

ELLIS MNYANDU AND OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Friday SOUTH African Airways’ (SAA) efforts to extend its African reach moved a step further this week when the carrier announced three new weekly flights to the Ugandan city of Entebbe, starting on December 1. SAA Chief Executive Officer Coleman Andrews said the carrier also planned to increase […]

ZIMBABWE could lose its international tobacco market share if plantings, down by 20% over land grab worries, show no signs of recovery within the next two years, an industry official warned this week. Zimbabwe Tobacco Association (ZTA) Marketing Director Pat Davis said early indications were that tobacco output would fall to around 170m kg next […]

CHINA has won the support of African allies against linking international economic and political ties to human rights issues at the first Forum of Sino-African Cooperation in Beijing. “The politicisation of human rights and the imposition of human rights conditions on economic assisstance should be vigorously opposed as they constitute a violation of human rights,” […]