OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Thursday 12.00pm. REMBRANDT Group said on Thursday it is considering splitting its underlying investments into two separate listed units as part of a restructure which will remove its pyramid structure. Remgro said in a statement the one company will represent its established investments while the other the technology-oriented interests. ”Implementation will […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Pretoria | Thursday 2.30pm. IN line with expectations, the Reserve Bank kept interest rates steady on Thursday, saying that the country’s inflation outlook remains positive despite the effects of external shocks. ”Taking the above circumstances into account, the Monetary Policy Committee has decided to maintain the current monetary policy stance,” the bank said […]
TELEPHONES began ringing in Northern Province premier Ngoako Ramatlhodi’s office on Wednesday. This was the first time in 12 days that the phones rang after Telkom suspended the service on June 2 to force the province to pay an allegedly outstanding bill of R39 million. Government spokesman Jack Mokobi confirmed that most phones in the […]
THE last British troops sent in to Sierra Leone six weeks ago to shore up the war-torn country are preparing to return to the UK. In their place, UN troops have taken over security at Freetown’s airport. The British operation, codenamed Operation Palliser, will formally end at midnight on Wednesday. It will hand over to […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Wednesday 2.30pm. DISGRACED former South African cricket captain Hansie Cronje has won the sympathy of someone catching as much flak as he is – Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe. The Star on Wednesday quoted Mugabe as saying: “I’m heartbroken by what the chap is going through. I never thought he would be […]
STEVEN MANN, Cape Town | Wednesday 3.15pm. WELL-known Johannesburg lawyer Peter Soller on Wednesday confirmed that he had implicated cricket boss Ali Bacher in fixing a one-day international match between South Africa and a touring rebel West Indies side, but indicated he had been temporarily gagged from revealing the full story. Soller said he had […]
THE national government has allocated R91 million to Mpumalanga to rebuild roads, schools and other public infrastructure damaged during heavy flooding in the province earlier this year. Premier Ndaweni Mahlangu said the funds would complement existing reconstruction programmes already underway by the national departments of water affairs and agriculture. Provincial departments were, he said, still […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Cape Town | Wednesday 11.35am. ALLEGATIONS made by a Johannesburg lawyer that Dr Ali Bacher was involved in arranging extra payment for a West Indies side to lose a match in South Africa have been strongly denied by the United Cricket Board chief. In a statement submitted to the King Commission of Inquiry […]
THE Springbok line-up which beat Canada 51-18 last week has been kept intact by coach Nick Mallett for Saturday’s first of two Tests against England in Pretoria. The only changes in the side are on the bench, with Ollie le Roux replacing Willie Meyer and Albert van den Berg replacing inside-centre Japie Mulder. Mallett said […]
ENGLAND winger Dan Luger has been recalled to the side for the first Test against the Springboks at Loftus Stadium in Pretoria on Saturday. Luger will make his first appearance for England after missing the entire Six Nations tournament with a groin injury. Luger last played for England in the World Cup. Julian White, the […]