HICHAM Zerouali scored in the 60th minute to give Morocco a 1-0 win over Jamaica on Sunday, earning his side a place in the final of the Hassan II tournament. In front of 70000 fans in Casablanca, Zerouali made the most of a fine cross by Salaheddine Bassir to rocket in a 15-metre strike and […]
A SOUTH African multimillionaire will travel to Belfast on Friday to discuss the possibility of building a replica of the ill-fated Titanic passenger liner. The original Titanic, built in the Belfast shipyards, sank after hitting an iceberg on its maiden voyage in 1912. Despite that famous tragedy, businessman Sarel Gous is ready to spend 500-million […]
SENEGALESE living in Mauritania have been given 15 days to leave the country. The secretary general of the Senegalese Association in Nouakchott, Ibou Badiane, said on Monday that he had been advised by police of the decision to kick Senegalese citizens out of Mauritania. However, had pledged that Senegalese citizens could leave “in all safety […]
FEAR is growing in the lush green hills around the Sierra Leonean capital Freetown, earlier the scene of fighting, as preparations gather pace for the withdrawal of British troops in 10 days’ time. Britain last month flew 800 soldiers into its former colony as rebels of the Revolutionary United Fronts (RUF) advanced on the city. […]
IMPERIAL group’s aviation wing Safair has acquired and leased back South African Airways’ entire fleet of 13 Boeing 737-200-Advanced aircraft. The deal is worth more than R500-million. It also makes Safair, with more than 40 aeroplanes under its wing, the largest aircraft leasing and charter company in Africa.
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Basel | Monday 10.30am. RESERVE Bank Governor Tito Mboweni said on Sunday that local interest rates may be on the rise to beat back recent price increases and that South Africans need to fasten their seatbelts as the central bank firmly set its sights on reaching its 3% to 6% 2002 inflation target. […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Monday 4.30pm. LOCAL stocks advanced in Monday’s dealings on the back of firmer world markets – but Central Bank Governor Tito Mboweni’s remarks about a possible interest rate hike are likely to cap the bourse. Gold shares were lifted by a rallying bullion price while a firmer rand was also supporting […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Durban | Sunday 5.15pm. THE Natal Sharks beat Gary Teichmann’s Newport 52-25 in the former Springbok skipper’s benefit match at Kings Park in Durban on Saturday. With the match effectively sewn up at 40-25 with 10 minutes remaining, Andre Joubert, Henry Honiball, James Small Small, Dick Muir, Kevin Putt and Jeremy Thomson came […]
PHARAONIC statues and sphinxes as well as Byzantine coins have been found in the undersea remains of ancient cities off Egypt’s Mediterranean coast, antiquities officials said Saturday. The artefacts were found in the underwater vestiges of Herakleum and Menouthis, off the coast of the town of Canopus, which lies just east of Alexandria in the […]
MAIL & GUARDIAN REPORTERS, Johannesburg | Friday 10.00am. THE commission of inquiry into the match- fixing scandal is in possession of a bizarre confession by Hansie Cronje, in which the disgraced former cricket captain blames his errant behaviour on Satan. The confession, which was made to Rhema Church leader Ray McCauley, is couched in biblical […]