OWN CORRESPONDENT, Cape Town | Thursday 11.00am FORMER South African cricket coach Bob Woolmer said Ashley Mallett has been ”grossly unfair” in casting doubts over the integrity of the South African cricket team. Mallett, an ex-Australian Test off-spinner who was an adviser to the South Africans during their tour of Australia in 1997-98, said on […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, London | Thursday 2.15pm ENGLAND cricket chief Lord MacLaurin believes the outcome of the Pakistani match-fixing inquiry reveals just the ”tip of the iceberg”. Former captain Salim Malik and former Test bowler Ata-ur-Rehman were banned for life on Wednesday by the Pakistan Cricket Board, acting after the release of a long-awaited judicial report […]
ELLIS MNYANDU & JEREMY LOVELL, Bulawayo | Thursday 4.50pm. ZIMBABWE’s opposition succeeded on Thursday in a last ditch attempt to win more time to nominate candidates for parliamentary elections scheduled for June 24-25. The Movement for Democratic Change has taken its case to court, arguing that a postponement is vital if it is to field […]
LIFE assurance group Metropolitan Life has announced an increase in headline earnings of 83%, from from R192-million to R352-million for the six months to the end of March. “I am delighted to be able to report that sustained growth in all areas of our business has considerably enhanced our competitive position,” Group finance director Preston […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Cape Town | Wednesday 1.45pm ALI Bacher is likely to be the first witness called by the South African inquiry into the Hansie Cronje affair, an official said on Wednesday. “He used to open the batting in his playing days, so we may as well start with him here,” the secretary of the […]
SABC chief executive Reverend Hawu Mbatha has been sacked by the broadcaster. Although the board said it has reached “an amicable arrangement” and Mbatha will be “released” from contractual obligations, it follows a damning report which levelled the blame for the SABC’s poor operations squarely at Mbatha’s leadership. He is replaced by Cecliai Khuzwayo, the […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Wednesday 4.00pm. THE Johannesburg Stock Exchange ended on a sour note on Wednesday following the release of worse-than-expected producer price index figures, and a weaker US Nasdaq overnight. The overall finished 1,59% or 114 points down. Industrials were 2,24% or 179 points off, while financials ended down 1,56% or 137 points. […]
AJAX Cape Town are celebrating their successful debut season in the PSL by signing a Brazilian player and putting seven players on the transfer list. Ajax finished a solid fourth on the Premier Soccer League log and look to be upward-bound next season after securing the services of Brazilian striker Rodrigo Gomes of Aracatuba. The […]
TWO armed robbers have stolen two petrol tankers worth R500000 in White River in Mpumalanga. Security guard Absalom Nkosi, 28, was at his post at Shell Depot in White River when two armed men seized him. Police spokeswoman Sergeant Thabisile Gama said the men made Nkosi lie on the ground and then tied his hands […]
JAPAN has announced plans to send Asian experts to Africa to upgrade skills and help lift the continent out of poverty. Tokyo will help the United Nations develop a program for skills development in Africa, said Yasuaki Nogawa, deputy director general of the foreign ministry’s Middle East and Africa bureau. Nogawa said the world body […]