ACT Brumbies skipper Brett Robinson’s hopes of a glorious Super 12 swansong will depend on whether his colleagues can get through to the Super 12 rugby final without him. Flanker Robinson, who is playing his final season for the Brumbies, has been ruled out of Saturday night’s semi-final against the Cats at Canberra’s Bruce Stadium. […]
ALL Blacks prop Kees Meeuws may have recovered sufficiently to play in the Super 12 rugby semifinal for the Highlanders against the Crusaders in Christchurch on Saturday. Hiighlanders coach Peter Sloane said on Tuesday that Meeus has an outside chance of making the team. Meeuws left the field against the Waratahs last Friday with a […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Thursday 12.00pm. SUGAR giant Illovo Sugar faces a tough year despite pushing production to fresh record levels and an anticipated rise in world sugar prices, managing director Don MacLeod said on Wednesday. Analysts said the group has performed according to market expectations, lifting their headline earnings per share 4% in the […]
STEVEN MANN, Cape Town | Wednesday 6.45pm. FINANCE Minister Trevor Manuel on Wednesday reitterated his assertion that the rand’s slide had more to do with dollar strength than the anarchy in neighboring Zimbabwe, but declined to be drawn as to whether anything would be done to shore up the ailing local currency. Addressing parliament, Manuel […]
PRESIDENT Thabo Mbeki has arrived in Britain for a two-day visit to be followed by a five-day tour of the United States. Mbeki was welcomed at the airport by South Africa’s High Commissioner in London, Cheryl Ann Carolus. The president will attend the third meeting of the United Kingdom/South Africa bilateral forum on Thursday and […]
LUKE BAKER, Johannesburg | Thursday 12.40pm. THE rand fell to a new record low against the dollar on Thursday, undermined by a fresh weakness in the euro. The currency traded briefly at $7,18 to the dollar, breaching its previous record low of R7,17 reached on May 10, before recovering slightly to stand at R7,16 at […]
THE entire 23-man crew of a Taiwanese fishing vessel and their dog reached South Africa late on Tuesday after being rescued by a Turkish ship after their boat sank in the south Atlantic Ocean. The fishermen and the dog, whose name means Prosperous Ocean in English, were deposited fit and well at the Cape Town […]
A 30-YEAR-OLD University of Durban-Westville student has died after being hit by a rubber bullet during a skirmish between students and police on the campus earlier in the day. That’s after about 200 students went on the rampage, overturning a security vehicle, breaking windows and trashing rubbish bins. The violence was sparked by a disagreement […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, London | Wednesday 1.00pm. THE world’s leading diamond miner De Beers announced it is selling its only direct holding in a Russian mine to Alrosa, Russia’s leading diamond miner. A spokeswoman for De Beers said the company had hoped there would be a relaxation in Russia’s legislation to the benefit of foreign investors, […]
ALAN FINLAY & Reuters, Johannesburg | Wednesday 11.20am. LOCAL markets slumped in early trade on Wednesday, as investors took a dim view of a US rates hike of 50 basis points, which boosted the Dow Jones overnight. Analysts say the hike may put pressure on the rand and result in an interest rates hike in […]