MINING giant Anglo American Corporation said on Tuesday that Tony Trahar, currently an executive director, will become chief executive of the company from July. Trahar takes over the helm from Julian Ogilvie Thompson, who was previously chairman and chief executive and who will remain in a non-executive capacity, the company said in a statement. The […]
EGYPTIAN President Hosni Mubabrak has welcomed the Israeli cabinet’s decision to transfer full control of three villages near Jerusalem to the Palestinians. “The decision to return the three villages to the Palestinian Authority is a step in the right direction,” Mubarak said in a statement published by the state-owned MENA news agency. One of the […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Tuesday 11.30am. PUBLIC Enterprises Minister Jeff Radebe said on Tuesday that the restructuring of state assets is on track — but the country’s communist party warned it will protest against job losses stemming from the process. ”I am…more than confident that the business plan approach we are proposing will conclude the […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Monday 4.45pm. CATS coach Laurie Mains has caused a storm of controversy by including only one player of colour in the squad to play the ACT Brumbies in a Super 12 semi-final in Canberra on Saturday, a move which is endangering the game’s transformation process. Mains, who took the Cats to […]
YOUTH finally gained the upper hand over experience during the final round of the R125000 Pietersburg Classic, as 22-year-old Zimbabwean Mark Cayeux powered to a bogey-free eight-under-par 64, including a blistering inward loop of 30, and a four-shot victory over 35-year-old Dean van Staden at the latest Vodacom Tour stop. Cayeux’s round gave him a […]
SPRINGBOK centre Andre Snyman will probably miss the rest of the season after suffering a dislocated fracture of his right ankle in a club match between DHS Old Boys and Harlequins as a curtain raiser to the Super 12 match between the Sharks and the Stromers in Durban on Saturday. Snyman picked up exactly the […]
THE South African Rugby Football Union said on Monday that Cats coach Laurie Mains will not be disciplined for excluding Lions centre Mac Masina from his squad for Saturday’s Vodacom Super 12 semi-final against the Brumbies in Canberra. Sarfu president Silas Nkanunu said in a statement that reports saying that Mains will be disciplined are […]
SPRINGBOK centre Andre Snyman has injured his ankle again while playing in a club curtain-raiser before the Stormer’s 32-28 win over the Sharks. The former Blue Bulls centre was making his comeback since moving to the Durban team and missing the Super 12 through injury. he could miss another three months.
DAVID SHAPSHAK, Bloemfontein | Saturday 7.00pm. THE Cats will face the Brumbies in their first Super 12 semi-final next weekend after finishing fourth with a seven tries to none, 53-3 thrashing over the Chiefs at Free State Stadium in Bloemfontein on Saturday. The Cats had the game sown up ten minutes after the break, which […]
POLICE said shots were fired at two buses from the Golden Arrow Bus Company in Khayelitsha on the Cape Flats on Monday morning. No-one has been injured in the shooting. The incident occurred after bus drivers once again decided to operate from the outskirts of the township. Taxi operators want Golden Arrow to cease operations […]