THE Cape High Court has granted what may be the last wish of a man dying of Aids by allowing his lover, an inmate at Allandale Prison, to visit him at the Cape Town Medi-Clinic, etv news reported. Quinton Booysen, who is serving a 15-year sentence for fraud, had not seen his partner of 15 […]
THREE men burst into a Johannesburg shebeen on Saturday night, demanded cash from the owner, then opened fire killing seven men and two women and wounding others. “We have a team of 30 people working around the clock to gather all the information. We are not sure yet how many were injured,” police Inspector Joep […]
A NEW group designed to protect Afrikaans interests was established in Pretoria over the weekend. Group spokesman Johan Rossouw said opionmakers such as Van Zyl Slabbert and writer Breyten Breytenbach had been invited to meet over the weekend to discuss the establishment of the organisation. The 63 people attending the meeting on Sunday morning decided […]
GOLD Fields said on Thursday it and Ashanti Goldfields are close to wrapping up a deal to acquire the Teberebie mining operation in Ghana for a competitive price. Gold Fields MD Ian Cockerill said the two companies will divide Teberebie after its acquisition from the Pioneer Group, with Gold Fields taking the northern half. A […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Tuesday 3.45pm. SOUTH African stocks shook off the Nasdaq blues in early trade on Tuesday, reversing opening losses as the rand’s woes translated into big gains for export-oriented commodity blue chips. Investors were also seen trolling for bargains in a market that has lost close to 19% since romping to record […]
BANGLADESH’S cricket coach Eddie Barlow, who suffered a brain haemorrhage last month, has “improved a little” and is able to speak, his wife Cally said on Sunday. She said he had been given physiotherapy for paralysis of the left side of his body. Barlow will be flown to Singapore on Monday for an examination at […]
NICOLE MORDANT, Johannesburg | Friday 2.15pm. THE country’s biggest banking trade union said it will hold protest meetings in major cities across the country on Friday to show its opposition to banking group Nedcor’s bid for rival Stanbic. Sasbo, which has 65000 members, has been vocal in its criticism of the proposed takeover on the […]
FIVE South African-based players will take the field for Zimbabwe in their Cosafa Cup quarterfinal soccer match against Namibia at the National Stadium in Harare on Sunday. Strikers Tauya Mrewa of Supersport United and Blessing Mwaruwaru of Jomo Cosmos and defenders Innocent Chikoya (Orlando Pirates), Edelbert Dinha (Ajax Cape Town) and William Mugeyi (Bush Bucks) […]
NICO van Rensburg claimed one of the biggest victory margins in the history of South African golf when he won the Vodacom Series: Gauteng by a devastating 11-strokes at the Silver Lakes Country Club on Sunday. The magnitude of Van Rensburg’s victory is put into perspective when you consider that this was a 54-hole event. […]
FIGHTING broke out early on Friday in northeast Democratic of Republic of Congo between troops from Rwanda and Uganda, who are supposed to be allied against President Laurent Kabila. Five people have died in the fighting, which began around 4.00am in the city of Kisangani, according to Lieutenant Colonel Akhram Hossein of the UN mission […]