PAKISTANI cricket legend Imran Khan on Wednesday criticised the International Cricket Council’s (ICC) proposals to offer immunity to international cricketers for coming clean about match-fixing. The former World Cup-winning captain told Britain’s TalkSport radio station: “These proposals are bizarre – I don’t know how anyone can come up with this idea. “It is all very […]
Former president Nelson Mandela is to be created a queen’s counsel by the House of Lords in London.
SCOTLAND Yard detectives held talks in New Delhi on Wednesday with top officials on the match-fixing scandal surrounding disgraced South African skipper Hansie Cronje and a London-based Indian businessman. K.K. Paul, deputy commissioner of New Delhi police, said that he met with the two British detectives, Sergeant Martin Hawkins and Detective Brook Hollburry. “We have […]
SOUTH Africa’s Eddie Barlow, in hospital after suffering a brain haemorrhage last week, has been replaced as Bangladesh’s national coach by a local cricketer, a report said Wednesday. Sarwar Imram, currently in the leading Dhaka club Abahani Limited, will coach the Bangladesh team in the four-nation Asia Cup cricket, the official BSS news agency said, […]
ZIMBABWEAN officials have let South African photo-journalist Obed Zilwa, held in connection with a bomb blast at a newspaper’s offices, return home, saying they have no plans to prosecute him. Zilwa, a photographer for the Associated Press agency, was arrested by police last week on suspicion of taking part in the bomb attack at the […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Wednesday 12.00pm. THE government is considering holding an auction to decide who is awarded the second public switched telecommunications network operator. Speaking on Tuesday at the Tel.Com Africa 2000 conference, Director General of Communications Andile Ngcaba said a repeat of the protracted third cellular licensing process to decide on Telkom’s rival […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Wednesday 5.40pm GOLD and resources stock stole the limelight on the markets on Wednesday, ending with sturdy gains in an otherwise softer market, troubled by a fall in the rand to near all-time lows on the dollar and softer international equity markets. Commodity counters clock up hefty gains thanks to healthy […]
JOHN MEHAFFEY, London | Wednesday 1.20pm INTERNATIONAL Cricket Council delegates dismissed corruption allegations against their president Jagmohan Dalmiya at the start of a two-day meeting on Tuesday to discuss the match-fixing crisis rocking the sport. At a media briefing after the first day of the emergency meeting, ICC chief executive David Richards said Dalmiya played […]
SHAREHOLDERS of financial group Liberty Life on Tuesday gave the go-ahead for its name to be changed to Liberty Group. The company said this will better reflect the broader financial services business mix it offers. The name change will come into effect after JSE approval.
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Harare | Tuesday 5.40pm THE Reserve Bank said it hopes to hand over a report outlining its recommendation on Nedcor’s hostile takeover bid for Standard Bank to Finance Minister Trevor Manuel this week. ”We have after consultation with the Competition Commission and input from the various banks concerned…written a report making our recommendation,” […]