OWN CORRESPONDENT, Harare | Monday 4.00pm. ZIMBABWE’S worsening political turmoil is having an alarming impact on business confidence in South Africa, the South African Chamber of Business (Sacob) said on Monday. “All indications are that business confidence in South Africa is dropping at an alarming rate,” Sacob head Kevin Wakeford said. He was speaking from […]
ALLAN SECCOMBE, Johannesburg | Friday 3.40pm. WORLD number one gold producer AngloGold said on Friday it will close or sell three ageing gold mines after reporting weaker profits for the March quarter. A weak gold price and production problems in South Africa, Australia and North America overshadowed good performances from mines in South America, Mali […]
OVER 1300 Volkswagen workers dismissed from the Uitenhage plant in February have applied for arbitration after failed attempts at conciliation earlier this month. The Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration on Tuesday said that the arbitration process will take place from May 15 to May 19 at the CCMA’s offices in Port Elizabeth. The dismissed […]
ANDREW MUCHINERIPI, Pretoria | Monday 3.20pm AMAZULU conceded a soft, first-half goal at Free State Stars on Sunday that settled a crucial Castle Premiership match and could condemn the Durban club to First Division football next season. When Stars were awarded a free kick outside the penalty area there appeared to be no immediate threat, […]
PRESIDENT Thabo Mbeki, who is leading a regional diplomatic effort to resolve Zimbabwe’s political turmoil, will visit the country to open a trade fair on Friday. Mbeki has avoided taking a strong public stand against the occupation of hundreds of Zimbabwe’s commercial, white-owned farms by self-styled veterans of the country’s independence war. Last week he […]
MARIAM ISA, Johannesburg | Monday 11.00am. MARKETS will look to the turmoil in Zimbabwe this week, as analysts warn that the battered rand could test fresh lows against the dollar. Few held out much hope of a recovery for the currency near-term, which sank to R6,86 to the dollar on Thursday under the weight of […]
CAPE TOWN police arrested a Springbok and Stormers rugby player on Sunday in connection with the rape of a 17-year-old girl in Claremont. The rape allegedly happened after the Stormers win over the Otago Highlanders on Saturday. He has been released on R2000 bail and is expected to appear in the Wynberg Magistrate’s Court this […]
DAVID SHAPSHAK, Bloemfontein | Saturday 5.00pm THE Cats boosted their Super 12 semi-final hopes as they pulled off a second surprise win in two weeks, felling the Queensland Reds 36-32 at Free State Stadium in Bloemfontein on Saturday. The Cats came from behind late in a tense, drama-filled game to clinch the three tries to […]
EDDIE Barlow, serving as Bangladesh’s national cricket coach, has been admitted to a military hospital with a brain hemorrhage but his condition is stable, a hospital doctor said on Sunday. The doctor at the Combined Military Hospital (CMH) confirmed that the South African cricketer was undergoing treatment and that he was in a satisfactory condition, […]
THE draw for the group phase of the 2002 World Cup African zone qualifying competition was made in the Swiss city of Zurich on Friday: Group A – Angola, Zambia, Libya, Cameroon, Togo Group B – Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Liberia, Ghana Group C – Algeria, Senegal, Namibia, Morocco, Egypt Group D – Madagascar, Democratic […]