PRESIDENT Thabo Mbeki congratulated Vladimir Putin on Monday on his election as Russian president, saying he believes Russia will continue to play a major role in international affairs. Mbeki said South Africa and Russia have both gone through momentous change during the past decade but that many great challenges still lay ahead for both countries […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Conakry | Sunday 6.30pm. SOUTH Africa edged closer to a first appearance at the Olympic Games football tournament by thrashing Guinea 4-1 in a final-round Group B match on Sunday. Goals by captain Matthew Booth, Siyabonga Nomvete and Benni McCarthy gave the visitors a 3-1 half-time lead and Manchester United midfielder Quinton Fortune […]
MARCUS PRIOR, Lusaka | Monday 3.30pm. JAMES Loughnane, the Cape Town professional who plays under the Irish flag, won the R500000 Zambia Open for the second time in three years after clawing his way past overnight leader Bradford Vaughan at the very last hole of the tournament. Loughnane finished on 18 under-par after a fourth […]
THE black-controlled infotainment and media company, Johnnic, on Monday announced the much-awaited disposal of 27-million shares in South African Breweries. The sale to an unnamed buyer disposes Johnnic’s remaining interests in the brewery and will raise R1,35-billion. The move is in line with the empowerment company’s restructuring plan to become a focused “infotainment” and telecommunications […]
AN American man involved in rescue work in Mozambique has fallen to his death at a waterfall in eastern Mpumalanga. Police spokeswoman Inspector Olga Marais said rescue workers found the body of the man on Saturday morning after he fell over the 70 metre Lisbon Falls at the tourist town of Graskop on Friday. The […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Sharjah | Monday 4.35pm. SOUTH Africa have dismissed India for 164 with some fine fielding and bowling in the fifth Sharjah Cup one-dayer on Monday. South African skipper Hansie Cronje was asked to field after Saurav Ganguly won the toss, and his bowlers immediately knuckled down and dismissed Ganguly cheaply. The Indian skipper […]
ROYAL Dutch/Shell said on Monday it has no immediate plans for resuming oil production in Nigeria’s troubled Ogoniland. The main group representing the ethnic Ogoni said over the weekend it has given approval to Shell to re-enter Ogoniland seven years after the oil company pulled out from the tiny Niger Delta enclave after sabotage attacks […]
ENGINEERING company Siemens is part of a consortuim that has lodged a proposal with the National Electricity Regulator to build South Africa’s first independent power producer. Siemens’ partner in the R1,2-billion bid is Rainbow Technologies, an electrical engineering company. Together they form the Rainbow Millenuim Power Company. It is estimated that the proposed coal-fired power […]
Castle Premiership standings (P W D L F A P) Sundowns 26 19 5 2 55 27 62 Orlando Pirates 26 15 7 4 51 24 52 Kaizer Chiefs 26 13 9 4 34 17 48 Wits Univ. 28 11 13 4 34 22 46 Hellenic 26 11 6 9 53 32 39 Jomo Cosmos […]
ZIMBABWE’S Murray Goodwin was taken to hospital for an X-ray after he was hit on the head by the ball during the second test against West Indies on Sunday. The first innings century-maker was fielding at short leg when he was felled after a massive pulled shot by Ridley Jacobs from a long hop by […]