CATS coach Laurie Mains has named a shadow side for the team’s final warm-up match against Free State in Bloemfontein on Friday. The team to face Free State will in all likelihood be much the same as the side that opens the Cats’ Super 12 campaign at Loftus on February 26. Mains has left out […]

SOUTH Africa could negotiate on Zimbabwe’s behalf with the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank to help Harare out of an economic crisis, President Thabo Mbeki said Thursday. Mbeki, however, ruled out the possibility of giving direct financial help to Zimbabwe to save it from fuel and electricity shortages, saying the South African constitution […]

FINANCIAL troubles at builder Stocks & Stocks Ltd did not betray a wider malaise in the local sector, which is expected to grow by four percent in 2000. “The situation at Stocks has no real influence on what’s going to happen in the industry,” said Building Industries Federation of South Africa (Bifsa) director Ian Robinson. […]

THE United States and Nigeria on Wednesday signed a framework agreement establishing a forum for discussion of trade, investment and intellectual property rights questions. Nigeria is the US’s second-largest trading partner in Africa. Through November 1999, the US shipped goods worth $573-million to Nigeria and imported items worth $3,97-billion. US direct investment in Nigeria in […]

THE judge hearing the murder and fraud trial of apartheid scientist Wouter Basson has refused to stand down, describing a prosecutor’s claims that he is biased as “absurd”. Judge Willie Hartzenberg said in the Pretoria High Court there are no grounds for the state’s claim that he had pre-judged the case. Delivering judgment on an […]

US envoy Reverend Jesse Jackson, concluding a two-week mission to promote investment in Africa, urged US companies on Tuesday to partner with African businessmen and said he will be there to help. He also said that US lawyer Willie Gary, with experience suing the tobacco industry, is contemplating spending as much as $30-million of his […]

THE Amaglug-glug squad for the Olympic qualifier against Cameroon has been announced by the South African Football Association. The squad is: Emille Baron, Wayne Roberts, Nkhipitheni Matombo, Fabian McCarthy, Quinton Fortune, Matthew Booth, Aaron Mokoena, David Kannemeyer, Patrick Mbuthu, Stanton Fredericks, Jabu Pule, Steve Lekoelea, Abram Nteo, Benni McCarthy, Daniel Matshau, Nkosinathi Nhleko, Siyabonga Nomvete, […]

SPRINGBOK winger Breyton Paulse showed electrifying form by scoring three tries in the Stormers’ 60-14 thrashing of Western Province in a pre-season match on Wednesday. The Stormers looked rusty at the start of the match, but soon got the rhythm going and scored eight tries, seven of which were converted by Braam van Straaten, whose […]

DIAMOND Trading Company (DTC), the company responsible for sales within the De Beers Central Selling Organisation, said on Wednesday it will rebalance its price book. This will mean an overall increase in rough diamond prices across all categories sold by the DTC. DTC said a strong demand and some reduction in supply of the lower […]

TEN people died and 22 others were seriously wounded when an anti-tank landmine exploded under their vehicle on a road in central Angola, state television reported on Thursday. The mine exploded on Wednesday under a lorry carrying passengers and merchandise along the road between Catabola and Camacupa, 700 kilometres southeast of the capital Luanda. Most […]