ESKOM announced its new CEO officer designate as Thulani Gcabashe in Johannesburg on Friday. Speaking at the announcement, Eskom’s Electricity Council chairman Reuel Khoza said Gcabashe and Bongani Khumalo were appointed deputy chief executives a year ago. Gcabashe will take over the reigns of Eskom from current CEO Allen Morgan no later than March 1, […]

AERO Zambia, a private run airline, has lost its bid in the Supreme Court to have its air permit back following the government’s decision to ground its operations last month. The airline sued the Zambian government after Transport Minister Nkandu Luo refused to renew its permit on the grounds that its equipment did not meet […]

PRESIDENT Olusegun Obasanjo has urged the Super Eagles’ to beat Cameroon in Sunday’s finals of the African Nations Cup the country is co-hosting with Ghana. “As you go out to the field Sunday, you carry with you the hopes and aspirations of all Nigerians for whom your success will be a demonstration of our determination […]

THE Standard Bank Cup match between Easterns and Western Province due to begin playing this morning at Willowmoore Park in Benoni was cancelled because of this week’s rain. Easterns will play their next limited overs match against Gauteng on March 1.

TWENTY-eight people were injured when they leapt from a burning train north of Pretoria on Saturday. The passengers jumped from the moving train after its engine caught fire when an electric cable overhead fell on one of the locomotives, police spokesman Captain George Francis said. Seven of the injured were admitted to the nearby Eugene […]

Controversial cricketer Makhaya Ntini, who successful appealed a rape convicted, will represent South Africa again after being included in the one-day squad for India this month, announced on Sunday night. The Border star became the first black South African to represent the country, but has been left out of the national side after being convicted […]

SHARES in Duiker Mining slumped almost 7% in opening Friday trade as the market reacted to its news that the South African coal miner expects to make a loss in the first half of its financial year. The stock retreated 45 cents or 6.98% to R6 following the company’s late Thursday warning.

SOME 22 people drowned when their boat capsized in western Uganda’s Lake Albert earlier this week, police said on Friday. Police spokesman John Kimera said that the accident occurred on Wednesday night when the boat was travelling from Kihoro town in Hoima district to Panyamuru in Nebbi district. The boat reportedly hit submerged metal bars […]

SEVERAL hundred disappointed Nigerian football fans ran onto the pitch at the National Stadium, Lagos, Sunday, after Cameroon beat the co-hosts in a penalty shoot-out. The Surulere stadium was packed with more than 40000 supporters cheering Nigeria throughout the match which ended at 2-2 after extra-time was played. Despite regular appeals for the spectators to […]

THE Democratic Republic of Congo says a prolonged civil war had scared off nearly $1-billion in foreign mining investment from the mineral-rich nation, but a new mining code should lure investors back. Mines Minister Frederic Kibassa Maliba told investors at a mining conference he is confident that a three-day show in Kinshasa next week will […]