STANDARD Bank Investment Corporation (Stanbic) said on Thursday that the High Court has granted it leave to appeal against a court ruling in favour of Nedcor, whose hostile takeover bid it is fending off. A Nedcor official said that it was disappointed at the decision, which could delay its approach for many months. On Monday, […]

ALMOST 700 metal workers reportedly boycotted a disciplinary hearing at Samancor’s Ferrometal plant in Witbank on Thursday after rejecting a company appointed arbitrator. The factory workers were charged with misconduct after allegedly participating in an unprotected protest action in support of the Congress of South African Trade Union’s job loss campaign last week. The workers, […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Sunday 12.35pm. BOTSWANA police suspect that the husband of Mariette Bosch, the South African woman sentenced to death in Gaborone, may have helped her murder his former wife. Mariette Bosch, 49 was sentenced to death by hanging on Friday for shooting dead fellow South African Tienie Wolmarans’ wife, Maria in 1996. […]

LUKE BAKER, Johannesburg | Friday 5.30pm THE rand weakened sharply on Friday, falling to its lowest level in 17 months as strong demand for the dollar battered the currency and forced those caught holding rand to ditch their positions. Traders said the move, which saw the rand slide from R6,32 early in the session to […]

THE chairman of the Inkatha Freedom Party in Tin Town, Inchanga, and four family members were killed in an ambush in the area on Thursday night. IFP spokesman Velaphi Ndlovu said the ambush was the result of a division within the Tin Town branch on how to deal with the problem of youngsters involved in […]

BENNI McCarthy, SOuth African soccer wayward prodigal son, will be back in national colours as the SA under-23 team take on Cameroon in an Olympic qualifier on Saturday. The Celta Vigo striker was overlooked for the African Nations Cup after announcing his international retirement, until government officials coaxed him back. However, he was overlooked by […]

THE Weather Bureau has warned that torrential rains that have claimed the lives of at least 38 people in the north of the country are set to continue for three more days. Thousands have been left homeless by the rains, which have wracked the Northern Province, Mpumalanga and Gauteng over the past week. Northern Province […]

FORMER Springbok flyhalf Hennie le Roux, who refused to play in the Super-12 competition last year, said on Thursday that he will be ready to take his place in the Cats side. Le Roux, who was the kingpin in the Golden Lions’ Currie Cup triumph last year, said that he feels secure about his place […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Accra | Saturday 8.15pm. BAFANA Bafana finished third in the African Nations Cup on Saturday by beating Tunisia 4-3 on penalties after the teams finished 2-2 in normal time. Each team converted three of their mandatory five kicks and when Ali Zitouni had his kick parried by Andre Arendse, the door opened for […]

A LIBERIAN judge has sentenced President Charles Taylor’s brother-in-law to life imprisonment for the ”road rage” murder of a taxi driver. Judge Joseph Andrews threw out a request for a retrial submitted by lawyers acting for Henrique Cassell, and handed down the life sentence late on Thursday. A 12-member jury unanimously convicted Cassell last month […]