EGYPT’S attempt to retain the African Nations Cup received a terrible blow when star striker Hazem Emam was ruled out of the tournament with an ankle injury. Emam hurt himself in a crunching tackle with Abdel Aziz Ayman during training at the Kano Pillars’ stadium and was rushed to hospital on Saturday evening. Egypt coach […]

THE US, led by new captain John McEnroe, fought back from 2-1 down to beat Zimbabwe 3-2 on Sunday and reach the quarter-finals of the Davis Cup. Cup debutant Chris Woodruff applied the killer touch after world number one Andre Agassi had beaten Byron Black in straight sets, knocking off Wayne Black 6-3 6-7 6-2 […]

SARAH BULLEN, Cape Town | Monday 3.00pm STANDARD Bank Investment Corporation (Stanbic) on Monday lost its high court bid to have its proposed acquisition by smaller rival Nedcor adjudicated by the Competition Commission. Pretoria High Court Acting Judge Nico Coetzee ruled that the minister of finance has the final say about the proposed the hostile […]

TOYOTA South Africa denied that it is linked to the taxi rebels threatening to disrupt the government’s plans to reshape the beleaguered industry. “I want to state categorically that Toyota South Africa is fully supportive of the government’s concept of taxi industry recapitalisation which has as its prime focus affordability for commuters and the overall […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Accra | Sunday 6.30pm. FORMER champions Cameroon survived a nervous finish to defeat Algeria 2-1 in Accra on Sunday in the first quarter-final of the African Nations Cup. Early goals from Samuel Eto’o and Marc-Vivien Foe put the 1984 and 1988 winners in command only to relinquish the initiative in the second half […]

RANDGOLD Resources reported an after-tax loss of $14,02-million for the quarter ended December 31, nearly double its loss of $7,5-million in the previous quarter. The London-listed company said Syama, in Mali, the company’s only operating mine, had been beset by problems during the quarter. These included power disruptions, heavy rains, down time due to the […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Monday 9.00am. THE Assets Forfeiture Unit threatened over the weekend to clamp down on “gentlemen’s clubs” across the country, if they don’t clean up their act. The warning follows a raid on a high-class Gauteng brothel, The Ranch, which has been provisionally attached. It is now being managed by a curator, […]

THE National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa is due to negotiate with Volkswagen South Africa management to reinstate 1300 workers dismissed last week after an illegal strike at the Uitenhage plant. VWSA, who issued an ultimatum to workers to return to work or face dismissal, on Thursday fired 1300 employees for not heeding to […]

THE luxury Blue Trains are to be sold as they need international expertise and a high level of marketing required to keep them running. Spoornet CE Zandile Jakavula said that the two trains have been identified by Spoornet as assets that need international management to maintain their high profile. The 18-wagon Blue Trains travel between […]

FLOODING caused by torrential rain over the past three days has left hundreds of families homeless in the Mozambican capital Maputo. Maputo mayor Artur Canana said houses in the poorly maintained suburbs are under water and many roads impassable. In the nearby city of Matola, many houses are also under water. The rains have cut […]