A SENIOR Justice Department official arrested in Mpumalanga this week for allegedly trying to issue 14 fraudulent licences was denied bail on Friday after being charged with fraud and corruption. All 14 of Charles Langa’s co-accused and alleged clients were, however, released on bail when the case was transferred from the Mdutjana to the Middelburg […]

AFRICAN Nations Cup co-hosts, Nigeria, have doubled the prices of tickets for their national side’s remaining matches in the competition. A statement from the Nigerian organisers on Sunday said the cheapest seats will now cost 200 naira ($2), while the most expensive will cost 2000 naira ($20). “This is not to discourage the fans from […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Lagos | Monday 1.20pm. VETERAN Zambian star Kalusha Bwalya will finally bid farewell to the African Nations Cup unless his team defeat Senegal on Tuesday in a Group C match. Surprise packets Senegal enter the last-round showdown with a two-point advantage over their opponents and a draw will take them into the knockout […]

THE lions of Marloth Park in Mpumalanga struck again last week, attacking two men in the streets of the exclusive holiday town. The attacks took place just four months after lions killed and ate a man in the town, which borders the Kruger National Park east of Malelane, and where wild animals are allowed to […]

SOUTH African Breweries has held talks with Bass over acquiring its brewing business, estimated to be worth 1,8-billion, the Sunday Telegraph said. Bass Brewers produces Carling, Britain’s biggest selling beer, and would give SAB a quarter of the UK beer market. The report said SAB is likely to face stiff competition from its rival Heineken […]

MARKETS are expecting a mix of good and bad news this week, with the rand expected to benefit from Reserve bank data but private credit figures expected to show inflationary pressures. A Reuters consensus forecast sees M3 money supply rising on a year-on-year basis by 9,7% after rising 8,52% in November. The consensus on private […]

DEON POTGIETER, Johannesburg | Monday 4.25pm. ALTHOUGH it will be just over a year since Vuyani “The Beast” Bungu last climbed into the ring, when he faces “Prince” Naseem Hamed on 11 March, he is confident of victory. “Hamed isn’t invincible,” says Bungu “He can have all his fanfare, but he’s still only a man. […]

THE Indian government has agreed to send a team of industrial experts to help Nigeria in drawing up policies to boost small-scale industry. Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo, accompanied by Industry Minister Iyorcha Ayu, met the Indian Minister for Small Scale Industries Vasundhana Raji for talks on policy when he visited India last week, Obasanjo’s spokesman […]

ENGLISHMAN Lee Westwood won the Dimension Data Pro-Am on Sunday by five shots to claim the R2-milion prize. Westwood’s win at Sun City — his first win in this part of the world and his 18th pro win — follows his 10th joint placing at last week’s SA Open in Randburg and was “a nice […]

DEON POTGIETER, Johannesburg | Monday 4.25pm. ALTHOUGH it will be just over a year since Vuyani “The Beast” Bungu last climbed into the ring, when he faces “Prince” Naseem Hamed on 11 March, he is confident of victory. “Hamed isn’t invincible,” says Bungu “He can have all his fanfare, but he’s still only a man. […]