THE Northern Province will need at least an extra R7m to fix roads and bridges damaged by recent storms, but there is no indication that the cash-strapped province has the money for this. On Monday premier Ngoako Ramatlhodi toured some of the affected areas by helicopter with public works MEC Collins Chabane, and said repairing […]

VIRGIN Atlantic Airways has been forced to suspend its heavily booked second weekly flight between Cape Town and London because of an appeal by British Airways (BA) to the British civil aviation authorities, according to the Business Report. Until the matter is resolved, the British civil aviation authorities have forbidden Virgin to introduce its second […]

BRITISH courts have Cape Plc until February 1 to challenge a last-ditch attempt by South African asbestos claimants to have their suit heard in Britain, a court official said on Monday. Three appeal court judges declared last November that the case belonged in South Africa but the 1500 claimants have asked the House of Lords, […]

ENIWOKE IBAGERE , Lagos | Tuesday 6.00pm. SUNDAY Oliseh, Nigeria’s newly elected captain, said on Tuesday he is finding his new role a tough challenge. Juventus midfielder Oliseh was named team captain after striker Daniel Amokachi failed to make the African Nations Cup squad because of injury. Oliseh led Nigeria to a 4-2 victory over […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Wednesday 11.30am. SHARES in Randgold Exploration Co lost 10% of their value on Tuesday as investors continued to shun the gold mining stable run by the Kebble family after a recent loan and share scandal. Randgold’s shares slumped 55 cents to 495 cents, bringing its losses since the controversial transaction to […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Cape Town | Wednesday 11.00pm. SOUTH Africa avenged Sunday’s emphatic loss to England with a one-run win over Nasser Hussain’s side on Wednesday night. England surged to victory by nine wickets in Bloemfontein on Sunday but on Wednesday at Newlands they fell tantalisingly short, reaching 203 for nine in reply to South Africa’s […]

MOROCCO will impose a three-month ban from February 1 on the fishing of cephalapods to protect the existing stock and to render the industry more profitable. The ban’s period is being extended by one month compared to previous years. In the previous years the ban period started on March 1 and ended on April 30, […]

MANOAH ESIPISU, Lusaka | Wednesday 3.35pm. THE United Nations refugee agency on Wednesday lambasted the 14 members of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) for rejecting refugees from outside the region. ”There is a tendency within SADC of not accepting refugees from outside the region. That is unacceptable,” United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) […]

THE cash-strapped National Symphony Orchestra has closed down after it was unable to find the R10-million it needs to continue. NSO leader Caius Oprea said on Sunday they have been informed that the institution has run out of money. “We were told that we may even not be paid for this month, meaning that we […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Brussels | Tuesday 3.15pm. FIFA president Sepp Blatter vowed on Tuesday that there will never again be two host nations for the World Cup under his presidency as is the case for Japan and South Korea in 2002. Visiting Brussels to attend the FIFA World Player of the Year awards, Blatter said: “FIFA’s […]