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 […]

THE Northern Province government presented three game reserves to potential investors on Tuesday in a bid to secure R70 million in investment. Provincial MEC for finance, trade, industry and tourism, Thaba Mufamadi, urged investors at a special conference to take ownership of tourist facilities at the Manyaleti, Letaba and Andover game reserves on the border […]

THE United States will provide $300 million to owners of buildings destroyed by the bomb blast in Kenya’s capital Nairobi on August 7, 1998. The US says the grant will fund work on 60 buildings damaged by the bomb. The funds will be channelled through the US Agency for International Development. In January last year, […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Lagos | Wednesday 11.15am. THE expected mismatch of the African Nations Cup almost made a mockery of football hierarchy on the contintent as mighty Morocco snatched a 1-0 Group D victory over no-hopers Congo on Tuesday. It took the 1998 World Cup finalists 84 minutes to break through and the goal came from […]

THE United Cricket Board (UCB) on Tuesday named two teams to meet North West and Griquas in friendly three-day matches over the next two weekends. The combined teams are made up of provincial players. Ashwell Prince of Western Province will captain the team playing North West in Potchefstroom from January 28-30, while Boland’s Justin Ontong […]

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, […]