LAURIE Mains will not be leaving the Golden Lions and the Cats for a New Zealand coaching post, says his boss, Golden Lions president Jomo King. King said Mains, in New Zealand on holiday, has a three-year contract at Ellis Park and would be returning on Januray 17. “I’ve spoken to him again and there […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Monday 12.40pm THE Consumer Price Index for November released on Tuesday showed consumer prices rose 1,9% year-on-year compared with a 1,7% rise in October. Core inflation rose 8,1% year-on-year versus 8 percent in October. Economists are mixed about how to read the data. ”It is worse than we had been looking […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, East London | Tuesday 8.30pm. MARK Ramprakash has been called up for England’s tour to South Africa as cover for injured batsman Michael Vaughan. The Middlesex captain was chosen ahead of official stand-by batsmen Nick Knight and Graeme Hick and will fly out to join the rest of the 17-man party in Durban […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Monday 2.00pm. AN electronic commerce company based in the United States is paying R3,5-billion for a small Cape Town-based internet security group which has emerged as the second biggest company of its kind in the world. According to the Business Day, Thawte, which provides digital certificates and security solutions for e-commerce, […]

FOREIGN Minister Nkosazana Zuma arrived in Rwanda on Thursday to sign a co-operation agreement intended to pave the way for closer ties in trade and culture. She is also expected to discuss the situation in Democratic Republic of Congo, where Rwandan troops have been fighting in support of the Congolese rebels before signing a peace […]

ZIMBABWE beat Sri Lanka by six wickets in the fifth and final one-day cricket international in Harare on Sunday. Sri Lanka were 202 all out in 48.2 overs, while Zimbabwe scored 206-4 in 46.2 overs. Tillerkratne Dilshan’s maiden half-century brightened an otherwise dowdy Sri Lankan batting display. Dilshan scored 51 off 73 balls including two […]

ANDREW MUCHINERIPI, Johannesburg | Monday 11.00am. LONG-TIME pacesetters Sundowns lost and regained the Castle Premiership lead within 150 minutes on Sunday after defeating Ajax Cape Town 2-0 at Bellville Stadium in Cape Town. Alex Bapela scored midway through the first half for the ‘Brazilians’ and Joel Masilela made sure the defending champions returned to Gauteng […]

THE country’s national news agency, the South African Press Association, has sold its radio division, Network Radio Services, to multi-media company Dotcom, the two groups announced in a joint statement on Friday. The sale was agreed at a meeting on Friday afternoon. Network Radio Services (NRS) runs Network Radio News, the largest syndicated news service […]

SOUTH African companies will from next week shut down their internet and e-mail connections to avoid a rash of computer viruses expected to strike on January 1. More than 10 prominent companies, including the top commercial banks, as among those who will cut their electronic links until a few days after New Year’s Eve to […]

THE town council of the Afrikaner seperatist community Orania has been ordered by the Delimitation Board to form a unified municipality with Hopetown and Strydenburg. Orania’s spokesman, Carel Boshoff, said on Friday afternoon that within such a municipality the community of Orania would be in a minority and be frustrated in its efforts for independence. […]