ANDREW MUCHINERIPI, Johannesburg | Sunday 6.00pm. Moroka Swallows (1) 2 (Nkosi 8, Mazibuko 83) Free State Stars (0) 1 (Maboe 66) AFTER the magic provided by Classic and Hellenic in Tembisa on Saturday, it was back to the more pedestrian fare usually served up at Castle Premiership matches 24 hours later under an appropriate grey […]

ANGLOGOLD has extended the deadline for acceptances of its offer for all the shares of Australian gold company Acacia Resources Limited until December 24. In a statement Anglo said acceptances for 89,6% of Acacia shares had been received by the December 17 deadline. Anglo CEO Bobby Godsell said many Acacia shareholders many not have had […]

DANNI Clifford, the little St Helena girl admitted to a Cape Town hospital in October, after a mercy dash from her St Helena island home for treatment for acute leukaemia, died on Friday. A spokesman for St Helena Lines said that six-year-old Danni died at 1pm at the Constantiaberg Medi-Clinic.

STEVEN MANN, Johannesburg | Sunday 11.30am. WITH just 11 days to go until biggest party the world has ever seen, some of South Africa’s largest corporates and parastatals have pledged millions of rand towards local millennium celebrations. Eskom, First National Bank, Vodacom, the Post Office and Transnet were on Saturday named as official sponsors for […]

FORMER All Black Wayne Smith was handed one of world sport’s toughest jobs on Friday when he was named to replace John Hart as coach of New Zealand’s rugby team. Smith beat the challenge of Tony Gilbert, who was named as his assistant. Hart departed after New Zealand finished fourth at this year’s World Cup, […]

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. The Sunday Times listed more than 10 prominent companies, including the top commercial banks, as among those who will cut their electronic links until a few days after […]

STEVEN MANN, Johannesburg | Saturday 5.30pm. The annual holiday season carnage on South African roads continued apace on Saturday, as the death toll since the beginning of December climbed to 354. In the worst accident recorded this month thus far eight people were killed and six injured when a minibus taxi collided with a car […]

A MAN was beaten to death for urinating against a car in Cape Town’s Sea Point tourist area on Thursday, police said. Police spokeswoman Superintendent Nina Kirsten said the 26-year-old Johannesburg man was on holiday in Cape Town when the incident occurred early in the morning. The man, who was with friends, got out of […]

BEN HIRSCHLER, London | Friday 7.15pm DIAMOND giant De Beers is expected to report record 1999 sales of uncut stones on Monday, with business through its London-based Central Selling Organisation topping $5-billion for the first time. Analysts polled by Reuters forecast sales of $5,0-billion to $5,3-billion compared with actual 1998 sales of $3,34-billion, an 11-year-low […]