OWN CORRESPONDENT, Maputo | Saturday 3.30pm MOZAMBIQUE’S National Elections Commission (CNE) announced on Saturday it is extending voting in its presidential and legislative elections through Sunday to give all eligible citizens the opportunity to cast their ballots. Jamisse Uilson Taimo, the CNE chairman, told reporters that the decision to extend the voting — initially scheduled […]

GAUTENG Democratic Party leader Peter Leon has resigned from his position as leader of the official opposition in Gauteng. He told a media briefing on Friday that he plans to increase his legal responsibilities as senior partner at the law firm Webber Wentzel Bowens. However he will remain a member of the legislature “for the […]

ANDY CAPOSTAGNO, Sun City | Saturday 6.00pm. ERNIE Els equalled the course record and all but ensured himself of the Million Dollar Challenge first prize with a display of breathtaking golf at Sun City. Els’ third round 64, eight under par, put him at 19 under par for the tournament, fully six strokes ahead of […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Thursday 2.00pm. WORLD rugby’s elite coaches gave line-outs the thumbs-up on Thursday but will continue the debate over scrummaging problems following the first day of an International Rugby Board conference on the playing of the game. Set pieces were the major topic scrutinised by a brains trust of national coaches including […]

MICHAEL FINCH, Durban | Saturday 6.00pm. CAPTAIN Nasser Hussain finally found some form with a half-century as England got in valuable match practice on the second day of their four-day tour game against the KwaZulu-Natal Dolphins on Saturday. England bowled the province side out for 310 just after lunch and then reached 163 for two […]

Shaun Harris TAKING STOCK There’s a deluge of investment advice available nowadays, so much that ordinary, individual investors probably feel a bit overwhelmed when considering where to put their spare funds. Much of this advice, however, is aimed at the institutions, particularly advice on equity investments. Stock market shares can be a great investment, but […]

Several paragraphs went missing from Lionel Abrahams’s review of Guy Butler’s Collected Poems last week. After “A major source of pressure and fire in his art is his deep experience of a world afflicted by division,” the review should have read: Articulating his own dilemmas, doubts and challenging insights, Butler foreshadows aspects of the new […]

Heather Hogan When Sergeant Hendrik de Klerk (26) used only his hands to arrest an armed bank robber outside a bank in Hillbrow earlier this year, he never imagined he would be awarded the Top Cop of the Year award. When the robber shot at him, he disregarded his own safety: his only thought was […]

Thebe Mabanga The South African music industry is littered with a lot of ills and has a long history of neglecting artists and compromising artistic integrity to make a quick buck. This has begun to change slowly with the emergence of small, independent record labels. With new approaches to development and a wealth of experience, […]

NAMIBIA Breweries Limited is finalising a new joint venture with Germany’s biggest export brewery, the Bremen-based Beck & Co. In a statment NBL said an agreement has already been signed in terms of which a holding company will be formed with Ohlthaver & List as the majority shareholder. O&L said the venture is a “massive […]