THE Free State/Griquas selectors have announced the team to play England in a four-dayer at Bloemfontein next weekend. The selectors had a tough time selecting the side as six of the top players are either on Test or South Africa A duty. One of the inclusions in the side is 18-year-old legspinner Andre Abrahams, a […]

A PAINTING by South African artist Irma Stern sold at auction for R1,1-million to a private collector on Monday night. The auctioneers, Stephan Welz & Co, said it was the first time an art work had sold for more than R1-million in South Africa. Company chief Stephan Welz added that the R13,1-million raised at the […]

A STRIKE by Lagos commercial transporters continued on Tuesday, crippling economic activities in Nigeria’s commercial city amid reported deaths from clashes unleashed by picketing gangs. Commuters have been at the receiving end of the paralysing strike started Monday by transporters who withdrew their vehicles from the roads over government’s hike in tariffs as well as […]

PRETORIA Zoo is the new home to the only pair of rare Andean condors on the African continent. In a statement on Tuesday, the zoo said the donation of the near extinct vulture-like birds by the Chilean government was a means of creating links with the San Diego Zoo. Chilean ambassador Boris Yopo will officially […]

DAVID SHAPSHAK, Johannesburg | Wednesday 11.00am. SPRINGBOK captain Joost van der Westhuizen on Wednesday said he will miss six months of rugby after injuring his right knee again in the team’s World Cup semi-final defeat against Australia. The mercurial scrumhalf, who will undergo surgery on Wednesday morning, says he played ”a game and half with […]

SOUTH African Airways will in December resume twice-weekly flights to Kinshasa, capital of the war-ravaged Democratic Republic of Congo a spokeswoman said on Monday. SAA suspended the flights last year soon after rebels attacked the government of President Laurent Kabila in August. “We have reviewed the political situation and other airlines are also flying in,” […]

BRITISH Aerospace said on Sunday that South Africa’s Denel Aviation will be the sole supplier of rudders and ailerons for the company’s Avro Regional Jet (RJ) airliner. Denel Aviation, a unit of state arms manufacturer Denel, will initially produce 18 rudder and aileron sets a year, British Aerospace said in a statement. The agreement carries […]

BRITAIN’S Queen Elizabeth II is expected to express regret for the loss of life on all sides in the Boer War during her visit to South Africa, a British newspaper reported on Tuesday. The queen and her husband the Duke of Edinburgh are due to arrive at an air base outside Pretoria on Tuesday afternoon […]

STAKEHOLDERS in the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration on Monday reaffirmed their support for the commission which has been rocked by allegations of racism and financial mismanagement. A joint statement by the Department of Labour, the Congress of South African Trade Unions, Business South Africa and the National Council of Trade Unions said the […]

FINANCIAL services group Old Mutual Plc on Monday dismissed as speculative newspaper reports that it might consider buying Britain’s Gartmore Investment Management from National Westminster Bank. But Old Mutual spokesman James Poole added that the South African group is looking at various acquisition possibilities in Britain. He accused NatWest of using rumour tactics to gauge […]