OWN CORRESPONDENT, Cardiff | Wednesday 10.00am. TIAAN Strauss, former Springbok skipper and now Wallaby eighthman, will retire from international rugby after the World Cup. The thirty-two year old has again been passed over by the Australian selectors for Saturday’s tournament decider against France at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff. Strauss, who also did play against […]

A CHILD and four adults died in a fire Tuesday in an East Rand furniture factory and another man committed suicide when he heard about the incident, police said. Police spokesman Captain Andy Pieke said two men and two women died of smoke inhalation when they were trapped inside the burning factory in Springs. An […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Cardiff | Wednesday 10.00am. TIAAN Strauss, former Springbok skipper and now Wallaby eighthman, will retire from international rugby after the World Cup. The thirty-two year old has again been passed over by the Australian selectors for Saturday’s tournament decider against France at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff. Strauss, who also did play against […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Cardiff | Wednesday 3.30pm. THE Springboks will bounce back when they face New Zealand in the World Cup third-place playoff at the Millennium Stadium on Thursday night, flanker Rassie Erasmus has vowed. The defending champions had expected to be playing in Saturday’s final, but were bundled out of the semi-finals by Australia. Erasmus […]

TWO men who allegedly shot and killed a nine-year-old boy in an apparent road rage incident over the weekend have appeared in the Johannesburg Magistrate’s Court. Young Rethabile Tsunyane, was shot while sitting between the driver of a truck and his father, Vincent Tsunyane. Severe criticism has been levelled against the taxi industry following the […]

GHANA’S Ashanti Goldfields won a conditional three-year period of grace from its creditors on Monday by promising 15% of the company’s capital as collateral. Last week the gold producer had called for a 21-day stay of execution on multimillion-dollar debts owed to creditors in connection with hedge contracts. Business Report says that the contracts, intended […]

RICHMOND mayor Andrew Ragavaloo’s 22-year-old son, Dwane, appeared in the Richmond Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday on one murder charge and two of attempted murder. Dwane Ragavaloo was arrested on Sunday in connection with a shooting incident in which Riccardo Whyte was killed and his relatives Rowan and Melville Whyte wounded. The shooting occurred during a […]

ANGLOGOLD on Tuesday served the first part of its share offer for Australian gold miner Acacia Resources Limited. The offer, which will be posted to Acacia shareholders in the middle of November, has been lodged with the Australian Stock Exchange. At the same time AngloGold has applied to the Australian Stock Exchange for a full […]

CONTROVERSIAL cricketer Makhaya Ntini has been included in the Border B team to play North West B in a three-day UCB Bowl cricket match starting in East London on Thursday. Ntini won his court appeal against a six-year jail sentence after being found guilty of raping a domestic worker in a public toilet last December.

ANGLO American chairman Julian Ogilvie Thompson told international mining executives in Toronto on Monday that the multinational is well placed to help mining achieve a balanced perspective on sustainable development. Speaking at the CIBC World Markets Mining Dinner Thompson said this is largely due to its exposure to the developing world in Africa and Latin […]