DEON POTGIETER, Johannesburg | Wednesday 9.00am. SOUTH Africa’s World Boxing Union heavyweight champion of the world Corrie Sanders is on his way to the big league. Sanders has been matched in a unification bout with the newly crowned World Boxing Organisation’s heavyweight champion, Vitali Klitschko. “The Sanders-Klitschko battle will undoubtedly be the biggest championship fight […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Thursday 6.30pm. THE Department of Sports and Recreation will not be wielding the big stick as far as sporting quotas are concerned, Sports Minister Ngconde Balfour said at a Johannesburg press conference on Thursday. However, Balfour said, a meeting of all the major sporting representatives which would include the National Olympic […]

JAKE WHITE will be an assistant coach to Eric Sauls for the South African Under-21 rugby squad for an eight-nation tourney in Argentina in July. Despite Australia’s domination of the U21 arena, White feels the “Baby Boks” can achieve their best showing this year, after finishing third out of five last year. The squad has […]

COCA COLA said that the price of South African sugar as well as high excise tax is negatively affecting its production capacity in the country. Speaking at the World Economic Forum summit in Durban on Monday, president of the southern Africa Division of Coca-Cola said that Coca-Cola is encouraged by South Africa’s bold first steps […]

THE Health Professions Council will judge whether or not the two babies reported to have died in Coronation Hospital in Gauteng over the weekend, suffered neglect. The Gauteng health department is to conduct its own inquiry into the deaths, though it claims there was only one death. Despite the obvious shortage of resources, the department […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Thursday 11.50am. SOUTH Africa on Wednesday rebuked Britain for its decision to auction off 25 tons of gold, and thousands of newly unemployed miners marched on the British embassy in protest. “The South African government finds both incomprehensible and unacceptable the insensitivity of the British government and its monetary authorities towards […]

A TOTAL of 45 people received medical treatment after an explosion at a factory in Brits in North West on Thursday. Brits Medi-Clinic nursing service manager Emily Wasserman said two people had sustained 80% burn wounds and were taken to Pretoria East Hospital. Four who sustained 20% to 30% burn wounds are in the clinic’s […]

ZAMBIA was forced on Wednesday to increase its fuel prices by 10,9% after a fire gutted portions of its only oil refinery. The Zambian Energy Regulation Board said in a statement on Wednesday that the price hikes are designed to cover the high cost of importing refined petroleum products from neighbouring countries to replace the […]

WEDNESDAY, 10.30AM: ROYAL Swazi Airlines on Tuesday chose SA Airlink as its preferred partner, after inviting 24 sub-regional airlines to submit proposals for an alliance or joint venture. Announcing its choice, the Swazi cabinet said it is hoped the move will end continuing losses at Royal Swazi. After years of crippling losses, Royal Swazi recently […]

EAST London’s Greg Emslie (22) currently ranked 33rd on the G-SHOCK ASP World Championship Tour emphatically defeated Brazilian Crhistiano Spirro in round two of the Billabong MSF Pro to advance to round three of competition on Friday. Emslie dominated the 30 minute clash from start to finish, posting a whopping 8,0 ride out of a […]