OWN CORRESPONDENT, Singapore | Wednesday 10.30am. GOLD prices, having slumped to the lowest point in 20 years, may have bottomed out and are unlikely to sink further, a World Gold Council official said on Wednesday. “Prices are already at a 20-year low and given such low prices it is not likely there will be a […]
THE R903 500 Billabong MSF Pro Championships will run a full day of surfing on Tuesday in excellent half to one metre conditions at Supertubes Jeffrey’s Bay, where the womens’ event will crown a champion by the end of the day. Womens world champion and current ratings leader Layne Beachley (Aus) will open the surfing […]
AFTER five rounds of matches in the Currie Cup, the Free State Cheetahs are on top with an unblemished 5-0 record and 23 total points. The Blue Bulls are hot on their heels with four wins and a draw and 19 points overall, while the Natal Sharks are third with 15 points. Rounding out the […]
THE South African Rugby Football Union (Sarfu) has set July 11 as the date for Western Province to prove that the Newlands field is in good enough condition to host the Tri-Nations match between the Springboks and Australia on August 14. Sarfu officials said they will make a decision after a WP/Pumas game on July […]
THREE Sudanese newspapers, including a pro-government one, have been suspended for publishing articles considered breaches of a press law. The Al Rai Al Akher, Alwan and Al Bayan dailies were on Monday served letters from the National Press Council ordering them to close down for three days, two days and one day respectively as of […]
TUESDAY, 6.00PM: SOUTH African business confidence in June fell to its lowest point in six years, largely mirroring the movement of the plunging rand. Releasing the latest Sacob Business Confidence Index, the chamber’s director of economic policy Dr Ben van Rensburg said the June index registered a 5,7-point drop over May to 92,2 — signalling […]
ANGOLA became the first southern African country to win through to the Cosafa Castle Cup semi-finals when the Palanca Negras beat Lesotho 1-0 in their quarterfinal at Setsoto Stadium in Maseru on Sunday. It was a strike by Ferreira Betinho in the 25th minute which eventually made the difference. Lesotho blew a number of scoring […]
STANDARD Bank announced on Wednesday that it is to cut its prime and home loan lending rates by half a percent to 17,5%, effective from July 14.
KENYA has decided to close its border with Somalia, a move the government said is aimed at “taming” the further influx of Somali refugees and defeated militiamen. North Eastern Provincial Commissioner Maurice Makhanu said the decision also bars movement of people, vehicles and goods from Somalia. He explained in a statement on national radio Monday […]
JUSTICE Minister Penuell Maduna spent most of Monday on the witness stand when the public protector’s hearings into alleged irregularities at the Strategic Fuel Fund resumed in Cape Town. Maduna was responsible for the SFF when he was Minerals and Energy Minister in former President Nelson Mandela’s Cabinet. Public protector Selby Baqwa is also investigating […]