MOZAMBIQUE will have around 150000 tonnes of staple white maize for export this year after a bumper harvest, according to the Board of Trade’s monthly cereals bulletin. The bulletin, which was published in Maputo this week, said the surplus Is mainly in the north and centre of the country, as it was last year. The […]
FREE State kept up their excellent Bankfin Currie Cup form when they made it four victories from four matches in an action-packed weekend’s rugby which left the Cheetahs alone at the top of the log. Two Springbok veterans — loosehead prop Os du Randt and centre Brendan Venter — starred as Free State took the […]
THE disciplinary hearing of Stormers player representatives Andy Marinos and Corne Krige has been postponed to July 21. The hearing was scheduled to take place on Tuesday, but was postponed at the request of the two players’ legal representatives, who informed Sarfu that they were not able to represent their clients on that day. July […]
TUESDAY, 1.00PM: SOUTH African manufacturing exports have grown at a rate well above 10% since 1994, marking a significant improvement in the export sector, department of trade and industry representative Alan Hirsch said on Monday night. Speaking on behalf of Trade and Industry Minister Alec Erwin at a conference on competitive growth and job creation, […]
THE Democratic Republic of Congo’s central bank announced on Wednesday the country’s reviled former currency – the New Zaire – is being completely withdrawn from circulation after a year-long phase-in of the Congolese franc. The old notes, introduced during the rule of the late dictator Mobutu sese Seko in what was then Zaire, have ceased […]
The Standard Bank National Arts Festival had a proud history of turning South Africa’s division and conflict into a celebration of unity and diversity
THE NATAL Sharks overcame a nine-year drought to beat the Blue Bulls in a thrilling finish at Loftus Versfeld on Sunday. The Natal side triumphed 27-16. The last time the Sharks won in Pretoria was in 1990, but by outscoring their opponents five tries to one, the visitors overcame the hoodoo and now move into […]
IN the midst of crisis meeings of the South African Rugby Football Union over race selection, Nick Mallett has named Kayalethu Malotana of the Border Bulldogs to the Tri-Nations Springbok team. Mallet was quick to stress that Malotana has “earned his chance”. “I’ve watched his recent performances in the Bankfin Currie Cup with interest and […]
RESIDENTS of the besieged northern Angolan town of Malanje are dying at the rate of dozens each day, either from UNITA shelling or from hunger, a non-governmental organization said on Tuesday. Fifty people lost their lives on Monday and Tuesday, said Jorge Sasassa, coordinator of the Committee of Solidarity with Malanje (CSAM). At least five […]
DAVID SHAPSHAK, Johannesburg | Tuesday 12.15pm. THE South African Rugby Football Union top brass will meet on Friday to discuss rugby and the sports body’s transformation and policies for Springbok and provincial selection after last week’s race selection row. Sarfu CEO Rian Oberholzer on Tuesday called the meeting with his management committee after the union’s […]