South African banks are trying to cater for two opposite worlds, reports Donna Block South African banking could be called an oxymoron. It’s like two worlds colliding -the rich and the poor, the developed and the undeveloped. The country boasts a world-class banking and financial system, however, the majority of the population remains unbankable. South […]
Howard Barrell The Angolan government is having difficulty finding the money to pay for a large consignment of arms it needs to mount a dry-season counter-offensive against Jonas Savimbi’s Unita rebels, according to regional security sources. The government has already postponed the counter-offensive once, and looks like having to do so again because of a […]
Mike Metelits I got my first Apple Macintosh back in 1986, when men were men and one megabyte was a staggering amount of RAM. Things have come a long way since then, and ”bigger, faster” has become a mantra in computer circles. No problem. The Macintosh plays the ”bigger, faster” game well, while falling down […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Wentworth | Friday 3.30pm. ERNIE Els made a belated start to his British PGA championship preparations on Thursday after becoming a father for the first time. His wife Liezl gave birth to daughter Samantha in a Wentworth hospital on Wednesday. ”It’s our first child and we are really excited about it. I was […]
ABOUT 10 men armed with AK47 and R4 assault rifles robbed a coal mine in Secunda of over R1-million meant for salaries early on Tuesday morning, police said on Wednesday. Police spokesman Inspector Sibongile Nkosi said the men stormed the Sasol Brandspruit Coal Mine at about 4.30am when a security company delivered the money. “About […]
AFRICAN National Congress stalwart and former Rivonia trialist Ahmed Mohamed Kathrada was on Wednesday granted amnesty by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. Kathrada applied for amnesty in respect of charges of sabotage that led to him to be sentenced to life imprisonment on June 12, 1964. The TRC announced, however, that Kathrada was not granted […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Cape Town | Thursday 7.15pm AN election rally by opposition United Democratic Movement president Bantu Holomisa was disrupted at the University of Cape Town on Thursday by a rowdy group of African National Congress-supporting youths. About 1000 rowdy ANC supporters almost took charge of the rally, jeering Holomisa when he tried to speak, […]
A TENTH neighbour of Safety and Security Minister Sydney Mufamadi has become a crime victim, justifying claims the Andrew Murray Road in Bryanston is “crime street”. The latest victim is Andre van Heuvel, whose house was the second robbed this week. No arrests have been made in connection wth the break-in.
TUESDAY, 6.30PM: A CONTINGENT of seven South Africans will compete in the 1998 African Weightlifting Championships in Algiers from the beginning of June. The competition will be unique in that female weightlifters will also be allowed to compete. The inclusion of two women, Bronwyn Gertse and Loriaan Daniels, in the South African side may be […]
FORMER Liverpool goalkeeper Bruce Grobbelaar has turned down an offer to coach the newly-formed Cape Town Ajax next season, officials said on Sunday. The decision comes despite the 42-year-old Zimbabwean’s remarkable achievement in taking the newly-promoted Seven Stars to fifth place in the South African premier league on Sunday. It was the best finish for […]