PAUL RICHARDSON, Johannesburg | Thursday 6.00pm The Reserve Bank on Thursday signalled its discomfort with the current volatility on domestic financial markets by tightening its monetary policy stance for the first time in six months. But Bank deputy governor James Cross said it did not intend to steer the country’s interest rates — which have […]

TERMS of reference for the SABC’s investigative committee were laid out on Wednesday. The five-member comittee was set up to investigate allegations of interference with editorial independence, and will look at management practices regarding the free flow of ideas at the SABC. SABC spokeswoman Thaninga Shope said in a statement that the committee will consist […]

CLARE LOVELL, Hove | Thursday 12.30pm. SOUTH Africa have an enviable one-day record coming into the World Cup but the pressure will be on Hansie Cronje’s side when they play India in their group A opener on Saturday. Boasting the all-round skills of Jacques Kallis, Shaun Pollock and Lance Kluesner, the acrobatic fielding of Jonty […]

BUBONIC plague in the far northern Ohangwena region of Namibia is spreading from village to village. Previously cases were only reported in Ohangwena’s Eenhana health district; now the disease is reported to have broken out in Ohangwena. Fears are also rife that it has reached the Oshana region, where a resident is alleged to have […]

ANDREW Blackburn conquered atrocious weather conditions and a hugely talented field to take top honours at the SA Sprint Canoeing Championships at Roodeplaat Dam outside Pretoria at the weekend. The Pietermaritzburg athlete raced inside the Olympic qualifying standards in the 500 metre K1 final, and the K2 final with Dave Hamilton-Brown. He deservedly took the […]

QUEENSLAND’S Nathan Sharpe may miss the rest of this season’s Super 12 competition after suffering a fractured cheekbone in Saturday’s win over the Cats. Sharpe’s injury takes some of the gloss of Queensland’s 22-12 win over the Cats to virtually guarantee their place in the Super 12 semi-finals. Sharpe, who suffered the injury during the […]

TWO naked thieves with painted faces and leaves in their hair leapt from bushes on a Zimbabwean golf course and did a war dance around two startled women golfers before making off with their handbags, a newspaper reported on Tuesday. The state-run Herald newspaper said the thieves, whose only weapons were their birthday suits, left […]

THE starting 15 players in this weekend’s final round Super 12 games will not be eligible for their provincial union’s Vodacom Cup semi-finals or finals, it was announced on Tuesday. “In essence this means only those players who are selected on the reserve bench for this weekend’s Super 12 matches will be available for selection […]

TALKS between Zambian and Angolan officials to ease the tension between the two countries opened in Swaziland on Monday. The five days of talks, mediated by Swaziland as chair of the security committee of the Southern African Development Community, are “to discuss the whole range of issues affecting our relationship,” a Zambian foreign ministry official […]

THE Australian Rugby Union (ARU) yesterday ignored a plea by their New Zealand counterparts to censure New South Wales coach Matt Williams for meeting with referees before Super 12 matches. ARU MD John O’Neill said there was no law in place preventing the meetings called by Williams before the Waratahs’ last two matches in New […]