NEW Africa Investments Limited chairman Dr Ntatho Motlana and executive director Jonty Sandler have quit the black empowerment giant, following weeks of speculation and anger over a proposed bonus scheme. Motlana, Nail’s founder, and Sandler have also quit all their positions on the boards of Nail subsidiaries. The group is currently worth over R10-billion in […]

THE South African Football Association (Safa) will hold a meeting to plan for the future of women’s soccer in South Africa after Banyana Banyana’s crash and burn in Nigeria last October. Safa GM Dennis Mumble says the meeting will focus on skill-building to provide a foundation for women’s soccer into the next millenium. International guests, […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, East London | Thursday 7.30pm A POLICEMAN charged with allegedly allowing a recaptured prisoner to escape again for R20 and two beers appeared in an Eastern Cape court on Thursday. Constable Dumile Sahluko was arrested on Tuesday and charged with allowing a prisoner to escape, defeating the ends of justice and extortion after […]

THE South African Football Association (Safa) overruled Bafana Bafan coach Trott Moloto’s wish to play an African Cup of Nations qualifier against Mauritius in Soccer City, returning the game to King’s Park in Durban. The park has been double booked, however, since a rugby match between Western Province and Border is also scheduled for that […]

MICHAEL METELITS, Johannesburg | Wednesday 6.00pm. WEAK international markets and profit-taking brought the Johannesburg Stock Exchange to its knees on Wednesday, as most major indices closed down over 1% and bonds and the rand slipped. Dealers blamed a mixture of unwinding long equity positions to reap profits and generalised caution in the markets for the […]

MENINGITIS has claimed at least 1467 lives in Sudan, with a total of 20119 cases reported since December, the Akhbar al Youm daily reported on Wednesday.Health Minister Mahdi Babu Nimir, speaking to a National Assembly committee here on Tuesday, said that no reports are being received from outlying regions and warned that the epidemic will […]

THE National Medical Alliance has affiliated to the South African Medical Association after nearly five years of negotiations, SAMA announced on Tuesday. The NMA, representing the SA Medical and Dental Practitioners, Society of Dispensing Family Practitioners, Family Practioners’ Association, Dispensing Family Practitioners Association, and the Eastern Cape Medical Guild, took up seats on SAMA’s board […]

NEIL MANTHORP, Hove | Wednesday 1.00p m. SOUTH Africa’s top two fast bowlers, Allan Donald and Shaun Pollock, believe the World Cup will not be dominated by seam bowlers to the extent that many players have predicted — and the reason is the seam itself. Speaking after the team’s first practice session in Hove on […]

STRIKE bowler Allan Donald said on Tuesday he had lost all respect for Brian Lara as a captain after West Indies’ 5-0 series loss in the republic this year. In an extract from his biography, published in The Express, Donald said West Indies had looked demoralised before the series began while Lara had lacked the […]

DIRECTOR-General of the Department of Arts, Culture, Science and Technology Roger Jardine has confirmed he will step down at the end of May. He will join Kagiso Media as chief executive. After resigning last year, Jardine agreed to stay on until the elections.