OVER a hundred United Democratic Movement supporters are due to appear in the Krugersdorp Magistrate’s Court on Monday on charges of trespassing, SABC news reported. Police spokesperson Patrys Greyling said 113 people were arrested after invading municipal land in Kagiso on the West Rand on Sunday. The invaders were warned to vacate the land but […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, London | Tuesday 9.00am. SOUTH Africa’s cricket team flew into London on Monday to news they were favourites to win the World Cup. But captain Hansie Cronje was cautious about the 11-4 odds quoted in London, which placed them just above Australia at 3-1. ”Our team is not going to play any better […]
LUKE BAKER, Pretoria | Tuesday 2.15pm FINANCIAL markets got a boost on Tuesday after the release of encouraging central bank reserves and money supply figures which pointed to further interest rate cuts. Gold and foreign exchange reserves grew by R800-million in April to R33,7-billion and the central bank’s outstanding forward book — the amount of […]
INCREASED gold output and lower production costs from Minorco operations helped AngloGold return highly satisfactory results for the first quarter of the year with headline earnings up 87% at 974 cents per share compared to 521 cents/share in the December quarter. It is the first time the Johannesburg-based group — the largest gold producer in […]
CONTROVERSIAL MP Patricia de Lille has been named the Pan Africanist Congress’ choice for Western Cape premier, in the party’s “wish list” for provincial premiers, released on Sunday. Former PAC secretary-general Maxwel Nemazhivhanani has been named the premier-candidate for Northern Province, Elias Ntloedibe, a founder member of the PAC, is the premier-elect for the North-West, […]
DAVID SHAPSHAK, Johannesburg | Wednesday 2.00pm URUGUAY are South Africa’s final opponent in the pool stage of the Rugby World Cup. The Springboks, who also play Scotland and Spain in the initial round, will Uruguay, the Repechage 2 winners, on October 15 in Glasgow, Scotland. Although losing to Morocco 21 – 18 in Casablanca over […]
HEALTH Minister Dr Nkosazana Zuma has been blamed by two opposition political parties on Sunday after the United States placed South Africa on a trade “watch list” — which identifies countries it claims denies adequate protection to intellectual property rights — for the second year in a row. National Party health spokesman Dr Kobus Gouws […]
ILLEGAL immigrants trying to sneak into the Northern Province may soon find themselves up against German-style security measures after provincial police called in border control experts from the state of Saxony. Provincial safety and security MEC Seth Nthai said on Monday the province has signed a cooperation agreement with Saxony to tap into its expertise […]
DARYLL Cullinan, undefeated on 68, steered the World Cup XI to a hardfought three run victory over a Rest of SA XI in Gary Kirsten’s benefit match at Newlands on Tuesday. Hansie Cronje’s men posted 208/5 in 45 overs to which Peter Kirsten’s team replied with 205/9. With the Rest needing 10 runs from the […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Monday 11.00am. HOLDERS ASEC of Cote d’Ivoire scored two late goals to crush Al-Harrach of Algeria 4-0 in an African Champions League second-round, first-leg clash in Abidjan on Sunday. The youthful Ivorian team went ahead midway through the first half through Venance Zeze and Aruna Dindane added a second after 69 […]