A MAGNIFICENT reversed stick goal by South African women’s hockey captain and player of the match Karen Roberts 11 minutes before the end gave South Africa a resounding 2-1 victory over a star-studded Australian touring side at Hartleyvale on Sunday. The teams were locked at 1-1 at half time. The South Africans bounced back superbly […]
FOUR people died, several were injured and property was wrecked in a explosion at a gas site near Port Harcourt in eastern Nigeria, the contractor at the site said on Monday. The blast occurred at the Obite plant construction site on Saturday when a welding gas cylinder exploded. The gas site is a major facility […]
ASSURANCE giant Old Mutual reported on Thursday assets under management of R317-billion, against R308-billion at the end of June 1998. The group, which has changed its year-end from June 30 to December 31, also reported that total premium income grew 14% to R31 billion. Premium income for the six months to the end of December […]
TELECOMS parastatal Telkom and Internet service provider Intelsat will take part in a three-day conference in Pretoria from Tuesday, focusing on new technologies in the provision of Internet services. Intelsat spokesperson Diana Jacobs said the conference, to be held at Telkom’s headquarters in Pretoria, will examine current and future market trends in Africa, as well […]
PHILIP NDOU is the new South African Featherweight champion after Jackie Gunguluza in one minute and nineteen seconds into the third round on Sunday for the latter’s national title. The East London crowd was behind their champion as he entered the ring, but from the start it was clear that it wasn’t going to be […]
AUDITOR-GENERAL Henri Kluever has appointed three top auditing firms to investigate the books of six cash-strapped universities. Business Day reports that Kluever appointed the auditors, KPMG, Deloitte & Touche and PriceWaterCoopers, at the request of Education Minister Sibisiso Bengu. Kluever said that KPMG will audit Fort Hare and Medunsa, Deloitte & Touche will audit the […]
NIGERIA has yet to respond to an offer made by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) to co-host the 2000 African Nations Cup with Ghana, an official of the Nigerian football Association (NFA) said Friday. The official, who asked not to be named, said the NFA would consult with the government before making its decision. […]
LAWYERS representing three Americans suspected of being mercenaries have said they were denied access to medical reports that might show their clients were tortured, a Sunday paper reported. The Standard quoted a statement released to it by the lawyer, Jeremy Callow, saying he had been unable to gain access to the reports by two government […]
THREE more journalists from Zambia’s The Post newspaper have been charged with espionage over a report on Zambia’s defence capability, their lawyer said on Sunday. Six other Post reporters were booked under the same charges last week. The latest three, Douglas Hampande, MacPherson Muyumba and Reuben Phiri, were charged on Saturday and told to appear […]
KENYA dominated the Lisbon Half Marathon on Sunday, notching eight of the top ten positions, including three medals, in the men’s event and snatching the women’s gold. Jophet Kosgei clocked 1:00:01 to win the men’s run, just 25 seconds ahead of Joseph Kimani who took the silver. Philip Rugut seized Kenya’s third medal in the […]