MALAWI, one of the last few countries in the world without its own television signal, may soon have one if plans by government to launch Television Malawi materialises. TV Malawi Project Coordinator Benson Tembo said on Friday that all equipment for the project has arrived and training for technicians and anchors is completed. Secretary for […]
ORLANDO Pirates equalled the record victory margin for a South African club in Africa with a 6-0 thrashing of Botswana Defence Force, who survived only 10 minutes before Simon Makhubela triggered a Johannesburg goal avalanche. Veteran Egyptian star Hossam Hassan scored a hat-trick this weekend as Al-Ahly sounded an early warning to their African Champions […]
ANGOLAN authorities have grounded seven airlines deemed irregular and most frequently involved in accidents, officials said on Friday. This comes after an Antonov-12 plane crashed in a heavily populated area of the capital, Luanda, on February 2, killing 30 people. Since then aviation officials have clamped down on airlines and have expelled three Ukranians involved […]
LIBERTY Life and Standard Bank Investment Corporation are considering becoming wholly subsidiaries of a single parent company, which will become the vehicle for investors, Business Day reported on Friday. Stanbic recently purchased Liblife Controlling Corporation, which heads the Liberty corporate pyramid of ownership. Negotiations between the two companies in 1998 fell apart when they could […]
A RALLY this month in shares of financial services group Sanlam refused to run out of steam on Friday as the market continued to buy in on expectations of bumper future prospects. Within the first half hour of trading on the JSE, Sanlam shares had jumped another 27 cents or nearly 5% to 597 cents […]
HAVING been admitted to hospital suffering chest pains and hypertension on Monday evening, veteran African National Congress leader Walter Sisulu (86) was discharged by Soweto’s private Lesedi clinic on Thursday afternoon. He will be under close observation for some time and has strict instructions to get lots of rest.
AUSTRALIA’S domination of a hockey test series with SA is complete. Three goals in the space of nine minutes in the second half put Australia on course for a 6-3 win over South Africa in Cape Town on Saturday. The win clinched a 4-1 victory in the series for the tourists. They lost their opening […]
SOUTH Africa’s is to host the Commonwealth Summit from November 12 to 15 in Durban, the foreign ministry announced on Friday. The 54 member Commonwealth is marking its 50th year. It was established in 1949 when Commonwealth prime ministers adopted the London Declaration.
THREE villages in the vicinity of President Nelson Mandela’s home village of Qunu were hit by a tornado on Friday, SABC radio news reports. The affected villages Mqhekezweni, Xhongora and Bityi in the Transkei region of the Eastern Cape. Several houses were damaged but no injuries were reported. Several tornados have caused deaths and damage […]
MIH, subsidiary of the South African company MIH Holdings (MIHH), is to be listed on the United States’s Nasdaq bourse in New York and the Amsterdam Stock Exchange in mid-April. This will give it access to international capital markets and will be the first time a subsidiary of a listed South African company will list […]