SYNTHETIC fuel group Sasol said on Thursday it is not considering launching a new bid for chemicals group AECI, as reported in Business Day. “Sasol places on record that it is not considering a new bid for AECI. Sasol is also not considering securing an interest in AEL (AECI’s explosives arm),” the company said in […]

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 […]

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 […]

CONSTITUTIONAL experts from around the world will be brought to Swaziland to draft a new constitution for the tiny kingdom before the end of the year, a constitutional review body said this week. The much-delayed re-drafting of the constitution is set to start in May when the CRC will collect input from the public, secretary […]

ERITREA’S week-long truce with Ethiopia ended on Sunday morning, when Ethiopia attacked Alitena-Mereb, in the disputed Tsorona sector. Ethiopia has confirmed the renewed hostilities, but downplayed them as mere “low level skirmishes”. Ethiopia also confirmed Eritrean claims of heavy artillery shelling on Saturday afternoon. The weekend fighting followed a week of relative calm — despite […]

ZIMBABWE’S hopes of winning a second chance to be the hosts of next year’s African Nations Cup rest on a meeting of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) in Conakry, Guinea, on Monday. Zimbabwe were stripped of the right to host the 2000 finals last month after the CAF said their preparations were inadequate. But […]

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 […]