THE government has announced that it will be sending an air force rescue mission to extract tourists and locals trapped by floods in Mozambique. The mission will comprise two Oryx helicopters and five planes, including two massive C130 Hercules. Light planes will perform reconnaisance in the affected southern Inhambane province before other aircraft are mobilised […]
A JAPANESE safari park has withdrawn from an agreement to buy three of the young elephants at the centre of a legal dispute over their fate. The Brits Magistrate’s Court heard on Monday that the Fuji Safari Park decided it no longer wants the beasts after discovering they are wild. The park had been under […]
GERMAN coaching instructor Peter ‘Corporal’ Ueberjahn has been widely tipped to take over the hot seat of the senior national Namibian soccer team coach now that the the contract of Seth ‘Orlando’ Boois has expired. Although acting Secretary General of the Nambian Football Association John Madimba declined to confirm the rumours, Ueberjahn is the strong […]
IN a surprise move, Guinean President Lansana Conte appointed the head of the supreme court, Lamine Sidime, as the country’s new prime minister late on Monday. Sidime replaces Sidya Toure, a technocrat named to the premiership in July 1996 to revive Guinea’s economy. News of Toure’s sacking came on the eve of a special parliamentary […]
AFRICAN soccer chiefs will reconsider their decision to take the 2000 Nations Cup away from Zimbabwe at a meeting in Guinea on March 15. A five-member Zimbabwean delegation met Confederation of African Football (CAF) president Issa Hayatou in Ghana at the weekend before the African youth championship final. Hayatou said the CAF executive committee will […]
SOUTH African Breweries plc on Monday received confirmation from the London Stock Exchange that its ordinary shares will be admitted to the official list of the London Stock Exchange with effect from 9am (London time). At that time, 11am local time, SAB’s shares on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange moved to trade unconditionally.
EQUATORIAL Guinea’s ruling Democratic Party looks set to retain its comfortable majority in the People’s Chamber after initial election results on Monday, says the head of the national election committee. As expected, the Democratic Party was leading Sunday’s legislative poll, with ballots representing 67% of the 196000 eligible voters counted, said Clemente Engonga Nguema, who […]
IN his sixth first-round knock-out this year, Wayne Ferreira went down 6-3 6-2 to Francisco Clavet in the first round of the Champions Cup in Indian Wells, California, United States, on Monday.
FORMER Springbok flyhalf and centre Hennie le Roux says he will not be available to play for the Cats in their Super-12 campaign. In a move that has probably ensured he will never return to international rugby, Le Roux told Cats coach Andre Markgraaff on Monday that he will only play Currie Cup and Vodacom […]
THE Banking Council claims the proposed Companies Amendment Bill, which would require greater disclosure of nominee shareholders and reporting of share movements beyond certain thresholds, will be inefficient and expensive. The Trade and Industry Department believes the Bill will help contain insider trading on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange. Banking Council general manager Kevin Daly said […]