DAVID SHAPSHAK, Johannesburg | Wednesday 12.30pm. CATS’ coach Andre Markgraaff named his Super 12 squad of 22 on Tuesday, instead of his starting 15 despite warnings from rugby administrators to name the squad 48 hours before the clash with ACT Brumbies on Friday. Rian Oberholzer, chief executive of the South African Rugby Football Union (Sarfu), […]

THE final of the one-day international triangular series between England, Zimbabwe and hosts South Africa next year has been put back three days to Saturday, February 12, 2000. The dates of three round-robin matches have also been changed, the United Cricket Board of South Africa said on Tuesday in Cape Town. South Africa meet Zimbabwe […]

STEVEN SWINDELLS, Johannesburg | Wednesday 10.30am. SYNTHETIC fuel producer Sasol posted a better-than-expected 10,5% rise in half-year earnings as costs fell and output rose, and predicted further growth in 1999. However, lower crude oil prices, and consequently chemical feedstock prices impacted negatively on profits. Profit after tax in the six months ended December 25 rose […]

THE Cape Metropolitan Council (CMC) will launch its diesel emissions control campaign on Thursday in an attempt to reduce brown haze pollution. Trucks will be pulled off the road and their exhaust fumes tested on the spot, the CMC says. The council said it intended to solicit the co-operation of trucking companies and other diesel […]

BRIAN LARA was retained on Monday night as West Indies captain for the first two of four Tests against Australia, the West Indies Cricket Board president Pat Rousseau said. There have been calls for Lara’s dismissal as captain after the West Indies were beaten 5-0 in Tests and 6-1 in one-day internationals in South Africa […]

INJURED key players Gary Teichman and Henry Honiball have been excluded from the Sharks’ opening Super 12 clash against New South Wales in Durban on Saturday.Despite the absence of injured prop Adrian Garvey and centre Pieter Muller, South Africa’s most successful side in the regional competition against New Zealand and Australia still features an impressive […]

LONDON-BOUND Old Mutual said on Monday it has agreed to merge its linked investment services division with that of Nedcor Investment Bank, in which it already holds a majority stake. “The amalgamation is in line with closer co-operation between Old Mutual and Nedcor that takes advantage of scale, scope and expertise in the combined, wider […]

MEMBER countries of the River Nile Basin signed a joint management agreement on Monday for its sustainable development. Member countries of the basin are Burundi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Sudan, Uganda and Tanzania. The basin covers 3-million km. The Council of Ministers, who met in Dar es Salaam, […]

A MEMBER of vigilante group People Against Gangsterism and Drugs was granted bail in the Oudtshoorn Magistrate Court on Monday. Yacoob Jacobs and four other Pagad accused face charges with car theft and illegal possession of firearms, ammunition and two detonators in connection with an alleged plot to bomb Parliament. They were arrested en route […]