OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Monday 9.00pm. THREE domestic airlines, British Airways-Comair, Nationwide and Sun Air on Monday filed a complaint against South African Airways with the Competitions Board, accusing the parastatal of predatory behaviour. A joint statement issued by BA-Comair MD Pieter van Hoven, Sun Air MD Johan Borstlap and Nationwide GM Hugo Smit, said […]

SARAH BULLEN, Johannesburg | Friday 3.30pm. PANDEMONIUM broke out in ABSA Bank branches nationwide on Friday morning when thousands of the new-look bank’s customers were denied access to their finances. A well-placed source in ABSA head office told ZA*NOW that the bank had a complete system crash on Thursday night, leaving it unable to process […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Monday 4.00pm. Life assurance giant Sanlam’s listing dominated trading on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange early on Monday, opening at 600 cents a share and closing one cents down at 599c. Turnover in Sanlam shares was close to R200-million, representing half the JSE’s turnover early Monday, analysts said. The life assurance company […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Monday 11.00pm. AN unbeaten 57 by Jacques Kallis guided South Africa to a four wicket win over the West Indies on the final day of the first Test at the Wanderers on Monday — their first test win over the tourists since they returned to international cricket. Kallis, who made 53 […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Monday 3.00pm. 3.00PM SCORE: SOUTH Africa has won the first test at the Wanderers by four wickets — after a bad start and a last-second disaster, when man of the match Sean Pollock was caught from a full-toss, with only a run to go. South Africa made a shaky start, losing […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Monday 9.00pm. FUGITIVE former Zimbabwean president Canaan Banana, on the run from a conviction charges of sodomy and sexual assault, is hiding out in South Africa, a South African diplomat said Monday. “I talked to him on Thursday and he expressed an interest in going to South Africa,” the diplomat said, […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Monday 10.30am. DEMUTUALISED insurance giant Sanlam makes its long-awaited listing on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange on Monday, having raised R4-billion in its pre-listing offer to take its market capitalisation to R15,7-billion. The figure suggests a listing price of 600c, with analysts predicting the shares will trade between 700c and 900c, especially […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Sunday 11.00pm. ZIMBABWEAN Nick Price won the Zimbabwe Open by five shots with a 17-under-par total of 271 after a final day nine-under-par 63 saw him drive back the field at the Royal Harare course on Sunday. Price’s win makes him the first player to win the title for the second […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Sunday 11.00pm. SOUTH Africa are firmly in position to take the first Test against the West Indies in Johannesburg after dismissing the tourists for 170 runs in their second innings, a slender overall lead of 163 runs. Only a sixth-wicket partnership of 68 between Carl Hooper and wicketkeeper Ridley Jacobs gave […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Saturday 8.30pm. KAIZER Chiefs beat Mamelodi Sundowns 2-1 on penalties to retain the R1-million Rothmans Cup at the FNB Stadium in Johannesburg on Saturday. The final was decided on penalties after the sides drew 2-2 after 120 minutes of thrilling football. Striker Pollen Ndlandya’s score in sudden-death secured the match for […]