MONDAY, 2.00PM: SOUTH African US Open champion Ernie Els outplayed Tiger Woods to open up a six-stroke lead after the third round of the $2-million Bay Hill Invitational in Orlando, Florida on Sunday. Els started the round two strokes behind Americans Davis Love III and Woods, but stormed to the top with a seven-under-par 65. […]
MONDAY, 11.30AM: THE Northern Bulls, after a pedestrian start to this year’s Super-12 competition, belied their bottom-of-the-table status to humble New South Wales 34-19 at the Jan van Riebeeck Stadium in Witbank on Saturday. The Bulls outplayed the Waratahs in the tight, driving strongly and supporting closely at the breakdown. By no means a pretty […]
MONDAY, 12.30PM: THE Atomic Energy Corporation is considering splitting into two divisions, one of which — the commercial division — will be hived off and listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange within the next three years. Certain functions, such as nuclear waste disposal, will remain under the control of the state. The AEC is hoping […]
MONDAY, 2.00PM: THE organisers of the glamorous MTN Classic women’s tennis tournament are in hot water after accusations from the South African Tennis Association that the tournament could place the game it is trying to boost in serious jeopardy. Sata chairman Gordon Forbes criticised the event for causing the withdrawal of SA top seed and […]
Caroline Sullivan: CD of the week It was clear after the sexcentricity of Madonna’s last studio LPs, Erotica and Bedtime Stories, that the next would have to be markedly different – and Ray Of Light (WEA) certainly is. She’s done what superstars at a crossroads do – found religion. She’s been studying the Kabbalah and […]
Mungo Soggot Don Mkhwanazi, the state oil chief under investigation for receiving “kickbacks”, enjoyed special acknowledgement from Deputy President Thabo Mbeki at a public gathering last weekend. Mbeki’s office has confirmed he turned to Mkhwanazi during his speech and said the businessman was “looking good despite what the Mail & Guardian has written about him”. […]
Mungo Soggot The Pretoria High Court has slapped a temporary interdict on Klerksdorp police who allegedly beat and tortured a robbery suspect. Eric Tshabalala, who has been awaiting trial since his arrest in January, says he was beaten and tortured with electric shocks. His lawyers from the Wits University Law Clinic say he has visible […]
Michael Nurok For top Kenyan runners the real competition is not international – it occurs at national level, where local runners are forced to compete against arguably the best distance runners in the world. A quick look at the International Amateur Athletics Federation World Cross Country Championship records shows Kenyan junior and senior men placing […]
Martin Kettle in Washington The city of Louisville in Kentucky boasts possibly the world’s only statue of Louis XVI of France – in honour of the man from whom it takes its name. It is doubly odd to find a statue of the last of the Bourbons in the middle of a mid-western state becau […]
FRIDAY, 6.00PM: THE Johannesburg Stock Exchange ended down on Friday, pressured by futures trade and profit taking. The all gold index wound down 6,4 points to 679,9, the industrial index 51,7 points to 8515,2, and the financial index 122,9 points to 13234,1. The all share index finished down 64,8 points at 7179,7. Around 130,328-million shares […]