THURSDAY, 6.00PM: SHARES on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange ended mixed on Thursday as gold stocks were boosted by the rally in the bullion price, but industrial shares ended lower due to profit taking and futures-related trades. At the close the gold index had bounced 21,4 points to 760,6, but the industrial index had dropped 29,7 […]

WEDNESDAY, 12.00NOON: BUSH Bucks narrowly beat Supersport United 1-0 in a Castle Premiership match at Umtata Stadium on Tuesday. The score was goalless at interval. The introduction of Mzawuthethi Nogwaza for the off-form Vincent Skhosana inspired the home side to victory. Bucks immediately took control and their commitment paid off as Patrick Mayo connected a […]

WEDNESDAY, 4.30PM: SIX security guards were murdered in a military-style attack on two armoured cash delivery vehicles carrying R10-million on Wednesday morning. The attack, remarkably similar to an R17-million heist in July this year, involved a gang of 20 robbers armed with AK47 automatic rifles. The gang placed a spiked chain across a road near […]

WEDNESDAY, 12.00 NOON: BAFANA BAFANA coach Clive Barker said his charges will go for a kill in their Confederations Cup Group B match against Uraguay in Saudi Arabia on Wednesday nights. South Africa’s 1-0 loss to United Arab Emirates on Monday has put pressure on the African Champions to win this game at all costs […]

TUESDAY, 10.30AM: THE Bank of Lesotho fired its entire top management on Monday and replaced them with a team of consultants who will run the financial institution for the next six months. Finance Minister Lkete Kete Ketso said the government of Lesotho — as sole shareholder of the bank — had decided to embark on […]

TUESDAY, 10.30AM: THE World Gold Council on Monday predicted that the recent slump in the bullion price is about to hit the brakes and bottom out. “The market is reacting to rumours but the fundamentals are good,” said Rolf Schneebeli, WGC CEO for the Middle East and India. “Gold prices are overshooting and I expect […]

MORE FARMERS MURDERED The bodies of a farming couple from Potgietersrus were found in their house by a neighbour on Monday. Ben van Wyk, 67, and his wife Rosa, 43, were stabbed dead. Their disabled children, aged 21 and 10, spent two days with the bodies, unable to call for help. They are being treated […]

MONDAY 12.30PM: ZAMBIAN President Frederick Chiluba has turned down an appeal from President Nelson Mandela to pardon former Zambian president Kenneth Kaunda and to guarantee his safe return home. The Sunday Times of Zambia reported that Mandela telephoned Chiluba asking him to forgive any offences that Kaunda may have committed, and to allow him back […]

MONDAY, 12.00NOON: THE South African men’s hockey team lost 4-3 to Argentina in the final Test in Buenos Aires on Saturday after a controversial goal with the score on 3-3. South African coach Giles Bonnett after the match called for an FIH panel of neutral umpires to referee in future. This was after umpire Guillermo […]

Trevor Lawson Just when you thought it was safe to go back on the motorway in your lead-free petrol, fuel-efficient, catalytic-converted car, along comes a report which suggests that your exhaust pipe is just the tip of a very noxious pollution iceberg. According to a report by a British environmental group, vehicles, like people, decay […]