A liquidator appointed to investigate corruption in the liquidation industry appeared in the Johannesburg Regional Court on Friday for alleged fraud and corruption, police said. Captain Ronnie Naidoo said Enver Motala was arrested on Friday by the serious economic offences unit.
The Competition Tribunal has approved the merger between New Africa Publications and Johnnic Publishing. The transaction paves the way for Johnnic Publishing, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Johnnic Communications, to acquire New Africa Publications, the tribunal said on Friday.
Several rockets were fired at a Baghdad hotel complex housing foreign journalists and businessmen on Friday, scoring a direct hit on the Sheraton hotel and wounding up to four Iraqis. The attack came one day after ousted strongman Saddam Hussein appeared in court to hear charges of crimes against humanity.
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The American-bred, three-year-old Greys Inn gave the opposition a galloping lesson in the R1,5-million Vodacom Durban July Handicap over 2 200m when he streaked through the field down the home stretch to win with ease. This was the second win in South Africa’s premier race for trainer Mike de Kock and jockey Anthony Delpech.
A day after a pair of enthralling, three-set women’s semifinals enlivened Wimbledon, unrelenting rain and uneven match-ups conspired to produce a dreary Friday on which neither men’s semifinal was completed. When play was stopped, defending champion Roger Federer held a 6-2, 6-3, 4-3 edge against number 10 Sebastien Grosjean.
Fourteen thousand spectators rubbed their eyes in disbelief as the Natal Sharks, completely outplayed in the first half, came back from a 6-30 deficit midway through the second half to pip Griquas 33-30 in a pulsating Absa Currie Cup match in Durban on Friday night.
Top seed and defending champion Roger Federer wasted little time in finishing off Frenchman Sebastien Grosjean 6-2, 6-3, 7-6 (8/6) in Wimbledon’s rain-hit men’s semifinals on Saturday. The 22-year-old Swiss player was up two sets and 4-3 on Friday evening when play was finally abandoned after a frustrating day of unsettled weather.
Russian 17-year-old Maria Sharapova pulled off one of the biggest Wimbledon upsets to date on Saturday when she dethroned top seed and two-time defending champion Serena Williams 6-1, 6-4 in a stunning women’s final. She is the second-youngest Wimbledon winner in the Open era and the first Russian to win.
Second-seeded American Andy Roddick unleashed the full power of his awesome artillery to crush the brave resistance of Croatia’s Mario Ancic 6-4, 4-6, 7-5, 7-5 and set up a Wimbledon title showdown with defending champion Roger Federer on Saturday. The 21-year-old Roddick becomes the first American to reach the men’s final since 2000.
Rising formula-one star Fernando Alonso delighted the Renault home-country crowd to capture the pole position for the French Grand Prix ahead of six-time world champion Michael Schumacher. ”To be first at the home grand prix is very nice,” the Spanish driver said. ”Now we have to see tomorrow.”