THURSDAY, 3.30PM: PRESIDENT Nelson Mandela will obey a subpoena to appear in the Pretoria High Court next week to testify in the South African Rugby Football Union’s attempt to have a judicial inquiry into its affairs declared illegal, Mandela’s lawyer Wim Trengrove said on Wednesday. However, in a conflicting statement, Mandela’s spokesman Parks Mankahlana said […]
THURSDAY, 6.00PM: WORRIES about the stability of the Asian markets, an imminent drop on Wall Street, and the weak rand and gold price, knocked the spots off all Johannesburg Stock Exchange indices on Thursday. The all gold index shed 21,9 points to 744,7, the industrial index, 187,3 points to 8117,3, and the financial index 511,7 […]
WEDNESDAY, 12.00NOON VUYANI “The Beast” Bungu, South Africa’s international IBF featherweight champion, will share top billing with American IBF lightweight champ Shane Mosley in the United States in April. Golden Gloves promotor Rodney Berman confirmed Bungu’s upcoming bout, saying: “Bungu has become such a force in world boxing that the Americans are literally queuing for […]
WEDNESDAY, 6.15PM: FINANCIAL shares on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange — the market’s strongest performer of late — had their bull run halted on Wednesday as they fell victim to a bout of profit taking. The industrial and all gold indices also fell on a combination of futures trade and the soft bullion price, dealers said. […]
FRIDAY, 2.15PM ZIMBABWE beat New Zealand by one run in Christchurch on Wednesday to set a spark to the one-day cricket series. The Zimbabweans, who trail 2-0 in the best-of-five series, captured the last nine New Zealand wickets for 102 runs. New Zealand, chasing Zimbabwe’s 228 for seven, needed 13 runs to win off the […]
TUESDAY, 6.00PM: A NIGERIAN opposition rally planned for Lagos was crushed by police on Wednesday, while a state-supported rally drew only 50000 people, rather fewer than the anticipated two million. The opposition rally in Lagos, called to protest the candidacy of military ruler General Sani Abacha in presidential elections later this year, was met with […]
TUESDAY 11.15AM JAMES DALTON will lead the Golden Cats in their crucial Super-12 match against defending champions Auckland Blues at Ellis Park on Saturday. True to his word, Cats’ coach Peet Kleynhans has given Dalton the captaincy and hooking position, after Dalton had to warm the bench on Saturday while fellow Springbok hooker Naka Drotske […]
TUESDAY 11.15AM SOUTH African opening batsman Adam Bacher and Test batsman Daryll Cullinan have been included in the Gauteng team to face Northerns in the Standard Bank cup final at Centurion Park on Wednesday. The Teams: Gauteng: Ken Rutherford(c), Zander du Bruyn, Dean Laing, Clive Eksteen, Stefan Jacobs, Adam Bacher, Daryll Cullinan, Neil McKenzie, Nic […]
IN BRIEF 150 GUN OWNERS ARRESTED NEARLY 150 owners of licensed firearms were arrested in Gauteng over the weekend for the unlawful use of firearms, according to police. Various offences were noted, including pointing firearms, shooting in the air and, last but not least, armed robbery. Ninety-nine firearms were confiscated. Police say that negligent use […]
TUESDAY, 11.15AM FORMER Burkina Faso national soccer coach Frenchman Philippe Troussier confirmed on Monday that he is to coach Bafana Bafana in the World Cup finals, following calls for caretaker coach Jomo Sono to stay on as the South African soccer coach. “It has been confirmed to me 100% that I will take over as […]