Italy moved back into the chase for a spot at next year’s European Championship, beating Scotland 2-0 on Wednesday as England also played themselves back into contention by downing Andorra 3-0. England’s win, however, will do little to ease the pressure on coach Steve McClaren, who had been winless in five straight games before facing a team with only one competitive victory.
The JSE remained firmer at noon on Thursday, tracking overseas markets and firm Dow futures indicating a strong opening on the United States equities market. At 12pm, the all-share index was off 0,70%. Resources were 0,80% better; the gold- and platinum-mining indices added 0,27% and 1,10% respectively.
Global brewing giant SABMiller’s Russian operations are to invest approximately $$170-million in the construction of a new brewery outside the city of Ulyanovsk, which is located about 1Â 000km east of Moscow. Ulyanovsk, which lies on the Volga River, enjoys good road and rail links and is home to a number of raw-material suppliers.
Chelsea have banned three of their fans after they were caught throwing celery during the team’s FA Cup win at Tottenham Hotspur, the Premier League champions said Tuesday. Two of them were arrested for throwing celery during the quarterfinal replay on March 19, while a third was spotted throwing the vegetable and later identified.
Fighting rocked the Somali capital on Thursday, breaking a shaky, days-old ceasefire between insurgents and Ethiopian troops allied to the government, a Reuters witness said. ”We are seeing smoke from explosions,” said Reuters cameraman Farah Roble, who could not leave his office due to gunfire.
Researchers at the North West University have compiled a profile on biltong hunters in a study of the economic impact of biltong hunting in South Africa. About 200 000 hunters set off each year with biltong as their target, which is far greater than the number of trophy hunters who visit the country.
The host cities for the 2010 Soccer World Cup should have dedicated red-light districts, police Deputy National Commissioner Andre Pruis said on Thursday. Pruis repeated calls made by National Commissioner Jackie Selebi who asked the National Assembly to give serious thought on what to do about prostitution and drinking in public.
South Africa’s central bank governor has criticised the 2005 takeover by Barclays of South African retail bank Absa, the Financial Times reported on Thursday. Reserve Bank Governor Tito Mboweni called the British bank’s stewardship of Absa ”discouraging”, the newspaper said.
Fidentia’s curators have told businesswoman Danisa Baloyi to cough up R8-million in 90 days or they’ll sue her. The curators are determined to recover millions of rands of investors’ money. Baloyi was one of the recipients of Fidentia’s loans and was lent the R8-million interest free.
Mozambique’s health ministry is planning to implement legislation that would prohibit vendors from selling food on the streets in major cities in order to curb the outbreak of diseases. The legislation would be implemented in the country’s major cities of Maputo, Beira and Nampula, according to the Health Ministry.