A post template

No image available
/ 9 June 2005

Interest rate remains unchanged

The prime interest rate is to remain unchanged at 10,5% after the South African Reserve Bank opted on Thursday to keep the repo rate, at which it lends money to commercial banks, at 7%. This was announced by Reserve Bank Governor Tito Mboweni on Thursday after the bank’s monetary policy committee meeting.

No image available
/ 9 June 2005

Mystery of the mummified family

Russian police who smelled something amiss when the owners of a Moscow apartment failed to pay their bills found four mummified corpses and a fridge full of out-of-date food. Investigators established that the bodies were those of four family members, who died at intervals over a five-year period.

No image available
/ 9 June 2005

Much at stake for Springboks

When the Springboks take to the field at Absa Stadium in East London on Saturday, there will be far more than just a convincing Test win over the underdog Uruguayans at stake. South Africa are guaranteed to rout a team 11 places below them on the International Rugby Board world rankings.

No image available
/ 9 June 2005

SAA still mystified by body on New York flight

South African Airways said it is still mystified by the identity and origins of a mutilated body found in the wheel-well of one of its aircraft that flew to New York. It has been reported that parts of the body fell out of the aircraft as the pilot lowered the aircraft’s wheels to land at New York’s John F Kennedy airport on Tuesday.

No image available
/ 9 June 2005

Nato ministers plan first mission in Africa

Nato defence ministers were finalising plans on Thursday for the alliance’s first mission in Africa — helping to fly an extra 5 000 African peacekeepers to the troubled Darfur region of Sudan. They also considered boosting the alliance’s presence in Afghanistan ahead of September parliamentary elections there.