Standard Bank has shut down a phony internet site set up by fraudsters to obtain customers’ banking details. The bank established early on Thursday that a fraudulent e-mail was being circulated, attempting to obtain customers’ internet passwords, card numbers and personal identification number details.
Dynamos made certain of keeping their place in the Premier Soccer League when they beat Ajax Cape Town by 3-0 at Newlands Stadium on Wednesday night.
The visitors from Giyani, who were placed 14th before the game, led 2-0 at the interval. Their victory catapults them to 10th spot, with 32 points from 29 matches.
The JSE Securities Exchange (JSE) was higher in noon trade on Thursday, taking its cue from stronger world markets. However, overall gains were pared by a stronger rand, which took resources into the red. By 11.57am, the all-share and all-share industrial indices added 0,18% and 0,33% respectively.
The Hurricanes will call on every iota of guile, experience and aggression to win Saturday’s Super 12 rugby semifinal in Christchurch, says Crusaders coach Robbie Deans. Ahead of the Jade Stadium showdown between the best two New Zealand teams in this year’s competition, Dean said his side know what to expect from the Hurricanes.
A cat was killed by being cooked alive in a microwave oven belonging to students at a men’s residence at the University of KwaZulu-Natal, reports said on Thursday. The cat reportedly died an ”extremely painful” death. Provincial education minister Ina Cronje has condemned the act as ”barbaric” and ”shocking”.
Almost two-thirds of South Africa’s municipalities cannot say whether the water they supply to consumers meets specified standards, Minister of Water Affairs and Forestry Buyelwa Sonjica told MPs on Wednesday. Director General of Water Affairs and Forestry Mike Muller said the problem is confined to rural areas.
Global brewing giant SABMiller on Thursday reported basic earnings per share of 94,1 United States cents for the year ended March 31 2005, from 54,1 cents a year ago. Adjusted earnings per share were up 33% to 103,2 US cents, while in sterling terms, earnings per share were up 22% to 55,9 pence, from 45,8 pence a year ago.
International specialist banking group Investec CEO Stephen Koseff believes the hard work of the past few years and the group’s focus on its core businesses has paid off. "We have achieved the majority of our stated growth and financial return objectives, and we have made significant progress towards achieving the others," he says.
The international journalists’ organisation Reporters sans Frontières has been accused of receiving money from the United States State Department and Cuban exile groups, and of pursuing a political agenda. The claims of political bias, published in a report in Washington this week, were denied by the group on Wednesday.
The release of global brewing giant SABMiller’s final 2005 results on Thursday have highlighted the continued robust growth in its South African beer business, with Beer South Africa recording a 20% rise in its earnings before interest, tax and amortisation in rand (constant currency) terms.