Supersport United scored maximum points when they beat Bloemfontein Celtic 1-0 in a Castle Premiership tie played at the Seisa Ramabodu Stadium on Wednesday. United’s Dikgang Mabalane atoned for his failure in the first half when he scored in the 52nd minute, tapping in a clinical pass from Ticotico Bucuane.
The JSE Securities Exchange (JSE) was riding high in noon trade on Thursday, buoyed by a weaker rand and demand for stock ahead of the afternoon’s futures closeout. Most of the gains were seen at the top end of the market — decliners outnumbered advancers on the all-share index by 67 to 51, but on the Top 40 index, 26 shares were up and only 15 were down.
Wallaby lock Justin Harrison said on Thursday he will stand down from the New South Wales Waratahs team until a disciplinary hearing investigates a racial comment he admitted making to a South African player in a Super 12 rugby last weekend. ”I’m still coming to terms with the ramifications of what I said,” Harrison said.
Nearing 35, Andre Agassi still has plenty of bounce in his step — and his game. Agassi rolled to a 6-4, 6-1 victory on Wednesday over Guillermo Coria in the Pacific Life Open. In an earlier match, Andy Roddick, knocked out of the Olympics the last time he faced Fernando Gonzalez, returned the favour.
League champions Kaiser Chiefs kept the pressure on log leaders Orlando Pirates when they were fortunate to beat Santos 1-0 in a Castle Premier League match played at the Athlone Stadium on Wednesday. The goal came in the 68th minute when Santos goalkeeper Brenden Wardle spilt a shot from John Moshoeu and Collins Mbesuma was on hand to tap the ball in.
Bush Bucks shared the points when they played to a goaless draw with Black Leopards in a closely contested Premier Soccer League match at the Absa Stadium in East London on Wednesday night. Imbabala have only themselves to blame for failing to grab maximum points.
South African banking group Absa is hoping to almost quadruple the size of its NewGold exchange traded fund from its current take-up value of just more than R240-million to R1-billion by the end of 2005, Absa Corporate and Merchant Bank’s Dr Vladimir Nedeljkovic has said in an interview.
Kagiso Strategic Investments, the investment arm of the Kagiso Charitable Trust, has acquired a 25,1% stake in vehicle-recovery operator Matrix Vehicle Tracking for an undisclosed amount. Distinguishing the transaction, the group noted, is Kagiso’s upfront multimillion-rand cash payment in full for its direct stake in Matrix.
Global resources group Anglo American saw 49 fatalities at its managed operations worldwide during its 2004 financial year, up from 44 deaths in the group’s previous financial year, Anglo chairperson Mark Moody-Stuart said in the group’s 2004 annual report.
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State torture and violence in Zimbabwe makes it impossible to have free and fair elections on March 31, says a report released on Thursday. The report by the anti-torture group Redress criticises President Robert Mugabe’s government for failing to arrest and try several police and army officers suspected of torture.