Pam Golding Properties, South Africa’s largest retail property group, has concluded sales worth over R1-billion to foreign investors from 48 different countries over the past 11 months (1 March 2002 – 31 January 2003).
A parliamentary select committee this week recommended the government’s controversial purchase of a luxury jet for King Mswati III should not go ahead. With MPs ready to vote against the aircraft, the stage is set for a showdown between the palace-appointed executive, and the Houses of Parliament.
The leader of the coup in the Central African Republic (CAR), Francois Bozize, met army and police chiefs on Monday in an attempt to impose law and order in the capital.
Botswana is directly affected by virtually every socio-political development in South Africa. Plans for spreading Botswana’s wealth are being hurt by South Africa’s selective transformation exercise, say officials.
Henry Olonga is one of the most colourful characters in world cricket. His funky hairstyle and easy-going manner have become a feature in the Zimbabwean change room.
Australia and sledging are never too far apart. Despite captain Ricky Ponting’s assurance that he would clean up Australia’s bad image as sledgers extraordinaire, incidents keep popping up at Australia’s games.
Whatever his real or imagined shortcomings as a leader, the dignity with which Shaun Pollock dealt with his dismissal as South African captain at the weekend raised his stature as a man and a cricketer.
Kevin Mitchell hopes that the the organisers of the next tournament, in the Caribbean in 2007, don’t make the same mistakes as Ali Bacher
While Sri Lankan bowler Chaminda Vaas led an impressive bowling performance as Sri Lanka restricted Australia to 212 for seven wickets in 50 overs, the Lankans seemed to crumble under the Aussie bowling attack.
Australia looked set to move through to the World Cup cricket final after rain stopped play at 5pm local time in their semi-final encounter with Sri Lanka at St George’s Park on Tuesday.