OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Wednesday 5.30pm. RALLYING resource shares kept the Johannesburg Stock Exchange on positive ground but morning firmness in industrial counters eroded later by a weaker opening on Wall St and an ailing rand. Commodity-based shares moved from strength to strength, as investors piled into export-oriented companies as a currency protection against a […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Monday 3.20pm. PAPER and pulp manufacturer Sappi beat market forecasts on Monday with a 93% surge in first-half earnings, boosted by higher global paper prices and tight cost controls in a performance that sent its shares flying. The global paper and pulp group, which has operations across South Africa, Europe and […]

SIERRA Leone’s national cricket team put the fighting in their country to the back of their minds as they defeated Ghana in the Gambian capital of Banjul to become West African cricket champions at the weekend. The Sierra Leoneans dismissed Ghana for just 63 runs and scored the 64 required to win in only 14 […]

THE Sharks team to play the Stormers in a final-round Super 12 match at Kings Park on Saturday has been announced. Sharks team: Joe Gillingham, Deon Kayser, Stefan Terblanche, Pieter Muller, Stephen Brink, Gaffie du Toit, Chad Alcock, Warren Brosnihan, Wayne Fyvie, AJ Fyvie, Mark Andrews (capt), John Slade, Brent Moyle, Chris Rossouw, Andre-Henri le […]

SOUTH Africa is planning to deport more than 6000 Nigerians living illegally here, the Nigerian newspaper The Punch reports. The paper said President Thabo Mbeki told President Olusegun Obasanjo of the plans last week and that Obasanjo expressed concern. The paper said that the Nigerians were the largest group to be expelled from South Africa […]

SOUTH Africa’s women’s hockey team fought gamely but were held to a 2-2 draw in the fourth and final hockey Test against Argentina in Buenos Aires on Monday. The home-side scored twice against the run of play shortly after the break, but the Proteas rallied through goals by Marilyn Agliotti and Caryn Bentley to earn […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Cape Town | Tuesday 1.45pm BAFANA Bafana will be without the services of skipper Lucas Radebe for their match against Malta in Valletta on May 28 as well as the Nike Cup to be played on June 11 at the Giants Stadium in New Jersey, USA. Radebe will be unavailable for the matches […]

HURRICANES prop Kevin Yates was saved from another disciplinary sighting on Tuesday after the Hurricanes’ 23-43 loss to the Stormers in Cape Town Sunday. Match officials said they could not be sure who launched a flurry of blows at a second-half ruck, but footage seen in New Zealand showed that Yates was the agressor. Had […]