SOUTH African under-23 coach Shakes Mashaba has named near full-strength squad to play New Zealand in the first leg of their Olympic qualifier in Auckland on May 19. The Squad: Emile Baron, Rowen Fernandez, David Kannemeyer, Nkipitheni Matombo, Matthew Booth (c), Aaron Mokoena, Fabian McCarthy, Patric Mbuthu, Steve Lekoelea, Jabu Pule, Lebohang Kukame, Quinton Fortune, […]
WORLD number two bullion producer Gold Fields turned in a steady March quarter on Thursday and said it would seek further acquisitions and mergers in the future. The miner posted a 20% increase in net earnings to R231,9-million from the December quarter, but revenue fell R25,4-million to R1,793-billion because of lower gold output. Gold production […]
THE announcement of the Springbok squad for the upcoming tests against Canada and England in June has been postponed due to the possibility of the Cats or Stormers making the Super 12 semi-finals. The announcement, originally scheduled for Saturday, has been postponed to a later date which will be determined after a meeting of the […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Dhaka | Tuesday 4.30pm BANGLADESH’S South African cricket coach Eddie Barlow, who suffered a brain haemorrhage last month, is on his way back to South Africa. Barlow left Dhaka for Singapore on Tuesday for further treatment at Mount Elizabeth Hospital, a Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) official said. He will remain there for a […]
GOLD Fields said on Thursday it and Ashanti Goldfields are close to wrapping up a deal to acquire the Teberebie mining operation in Ghana for a competitive price. Gold Fields MD Ian Cockerill said the two companies will divide Teberebie after its acquisition from the Pioneer Group, with Gold Fields taking the northern half. A […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Tuesday 3.45pm. SOUTH African stocks shook off the Nasdaq blues in early trade on Tuesday, reversing opening losses as the rand’s woes translated into big gains for export-oriented commodity blue chips. Investors were also seen trolling for bargains in a market that has lost close to 19% since romping to record […]
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FIVE South African-based players will take the field for Zimbabwe in their Cosafa Cup quarterfinal soccer match against Namibia at the National Stadium in Harare on Sunday. Strikers Tauya Mrewa of Supersport United and Blessing Mwaruwaru of Jomo Cosmos and defenders Innocent Chikoya (Orlando Pirates), Edelbert Dinha (Ajax Cape Town) and William Mugeyi (Bush Bucks) […]
NICO van Rensburg claimed one of the biggest victory margins in the history of South African golf when he won the Vodacom Series: Gauteng by a devastating 11-strokes at the Silver Lakes Country Club on Sunday. The magnitude of Van Rensburg’s victory is put into perspective when you consider that this was a 54-hole event. […]
FIGHTING broke out early on Friday in northeast Democratic of Republic of Congo between troops from Rwanda and Uganda, who are supposed to be allied against President Laurent Kabila. Five people have died in the fighting, which began around 4.00am in the city of Kisangani, according to Lieutenant Colonel Akhram Hossein of the UN mission […]