THE Cape High Court has granted what may be the last wish of a man dying of Aids by allowing his lover, an inmate at Allandale Prison, to visit him at the Cape Town Medi-Clinic, etv news reported. Quinton Booysen, who is serving a 15-year sentence for fraud, had not seen his partner of 15 […]

THREE men burst into a Johannesburg shebeen on Saturday night, demanded cash from the owner, then opened fire killing seven men and two women and wounding others. “We have a team of 30 people working around the clock to gather all the information. We are not sure yet how many were injured,” police Inspector Joep […]

A NEW group designed to protect Afrikaans interests was established in Pretoria over the weekend. Group spokesman Johan Rossouw said opionmakers such as Van Zyl Slabbert and writer Breyten Breytenbach had been invited to meet over the weekend to discuss the establishment of the organisation. The 63 people attending the meeting on Sunday morning decided […]

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 […]