TWO people were killed and 30 others injured on Wednesday when a speeding bus crashed through the barrier of a bridge and plunged on to a lower road in Cairo, police said. The injured, some of whom were in serious condition, were taken to three hospitals in the Egyptian capital. The accident which blocked a […]

SOUTH African coach Trott Moloto has named his squad for the second-leg Olympic Qualifying match against Lesotho on April 22 in Bloemfontein. The squad is the same as the one that beat Lesotho 2-0 in Maseru last weekend in the first leg of the qualifier. Bafana Bafana squad: Goalkeepers: Simon Gopane (Jomo Cosmos), John Tlale […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Thursday 11.20am. LOCAL stocks started lower on Thursday and are expected to stay with losses for the rest of the session after Wall Street’s overnight decline led by a sell-off in US technology shares. Dealers saw slim volumes going through the market as local institutions took to the sidelines, spooked by […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, London | Thursday 1.35pm ENGLAND captain Nasser Hussain says only half the story of the scandal in South African cricket has come to light. Hussain told BBC Televison on Wednesday he was shocked to hear that sacked South African captain Hansie Cronje admitted taking money from a bookmaker. ”I’ve got to know Hansie […]

PROFESSOR Njabulo Ndebele is the new vice chancellor of the University of Cape Town. The author and academic will succeed Dr Mamphela Ramphele, who will be leaving to take up a position in the World Bank. Ndebele will leave his position in the Ford Foundation in New York to take over as vice chancellor of […]

ALAN FINLAY, Johannesburg | Wednesday 8.50am THE main sponsor of SA cricket’s one-day series has threatened to terminate its sponsorship of the game in the wake of an admission by sacked captain Hansie Cronje that he accepted money from bookmakers. Cronje admitted on Tuesday that he took $10000 to $15000 for “providing information and forecasting” […]

TELFORD VICE, Durban | Wednesday 1.30pm SOUTH Africans tried to put the fall from grace of national cricket captain Hansie Cronje behind them on Wednesday as they looked forward to the first match of the one-day series against Australia. “We’ve got a full house and beautiful weather and I think we’re going to have a […]

TWO top SABC executives have opted for demotions rather than being fired. Chief executive of corporate affairs Thaninga Shope and chief executive of television Molefe Mokgatle will be redeployed to market-related portfolios, an SABC spokesman said. The two executives were found guilty by an internal disciplinary hearing for failing to comply with the corporation’s financial […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Wednesday 7.00pm. SOUTH Africa’s chamber of business (Sacob) on Wednesday cautioned its members against investing in neighbouring Zimbabwe while that country’s political crisis heightens. “South African traders and investors would do well to stay out of Zimbabwe for the time being. Zimbabwe’s political climate makes investing there risky,” Sacob chief executive […]