RESCUERS have recovered the bodies of two more people who were swept away by a flash flood on the Storms River over a week ago. Police on Wednesday indentified the bodies as 15-year-old Richard Wagner, who was found at the Storms River mouth, and of Bertus de Jager, who washed up between Knysna and Sedgefield. […]
WORLD Cup winners Rod Moore and Tiaan Strauss and promising flyhalf Christian Warner were recalled on Thursday to the New South Wales team for Sunday’s Super 12 clash with the Chiefs in Hamilton. Moore was brought in for injured prop Cameron Blades after he was ruled on on Thursday with an ankle problem. Strauss replaces […]
A subsidiary of the World Bank, The International Finance Corporation (IFC), has bought a 10% stake in SA Home Loans, the group that revolutionized the mortgage loans market with its concept of securitisation. The new source of finance means that SA Home Loans will now be able to to make home loans available at further […]
ECONOMISTS have warned that political stability in Zimbabwe is vital for South African businesses. Zimbabwe is South Africa’s largest trading partner in the region. The Star quotes economist Majakathtata Mokoena saying it is crucial for the South African government to help resolve the crisis before it spirals out of control.”We can’t afford instability in that […]
SOUTH African police have arrested more than 13000 suspected criminals in a five-day operation to clean up 124 crime hotspots, the national commissioner’s office said on Wednesday. Police have also seized more than 370 illegal guns and 550 stolen vehicles in the operation between March 28 and April 1. The operation is the first in […]
OIL prices rebounded slightly in London trading on Thursday, following the weakened prices of recent sessions. The price of Brent North Sea quality oil for May delivery was 33 cents higher at $24,08 dollars a barrel. In New York on Wednesday, the price of light sweet crude benchmark oil for delivery in May closed 38 […]
A BABY shot in her mother’s womb is fighting for her life after undergoing emergency surgery, the Star newspaper reports. Twenty three-year-old Leslie Ellerbeck was shot during a botched car-jacking near Johannesburg. She was eight months pregnant, and underwent a Caesarian section delivery. The baby, a girl, was first thought to have only a minor […]
SIMON Gopane, who plays for Jomo Cosmos, will replace Brian Baloyi in Bafana’s World Cup play-off match against Lesotho after Baloyi failed to pass a fitness test at a practise session in Johannesburg on Wednesday. The Kaizer Chiefs keeper is pulled out of Sunday’s crucial first leg qualifier in Maseru after sustaining injuring at his […]
IN the nineteen sixties and seventies, many South African fighters travelled across the borders to lace up their gloves in our neighbouring countries. This was necessitated by the laws of the day prohibiting black an white fighters from meeting each other in local professional rings. Fortunately those days are long gone and professional boxing is […]
THE European Union has expressed deep dismay at political developments in Zanzibar and appealed to Tanzania’s union government to intervene to sort out the debacle. A statement released on Wednesday by the EU mission said it is dismayed at the outcome of a treason trial hearing on April 3, when the high court in Zanzibar […]