OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Tuesday 5.00pm. THE JSE suffered a setback on Tuesday, dragged down by a weaker gold price, ending the day 1,86% or 153 points lower. Resources took the biggest knock, closing play 3,05% or 152 points in the red. Gold lost a whopping $3,45 on the day and at 4pm was trading […]
MORE than 40000 jobs in the formal business sector, excluding agriculture, were lost between September and December last year, the government’s Statistics South Africa said on Tuesday. The total employment in the sector fell by 2,5% or 121,476 employees for the whole of last year. These figures exclude self-employed people who are not registered for […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Abjua | Wednesday 12.45pm FIFTEEN people have been killed in unrest between Muslims and Christians which broke out earlier this week in the far northeast of Nigeria. At least 15 people died in the clashes which erupted over plans to locate a church in a Muslim-dominated area of northern Borno State. On Tuesday, […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Sharjah | Wednesday 11.00am. SHOAIB Akhtar produced a blistering spell as Pakistan halted their 14-match losing streak against South Africa with a 67-run win in the Sharjah Cup triangular series on Tuesday. Akhtar, bowling with awesome speed, snapped up three wickets in one over to rip through an under-strength South Africa in a […]
POLICE have ruled out the possibility that arson was the cause of the blaze which gutted the Pinelands home of former anti-apartheid cleric Allan Boesak. Police said they have found no firm evidence of foul play and there were no traces of solvents, flammable liquids or incidiary devices. Shortly after the fire, which happened early […]
THE total turnover of institutions increased by 3,0% in fourth quarter 1999 to R362,62-billion from the fourth quarter 1998 level of R351,99-billion, according to figures released Tuesday by Statistics South Africa. However, Stats SA said fourth quarter 1999 turnover was 12,8% down on the R416,07-billion recorded in third quarter 1999. It said Gauteng contributed 44,7% […]
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OWN CORRESPONDENT, Nelspruit | Tuesday 3.10pm. MOZAMBIQUE, Malawi and Zimbabwe are jointly planning an oil refinery at the Mozambican port of Beira to meet growing regional energy needs. Malawi’s vice-president Justin Malewezi said a fully functional Nacala corridor will save his country about US55-million a year. News reports in Blantyre on Tuesday said Iran and […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Sharjah | Tuesday 4.35pm. PAKISTAN have been dismissed for 168 in the sixth Sharjah Cup one-dayer against South Africa as their batsmen failed to fire and good bowling and fielding by the South Africans took its toll. Yousuf Youhana was the only batsman who really contributed, scoring 65 runs before being run-out in […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Sharjah | Tuesday 7.45pm. PAKISTAN ripped South Africa apart by 67 runs in the sixth Sharjah Cup match with the Pakistani seamers blowing away eight South African batsmen for 27 runs. The South Africans were set a target of 169 runs after bowling out Pakistan for 168. Gary Kirsten and Herschelle Gibbs (59 […]