GOLD continued to move higher on Wednesday boosted by short-covering after initial market disappointment following the Bank of England’s fifth gold auction on Tuesday. The metal was last bid at $290,05 an ounce. “We saw better international markets overnight, particularly Wall Street. Bullion is up and we had the release [on Wednesday morning) of Anglo […]
THE Hurricanes have been forced to look at playing lock Inoke Afeaki at flank for their Super 12 clash with the Cats at Palmerston North on Saturday after replacement loose-forward Semo Sititi failed a fitness test. The Hurricanes are in serious trouble with most of their loose-forwards injured. Filo Tiatia is out for at least […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, London | Wednesday 11.10am ANGLO American Plc, reporting its first set of annual results as a London-listed mining company, said on Wednesday that 1999 headline profits rose 13% to $1,30-billion, buoyed by platinum and diamonds. Analysts polled by Reuters had forecast a headline figure — which is before a $410-million exceptional gain — […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Monday 4.50pm THE Johannesburg Stock Exchange closed firmer on Monday on fresh appetite for resource stocks following their recent sharp losses. At close of trade the all share index was up 0,22% at 8014. Interest in mining giant Anglo American Plc ahead of its results on Wednesday and shift into rand-hedge […]
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FOREIGN Affairs Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma will pay an official visit to China and Japan later this week. She will be accompanied by Deputy Arts and Culture Minister Brigitte Mabandla and senior foreign affairs officials, a ministry statement said. She is expected to hold talks with her Chinese counterpart Tang Jiaxuan and Japanese Foreign Minister Yohei […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Port of Spain | Tuesday 11.05am. THE West Indies’ fast bowling quartet rolled back the years and fired their side to a sensational 35-run, come-from-behind triumph over Zimbabwe at Queen’s Park Oval on the final day of the inaugural Test on Monday. Purposeful bowling from Franklyn Rose, who led the way with four […]
SEMEGAL’S veteran opposition leader Abdoulaye Wade won presidential elections on Monday to end 40 years of Socialist Party rule in the traditionally stable West African country. President Abdou Diouf, who has held office for 19 years, conceded defeat to Wade in the vote after a stream of disastrous results from the big towns where the […]
THE Minister of Environmental Affairs and Tourism Mohammed Valli Moosa will highlight the importance of environmental monitoring and the weather in particular, at the World Meteorological Day Celebration in Pretoria on Thursday 23 March. This celebration marks 140 years of weather monitoring in South Africa and the 50TH Anniversary of the World Meteorological Organization. It […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Tuesday 6.00pm. AT least nine people have drowned and thousands more have been left homeless in renewed countrywide flooding since the weekend. In the Qwa Qwa region of the Free State, at least 420 families have been left homeless and provincial authorities say they fear further dage and fatalities in the […]