A PEAK hour pile-up on the M2 east freeway in Johannesburg has left one motorist dead and 20 people injured. About 23 cars, a minibus taxi and a luxury bus were involved in the accident, which happened around 7am on Monday morning. Traffic officials say the taxi overturned, causing cars to collide with each other. […]

ANDY CAPOSTAGNO, Johannesburg | Sunday 7.00pm. THE weekend when South African teams rediscovered the route to the try line came too late to save their Super 12 hopes. For as well as the Stormers played at Eden Park, and as exciting as the contest was between the Sharks and Cats at ABSA Park, the fact […]

SOUTH African Chrome and Alloys (Sachrome) said on Friday it has concluded a R2,3-billion five year takeoff agreement with a German steel maker. Sachrome said in a statement that the agreement with Thyssenkrupp Metallurgie AG provided for the annual purchase and distribution of up to 170000 tons of its ferrochrome for an initial five years, […]

THE International Monetary Fund and the World Bank have announced a multilateral debt relief package worth $2-billion for Tanzania. Of that total, about $1,2-billion will be financed by the World Bank, through its International Development Agency, with the IMF participation put at $152-million. The rest of the package will be borne by multilateral and bilateral […]

TWO South Africans who thought they heard tape recordings purported to be between national cricket captain Hansie Cronje and a bookmaker have admitted they listened to reconstructions. The Sunday Times led its front page with the news that South Africa’s high commissioner to India, Maite Nkoane-Mashabane, listened to the police recordings and “was convinced the […]

EX-South African captain Kepler Wessels has called for an independent inquiry after match fixing charges were brought by Indian police against his successor Hansie Cronje and team mates Nicky Boje, Herschelle Gibbs and Pieter Strydom. The charges relate to the recent one-day series won 3-2 by India. “These are serious allegations and if there is […]

SILAS Nkanunu, president of the South African Rugby Football Union has reacted to reports that Louis Luyt is preparing an attempted comeback and that moves are afoot to replace the game’s current executive. “It’s unfortunate but the fact can’t be ignored that it is the traditional, white-led unions that are involved,” Nkanunu, who succeeded Luyt […]

PRATAP CHAKRAVARTY, New Delhi | Monday 1.18pm INDIAN police on Monday said they have gathered fresh evidence to shore up their case against South African cricket skipper Hansie Cronje on match-fixing charges. “We believe we now have sufficient evidence in this case but it is for the courts to decide,” New Delhi Crime Branch chief […]

PRESIDENT Thabo Mbeki and a group of ministers are flying to the G77 group’s South Summit in Havana, Cuba, on Monday night. Foreign Affairs Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, Trade and Industry Minister Alec Erwin, and Minister in the President’s Office Essop Pahad will also be attending the summit. Foreign affairs spokesman Ronnie Mamoepa said the South […]