THE Wellington Hurricanes scored their first win over the Canterbury Crusaders in the Super 12 when they triumphed 28-22 in a pulsating encounter in Wellington on Friday night. The Crusaders, bidding for a third Super 12 title in a row, outmuscled their opponents in the scrum but could do little to resist the power and […]
LEHLO Ledwaba once again proved himself a cut above the average boxer on Friday night, when he dismantled and convincingly defeated Ernesto Grey in nine rounds. The victory means that Ledwaba has successfully defended his IBF junior featherweight world title for the second time. Both fighters started the bout tentatively, carefully feeling each other out. […]
SOME 30000 tons of food aid from the European Union has arrived in Djibouti on its way to drought-stricken Ethiopia, the European Commission said on Monday. The EU grain shipment arrived on Sunday, and will be followed later in the week by an additional 17000 tons. During the Africa-EU summit in Cairo last week, the […]
HUMAN heart transplant pioneer Professor Chris Barnard is to resettle in the Austrian capital Vienna. Barnard, 77, told journalists he had “suffered a lot of pain” as a result of divorce proceedings from his third wife, Karin Barnard. In particular, he said, an article in a women’s magazine which referred to his “waning libido” had […]
THE ACT Brumbies moved to the top of the Super 12 standings on Friday with an impressive 34-15 win over the Otago Highlanders. The Brumbies ran in four tries to none to secure a bonus point and leapfrog Otago and Canterbury at the head of the table. ACT scored two tries in the first 20 […]
ABN-Amro said on Friday that it has downgraded mining groups Rio Tinto and Billiton to “hold” from “buy” and cut Anglo American to “hold” from “undervalued. In a research note, analyst David Bird at the investment bank said the move reflects limited prospects for sustained further upside in the shares on a 12-month view. “This […]
HUMAN heart transplant pioneer Professor Chris Barnard will leave South Africa, saying he has had enough of the emotional pain he has suffered there, a report said Sunday. Barnard, 77, told the Sunday Times he has decided to leave South Africa ”after a particularly difficult year.” ”I have suffered a lot of pain,” he said, […]
BLACK control of market capitalisation on the JSE fell sharply last year and could decrease further in 2000 as several firms unbundle non-core assets, an investment firm said. BusinessMap, an investment strategy group which tracks the black economic empowerment process, said in its annual report that the black share of ownership could drop to 2,1% […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Friday 5.30pm THE Johannesburg Stock Exchange ended marginally weaker on Friday weighed by a fall in the gold index despite steady bullion and ignoring strength in some financial and information technology stocks. The all share index closed the week down 17 points or 0,22% after a quiet day’s trade ahead of […]
INDONESIAN President Abdurrahman Wahid left South Africa on Monday at the end of a two-day official visit. Wahid, accompanied by his wife Sinta Nuriyah, was headed for Cancun, Mexico, before travelling on to the G77 Summit in Havana and a meeting with Cuban President Fidel Castro. Over the weekend, Wahid held talks in Pretoria with […]