IN the Eastern Cape, the Bisho government and a national state unit have joined forces against a fraudulent petrol card scheme said to be running into millions of rands. Last weekend a civil servant was arrested after allegedly using a government petrol card to fill up his own car. In another breakthrough, 16 petrol attendants […]
STORMERS centre Robbie Fleck will miss three weeks of Super 12 action after an accidental collision during Saturday’s 22-18 loss to the Cats. Fleck saw a specialist in Cape Town, who advised him not to play until the Crusaders match on March 26.
THE ACT Brumbies on Thursday named an unchanged team for Friday’s Super 12 clash against the Sharks. The Brumbies lost their opening Super 12 match against Auckland a fortnight ago and were given a bye in the second round. The Sharks have lost their two games to date. ACT: 15-Andrew Walker; 14-Mark Bartholomeusz, 13-Stirling Mortlock, […]
ARMED bandits have killed three Dutch tourists in a remote desert region of northern Mali. A government statement identified the tourists, all men, as Ferdinand Smit, Aardi Tenboogaard, and J. Jsint. Security forces found the bodies and arrested ”the four people responsible for this filthy crime” in a search of the area known as the […]
MIRIAM ISA, Johanneburg | Thursday 5.45pm THE battered rand recovered its poise on Thursday, bolstered by fresh demand for bonds as foreign investors regained their nerve and decided a recent collapse in the market is unwarranted. The rand was trading at R6,39 to the dollar after hitting R6,50 on Wednesday. Rising hopes that Opec will […]
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THE Stockpoort border post between South Africa and Botswana was reopened to light traffic on Wednesday, three weeks after the Limpopo River burst its banks. It is now one of only two border posts between South Africa and its northern neighbours that are open. Northern Province police spokesman, Captain Ronel Otto, said the Beit Bridge […]
FORMER world kick-boxing champion Mike Bernardo will be contesting the WBF heavyweight world title on March 19 in Las Vegas. Bernado, who has taken a break from Thai boxing to concentrate on the more lucrative square ring sport, stopped US fighter Scott Conner in the second round of an elimination tournament earlier this year. Bernardo, […]
THREE people were killed in clashes on Tuesday in the far northern Nigerian city of Sokoto over demands for the imposition of Islamic Sharia law, reports said. Two churches were burnt down in the clashes which broke out around the university, one resident who asked not to be identified said. Details of the unrest — […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Wednesday 3.00pm. THE rand continued firming against the dollar on Wednesday after its intraday worst level of R6,53 to the US currency. Dealers said the local currency was tracing the euro to range around the crucial R6,50 mark by mid-afternoon. Dealers also said investors remain bullish about the rand’s prospects, despite […]