AN international consortium has begun producing aluminium at its new Mozal foundry in Mozambique, six months earlier than scheduled, the British mining group Billiton announced on Monday. Billiton’s partners at Mozal are the Mozambican government, the Industrial Development Cooperation of South Africa and the Japanese group Mitsubishi, the compnay said in a statement. The foundry […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Monday 10.45am. TROTT Moloto, the normally taciturn coach, has lashed out against the South African Football Association (Safa) for recommendations made by a technical committee that he is not “up to scratch”. Captain Lucas Radebe’s attack on him that he was inadequate to take Bafana Bafana to the highest level in […]
VETERAN 42-year-old Vladimir Kotov has won the Comrades marathon in a new record time of 5:25:33. The little Polish runner ran unbelievable three-minute kilometres up Polly Shorts to smash the course record for the “up” run. Alexei Volgin came in just over a minute later in second place breaking his third-place hoodoo, with defending champion […]
THE Cape Town High Court is expected to hear arguments on Monday on whether the King Commission’s inquiry into alleged cricket matchfixing can be broadcast live on radio and television. Last week Live Africa Network News launched a court application against the commission’s ban on television and radio coverage of the inquiry. The court allowed […]
THE country recorded a current account surplus of R0,5-billion in the first quarter of 2000, the Reserve Bank said in its latest monetary policy statement. The surplus compares with a R1,5-billion deficit in the fourth quarter of last year. “Exports of goods continued to perform well and neutralised increases in merchandise imports and net service, […]
STEVEN MANN, Cape Town | Monday 1.00pm. THE King Commission continues its probe of corruption in South African cricket on Tuesday, when disgraced former captain Hansie Cronje will be cross-examined about his involvement in illicit gambling scams since 1996. Cronje admitted before the commission on Thursday to taking about $100000 in bribes and gifts, but […]
SOUTH African 2006 Soccer World Cup bid chief Danny Jordaan said that the hosting of the showcase by South Africa will be of great symbolic value to the continent. Jordaan added that it makes sense from an African perspective if Brazil withdraws its candidacy. According to Jordaan talks on this issue will be held sonn […]
UK PROPERTY group Liberty International has moved to resist rival British Land’s offer for 29,9% of its shares by launching a counter offer for its own shares, the Business Day reports. The move has been funded with more than 500-million in bank debt. Liberty International MD David Fischel told the paper over the weekend the […]
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THE number of countries in the world facing food emergencies increased in May with 36 of them currently affected by food shortages, the UN’s Food and Agricultural Organisation said in its latest ‘Food Outlook’. According to the June report, drought is largely to blame for the food crises, which are all found in developing countries, […]