THE Australian Rugby Union (ARU) are still intending to stage the historic closed-roof international against South Africa at the troubled Colonial Stadium here next month, it was confirmed Monday. ARU officials will inspect the new arena this week, but the national body remains hopeful the loose playing surface will recover for the July 8 Mandela […]
UN Secretary General Kofi Annan asked the Security Council on Tuesday to force the Rwandan and Ugandan armies out of the Democratic Republic of Congo. He asked the council, “acting under Chapter Seven of the UN Charter,” to demand that Rwandan and Ugandan forces withdraw immediately from the war-shattered city of Kisangani, and from the […]
President Nelson Mandela said on Monday while visiting Finland that he is confident that South Africa and the European Union will reach a deal on a fr
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Tuesday 11.30am. GOLD shares powered ahead after Tuesday’s delayed open on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange, cheered by the bullion price’s rally to above $290. Trade on the JSE was delayed two hours to give brokers time to adjust their books after Monday’s technical problems. By 11.20am, the All Gold index was […]
MICHAEL VLISMAS, Johannesburg | Monday 2.30pm. SPRINGBOK coach Nick Mallett says he will not be forced by the country’s quota system into selecting players solely on the basis of their colour for the opening test against England on Saturday. Mallett told a press conference on Monday that merit remains his criteria for selection and that […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Karachi | Tuesday 6.00pm. THE Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) rejected match-fixing allegations on Tuesday from South African cricket chief Ali Bacher and said it would not reopen a corruption probe unless he provided evidence to back his claims. ”No inquiry will be conducted until Ali Bacher promises to us to provide evidence to […]
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OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Monday 12.00pm. NEDCOR said on Monday that if its proposed bid to merge with banking rival Stanbic goes ahead, the merged group will be hiring 7000 people in its first three years. This is in stark contrast to a statement by the South African Society of Bank Officials that the merger […]
THE Nigerian government and labour leaders expect to reach an accord later on Monday on ending a five-day-old crippling general strike over sharp increases in gasoline prices. Local media quoted Information Minister Jerry Gana as saying labour chiefs had held intense talks with government leaders on Sunday, including one session each with President Olusegun Obasanjo […]
RWANDA on Sunday announced the “unilateral withdrawal” of its troops from the northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) city of Kisangani, where they have been fighting Ugandan troops for the last six days, a foreign ministry statement said. The announcement came after Rwanda claimed on Saturday to have driven Ugandan forces out of the diamond-rich […]