OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Wednesday 12.20pm. RETAIL banking in South Africa is under mounting pressure, particularly where the country’s biggest four banks are concerned, the Banking Council of South Africa said on Wednesday. Persistent demands that the banks extend services to low-income South Africans, which produces significantly lower returns than other business areas, was part […]
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FORMER apartheid chemical weapons expert Dr Wouter Basson’s trial had to be interrupted on Monday while he was rushed to the side of an advocate, Charlie Moore, who had collapsed in a nearby courtroom. An advocate from a nearby court rushed in to ask for his help and Basson helped to stabilise Moore. Basson fully […]
JUDGMENT is expected to be handed downin the Port Alfred High Court in the trial of brothers Bongani and Zolani Tom and a 17-year-old. The men are charged with murdering Cape Town businesswoman Brenda Fairhead and her daughter Kia, 11, in the Keiskamma Pass in January. State prosecutor Malherbe Marais on Monday in court called […]
THE Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), the country’s main trade union, on Tuesday called off its five-day nationwide strike over fuel price increases after the government slashed prices to near pre-strike levels. The strike, which began last Thursday to protest the almost 50% rise in the prices of petrol, diesel and kerosene, was called off after […]
THE North-West Leopards team to play England in the Six Nations champions’ tour opener at Olen Park in Potchefstroom on Tuesday, was named on Monday. North-West AJ de Jager, Len van Riet, Johan Calitz, Rudi Muller, Keith Meyer, Roland de Marigny, Eben Verster, Johann Smith, Bertus Pool, Diaan Kruger, Werner Lessing, Casper Oosthuizen, Tenk Hendricks, […]
SUPER 12 lock Barrett Brette of the Western Stormers and centre Joe Guillingham of Natal Sharks will play for top French side Perpignan next season, the club announced on Sunday. Brette, 28, and Guillingham, 26, are the latest recruits to join Perpignan and join fellow southern hemisphere prop Josh Heke of New Zealand who recently […]
THE Western Cape government is offering up to R1-million for information leading to the conviction of criminals responsible for taxi-related violence in the province. Acting premier Cecil Herandien said he has also appointed a special committee to deal with the transport situation. Safety and security MEC Mark Wiley will be co-ordinating the committee. Provincial police […]
ENGLAND have called up Saracens scrumhalf Nick Walshe as cover for the injured Scott Benton on their South African tour, officials said on Monday. “Scott has a calf strain so Walshe’s call-up is simply precautionary and Scott will remain in South Africa,” said Adrian Firth, the team’s media liaison officer. Firth said both Walshe and […]