OWN CORRESPONDENT, Maputo | Monday 1.35pm CYCLONE Eline, which killed seven people and caused severe damage as it swept across the Indian Ocean island of Madagascar, reached flood-devastated Mozambique on Monday. “The effects of the cyclone are beginning to be felt in the southern coastal province of Inhambane,” the head of the national weather institute, […]

BUSH Bucks offered little in the form of resistance in their Castle Premiership match against a coachless Orlando Pirates at the Umtata Stadium on Sunday, and were whipped 2-0 after a lacklustre performance. Pirates controlled the match from the word go, and Pirates scored their first of the match in the 25th minute through Sibusiso […]

THE British government has ordered a probe under the Official Secrets Act into the leaking of a secret report describing a 1996 plot to assassinate Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi. Police in London are investigating how a four-page document from MI6, Britain’s foreign intelligence service, came to be published on a US-based website. Police officers arrived […]

UK hotels and brewing company Bass has declined to comment on a Financial Times report that it has put its beer division up for sale to focus on the faster growing leisure and hotels operations. Bass shares, which have underperformed the market by 18% in the past year, edged up just one penny to 696p […]

SHARES in the world’s top platinum and palladium producers, Anglo American Platinum (Amplats) and Impala Platinum Holdings stumbled on Friday on news Russia planned to resume platinum group supplies. Platinum on Friday was fixed at $715,00 an ounce after hitting an all-time high of $735,00 on Thursday, while platinum was fixed at $537,00 an ounce. […]

ZIM President Robert Mugabe celebrates a subdued birthday on Monday, still stung by last week’s defeat in a national referendum on a draft new constitution his government sponsored. The veteran leader turns 76, and is still keeping the southern African nation of 12-million people guessing about his political intentions even after suffering his first electoral […]

PAPER and pulp group Sappi said on Friday it has received an offer from Italy’s Favini Group to acquire its Astralux brand of cast coated papers. Sappi said in a statement that acceptance of the offer would result in the production of cast coated papers at its Blackburn mill in Britain ceasing on May 14, […]

SOUTH African fast-bowler Allan Donald said on Thursday that his long-time English county Warwickshire’s decision not to release him to play six one-day matches against Australia is a “little harsh.” “If I play the six one-day games then I haven’t got a contract for six months. “But I still would have loved to play,” said […]

FORMER Springbok Tiaan Strauss will clash with his erstwhile South African comrades when he takes his place in the New South Wales Waratahs Super 12 line-up. The Waratahs open their 2000 Super 12 season against the Stormers in Cape Town on February 27, with a second match against the Bulls in Witbank on March 4. […]