AIRPORT A BOMB attack was launched on Monday at the airport in the Eritrean capital just north of a terminal at around 11.45am. A building was in flames and smoke could be seen in the distance. The attack apparently took place as a Red Cross plane carrying relief aid was unloading. The plane was seen […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Monday 9.30am. THEMBA Khoza, the leader of the Inkatha Freedom Party in Gauteng and a member of parliament, is as controversial in life as in death. The fiery politician, was suspected of inciting violence between rival black groupings before the fall of apartheid, died on Sunday. But the nature of his […]
BANKING group, Absa has announced low profit growth for the year ending March 31. Headline earnings grew by 1,0% to R1988-million, from last year’s R1968-million, and headline earnings per share increased by 0,2%. Operating expenditure increased by 7,1%. Low growth in operating income left the group’s cost-to-income ratio almost unchanged at 63,5%, from 63,3% last […]
PHILIPPINE government negotiators held formal talks with Muslim separatists holding 21 mostly foreign hostages on Saturday, including two South Africans, and urged the depressed and ailing captives to hold on. More than a month after the holidaymakers were snatched from a Malaysian diving resort, the team met the rebels in mountainous jungle in the south […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Monday 10.15am. THE Reserve Bank is warning that interest rates may have to rise, saying that if a recent surge in inflation continues it will be forced to alter monetary policy. Reserve Bank governor Tito Mbowni said the bank is ”very concerned” about a sharp increase during April in both producer […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Monday 9.30am. AUTHORITIES have begun investigating a visit to South Africa by the wife of captured Sierra Leone rebel leader Foday Sankoh. The Foreign Ministry is seeking clarification from the United Nations on whether Fatou Sankoh, who entered South Africa on a US passport, was affected by UN travel restrictions on […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Cape Town | Monday 11.25am SUNDOWNS qualified for the African Champions League Cup quarter-finals after a goalless draw with Nkana in their second-round second-leg clash at Loftus Stadium on Sunday. The South African champions won on away goals against following their 1-1 deadlock in Kitwe three weeks ago. The home-side were expected to […]
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DINGAAN Thobela, current national super-middleweight champion and former two time lightweight world champion, will again attempt to win the WBF middleweight world title. Thobela unsuccessfully challenged Cornelius Carr for the same title last year. He’ll be taking on Britain’s Delroy Lesley for the now vacant title on June 16 in London. The WBF suffered a […]
ANDREW MUCHINERIPI, Pretoria | Sunday 6.00pm. EPHRAIM Shakes Mashaba is the happiest man in the world. Right? Not quite. There is a potentially major problem looming for a coach who was elevated to the ranks of national hero this weekend. The burning issue is which 18 players does he take to Sydney. Does he stick […]