BENNI McCarthy, SOuth African soccer wayward prodigal son, will be back in national colours as the SA under-23 team take on Cameroon in an Olympic qualifier on Saturday. The Celta Vigo striker was overlooked for the African Nations Cup after announcing his international retirement, until government officials coaxed him back. However, he was overlooked by […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Sunday 12.35pm. BOTSWANA police suspect that the husband of Mariette Bosch, the South African woman sentenced to death in Gaborone, may have helped her murder his former wife. Mariette Bosch, 49 was sentenced to death by hanging on Friday for shooting dead fellow South African Tienie Wolmarans’ wife, Maria in 1996. […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Lagos | Sunday 8.00pm. CAMEROON lifted the African Nations Cup for a third time when they defeated Nigeria 4-3 on penalties on Sunday after a 2-2 draw following extra time. Captain Rigobert Song converted the last of the five mandatory spot kicks to give his team an unexpected success after Nwankwo Kanu and […]

ESKOM announced its new CEO officer designate as Thulani Gcabashe in Johannesburg on Friday. Speaking at the announcement, Eskom’s Electricity Council chairman Reuel Khoza said Gcabashe and Bongani Khumalo were appointed deputy chief executives a year ago. Gcabashe will take over the reigns of Eskom from current CEO Allen Morgan no later than March 1, […]

THE Standard Bank Cup match between Easterns and Western Province due to begin playing this morning at Willowmoore Park in Benoni was cancelled because of this week’s rain. Easterns will play their next limited overs match against Gauteng on March 1.

SHARES in Duiker Mining slumped almost 7% in opening Friday trade as the market reacted to its news that the South African coal miner expects to make a loss in the first half of its financial year. The stock retreated 45 cents or 6.98% to R6 following the company’s late Thursday warning.

THE Democratic Republic of Congo says a prolonged civil war had scared off nearly $1-billion in foreign mining investment from the mineral-rich nation, but a new mining code should lure investors back. Mines Minister Frederic Kibassa Maliba told investors at a mining conference he is confident that a three-day show in Kinshasa next week will […]

THE new chairman of the SABC board is Dr Vincent Maphai, the Minister in the office of the president, Essop Pahad, announced on Friday. The new deputy chair is Barbara Mafakela. Pahad said President Thabo Mbeki had appointed the board which will serve for a period of 4 years effective March 1.

CANADA’S Transportation Safety Board will help investigators probing the crash of a Kenya Airways jet off the Ivory Coast that killed 169 people to download data from one of the plane’s “black box” flight recorders, a spokesman said. Safety board spokesman Jim Harris said it is expected the flight data recorder, accompanied by a local […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Friday 6.30pm A FAST-falling rand wore down market on Friday afternoon as the currency fell to its lowest level in 17-months. Markets looked to the falling currency, paying little attention to a stellar gold price that rose $6 overnight. The all gold index ended the day one point lower at 1258, […]