SWEDISH bus and truck manufacturer AB Volvo said on Tuesday it will step up its investment in southern African by acquiring its regional distributor, liquidated last month, for $10-million. Executive vice-president Lennart Jeansson said that Volvo has reached an agreement with the liquidators to acquire the assets of Volvo Trucks, one of the companies owned […]

BREYTON Paulse will play fullback for the Stormers in a frendly against South Western Districts on Wednesday evening. Paulse, who scored one of the most exciting tries in last year’s World Cup during the Springbok’s win over New Zealand in the third-place play-off, has a large following who would rather see him in the number […]

ANGLO American Platinum Corporation (Amplats) said that the National Union of Metal Workers of SA (Numsa) has informed it that the union will suspend strike action at Rustenburg Base Metals Refiners (RBMR). “We have been told by Numsa that they are going to suspend their strike pending further negotiations and that they will urge their […]

NORWEGIAN Prime Minister Kjell Mange Bondevik is due in South Africa on Thursday on the second leg of a three-nation tour of Africa. The prime minister, on his first official visit to South Africa, is scheduled to meet President Thabo Mbeki for bilateral talks on Friday, embassy and government officials said. Bondevik, accompanied by a […]

AN Angolan army helicopter which crashed at the weekend killing 30 people was loaded far beyond its 24-seat capacity, witnesses said on Tuesday. According to witnesses, the Russian-built Mil-8 transport aircraft was carrying 37 people and two pigs when it took off on Saturday from the highland city of Lubango, 650km south of the capital […]

FORMER Springbok eighthman Schutte Bekker will be back on the field for the Northern Bulls on Wednesday night after missing much of last season with a heart condition. Bekker will start on the bench in the warm-up match against the Blue Bulls. Northern Bulls: Casper Steyn; Hendry Pedro, Wynand Lourens, Eugene Meyer, Hannes Venter, Jaco […]

MPUMALANGA’S provincial government pledged on Tuesday to trace an unnamed traffic officer who allegedly fled after driving into and killing two boys at the weekend. The unnamed officer allegedly drove into Zwelithini Mthembu, 10, and Aubrey Cele, 5, with his patrol vehicle on Saturday, killing both boys instantly. He was taken to Kanyamazane police station […]

LANCE Klusener retains his number two position on the one day ratings behind Australia’s Michael Bevan, as audited by PriceWaterhouseCoopers. Jacques Kallis moves up a spot to fifth, in the top ten dominated by Australia. Hansie Cronje moves up a place to 18th, but Herschelle Gibbs has dropped four to 19. Shaun Pollock dropped to […]

PRESIDENT Thabo Mbeki held hour-long talks with visiting Burundi President Pierre Buyoya in Cape Town on Tuesday. The talks were a follow-up to a meeting between Nelson Mandela and Buyoya on Monday during which the two leaders discussed efforts to bring peace to the tiny African state, embroiled in a civil war since 1993 in […]

MOROCCO, in a move to reaffirm its bid to stage the 2006 World Cup, said on Monday it has no plans to withdraw from the competition to host the finals, an official statement said. “Morocco will pursue its campaign to host the World Cup finals in 2006 with self-confidence and calmly,” said the statement. It […]