David Beresford ANOTHER COUNTRY A British judge, Justice Martin Stephens, found himself in hot water last week during a case in the Old Bailey when he told the court that he had difficulty distinguishing one Ethiopian witness from another. The judge was trying to be helpful at the time, advising members of the jury as […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Cape Town | Friday 5.10pm STRUGGLING state-owned diamond miner Alexkor forecast on Friday that it will halt its spiral of losses this year, helped by continuing initiatives to try to cut costs ahead of its possible privatisation. Alexkor CEO Larry Neuhoff said the mine, which has made losses since 1994, expects to show […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Friday 7.00pm SHARES end lower for the third day in a row, with the all share index at a three-month low as futures players jostle for positions ahead of the the March contracts close-out next Thursday. The all share index ended 19 points or 0,25% at 7925, its lowest closing level […]
ZIMBABWE’S foreign exchange market remains critically short of hard cash on Thursday, with traders only looking to tobacco earnings from April to bring some relief. Traders quoted the Zimbabwe dollar unchanged at Z$37,9 to the US unit, its trading level since June under 15-month old partial controls by banking chiefs which averted a return to […]
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‘To me the core of film-making is to stir the emotions of the audience,’ says Frank Darabont, director of tear-jerking prison movie The Green Mile. Stuart Jeffries tries not to laugh.
SEVENTEEN people have been killed by a viral Marburg-type haemorrhagic fever among 38 cases registered in the east of Democratic Republic of Congo. The outbreak occurred in the Durba region of Orientale province, according to state radio. A Marburg fever epidemic claimed 70 lives in the same region between January and May 1999. Marburg fever, […]
A PLACE remains open for the South Africa men’s hockey team at this year’s Sydney Olympics even though the squad has been withdrawn by its own national Olympic association. In a statement from its Brussels headquarters on Tuesday the International Hockey Federation said talks are still being held between the South Africa Hockey Association and […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Kochi | Thursday 9.00am SOUTH Africa have posted a total of 301/3 in their alotted 50 overs against India at Kochi, leaving the home-side a tough, but not unreachable target. The top-scorers for South Africa were openers Gary Kirsten and Herschelle Gibbs who scored 115 and 111 respectively. The two openers were sent […]
SOUTH Africa closed the gap on Australia at the top of the Wisden World Championship with their 2-0 series victory in India. India dropped to seventh in the table, with only England and Zimbabwe below them. If Australia lose their forthcoming series in New Zealand — the last was drawn — their record will be […]