THE Currie Cup log after the matches played on the weekend of August 20 to 22. Free State 12 10 2 0 504 268 47 Lions 12 10 2 0 430 239 47 Natal 12 9 3 0 404 257 46 SW Districts 12 9 3 0 450 268 45 Blue Bulls 12 7 4 […]
PRESIDENT Thabo Mbeki arrived in Keetmanshoop in Namibia on Wednesday morning for the commissioning of a multi-million rand electricity transmission project between South Africa and Namibia. He was received by his Namibian counterpart Sam Nujoma on arrival at the site of the Kokerboom 400 kilowatt substation, which will channel power between the two countries.
DEON POTGIETER, Cape Town | Wednesday 3.00pm. AMIDST the growing controversy surrounding the National boxing commission’s chief executive Mava Malla, Phillip “the time bomb” Ndou is set to make an explosive first defence of his national featherweight title on Wednesday night. His opponent, who accepted the fight on less than a week’s notice” is Solomzi […]
MICHAEL METELITS, Johannesburg | Wednesday 12.30pm. HOLDERS of life insurance policies will be able to get a higher price when selling the assets in the near future as Sanlam and Policy Link, an Australian firm, have an agreement to formalise the handling of second-hand policies. Regular procedures for handling the second-hand policies will raise the […]
THE Nigerian Air Force is selling its Jaguar, Mig-21 and G22 aircraft through open bidding, the chief of air staff, Air Vice-Marshal Isaac Alfa, said. He told airforce personnel at the Ikeja Air Force Logistics Command in Lagos that the money realised from the sale will be used to buy needed multi-role combat aircraft. He […]
MICHAEL FINCH, Seville | Wednesday 12.00pm. DARE one suggest it, but Okkert Brits is back. The world’s third highest ever polevaulter, who has gone through a three year valley of darkness, finally saw some light at the end of the tunnel on the fourth day of the 7th World Athletics championships in Seville. Battling back […]
THE Post Office on Wednesday gave the Communication Workers’ Union a 48-hour notice that striking workers will be locked out of the work area. Post Office communications general manager Sandile Madolo said a 48-hour lock-out notice was given to the CWU national office to “…prevent postal service standards from further being negatively affected by the […]
THE state-run Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation and the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation have signed an agreement on the execution of the West African Gas Pipeline project. The deal is a follow-up to the agreement signed in Cotonou, Benin, 11 August between Nigeria, Ghana, Benin and Togo, and Chevron Nigeria and the Nigerian Gas Company. The […]
FREEZING cold weather is expected to last a few days after snow fell in KwaZulu-Natal, Mpumalanga, Swaziland and Lesotho on Tuesday, the weather bureau said. Bureau spokesman Peter Pretorius said although the cold front has passed, it will still take a few days before it started warming up again. Pretorius said the front was a […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Manchester | Wednesday 4.25pm. BAFANA Bafana midfielder Quinton Fortune on Wednesday completed his move to Manchester United after being issued with a work permit. Fortune has signed a four-year contract at Old Trafford following his transfer from Atletico Madrid in a deal worth a reported 1.5-million. The midfielder, a member of South Africa’s […]