LIFE INSURANCE and financial services group Old Mutual on Tuesday posted basic earnings per share of 20 pence for the first half of 1999, its first results since listing in London and Johannesburg in July. Old Mutual reported a 34% increase in embedded value to 4,7-billion, giving a embedded value per share of 152 pence […]

A MEMBER of People against Gangsterism and Drugs was arrested on Wednesday for the murder of Farouk Jaffer, a founder member of Pagad who later broke all ties with the organisation. Western Cape police commissioner Leon Wessels said a team of detectives under the command of director Leonard Knipe arrested the man at his Athlone […]

THE first round second leg fixtures of the Rothmans Cup are: Friday: 8pm, Supersport United v Classic (Caledonian Stadium); 8pm, Orlando Pirates v Moroka Swallows (FNB Stadium). Saturday: 3pm, Ajax Cape Town v Jomo Cosmos (Newlands Stadium) Sunday: 3pm, AmaZulu v Free State Stars (Kings Park Stadium); 3pm, Mother City v Manning Rangers (Athlone Stadium); […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Wednesday 7.00pm SOUTH African consumers will spend R2,7-billion in Internet-generated purchases this year, while business-to-business e-commerce will reach almost R4- billion, a new survey by Acuity Media Africa claims. The second South African Web Commerce Survey shows consumer spending generated by the World Wide Web grew by 140% in 1998, from […]

THE fixtures involving the South African under-23 national team in the All-Africa Games are: Thursday, Sept 9: 3pm, South Africa v Algeria (Orlando Stadium); 3pm, Uganda v Mali (Rand Stadium). Friday, Sept 10: 12.00: Zambia v Cote d’Ivoire (Orlando); 12.00: Mauritius v Cameroon (Rand). Saturday, Sept 11: 3pm, South Africa v Mali (Orlando); 3pm, Algeria […]

ERIC Simons has signed a two year contract with the Western Province Cricket Association to coach the Superjuice Academy. Simons fills the position vacated by Vincent Barnes who will coach the Western Province senior team.

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Cape Town | Tuesday 5.25pm. THE South African Rugby Football Union announced its four coaches for the 2000 Rugby Super 12 competition. Springbok Assistant coach Alan Solomons remains at the helm of the Stormers, while Bok forward coach Heyneke Meyer, who assisted Solomons last year, has been put in charge of the Northern […]

TELECOMMUNICATIONS utility Telkom said it will lock out striking workers from Wednesday in an effort to break a wage deadlock. Telkom gave the Communication Workers Union notice on Friday that it will lock out union members who do not accept the company’s wage offer, said Telkom spokesperson Amanda Singleton. “Although Telkom has weathered the disruptions […]