TUESDAY, 11.30AM: THE South African sugar industry may grow quite easily after two seasons of record harvests, according to Dan MacLeod, South African Sugar Association chairman. The 1997/98 season produced a record 2404-million tons of the sweetener, and the 1998/99 harvest has been estimated to be about 2,7-million tons. A normal crop is at present […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Wednesday 5.00pm. AN 18-year search for one of South Africa’s most famous vessels, the SS Waratah, has come to an end. Her wreck was found off the eastern seaboard off the Transkei coast in June, marine explorer Emlyn Brown said on Wednesday. It was his ninth expedition since 1983 to find […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Wednesday 2.00pm. SENIOR Dutch coach Clemens Westerhof takes his magic soccer wand to Swaziland this weekend hoping to produce another win for Zimbabwe. Since assuming command this year of the perennial under achievers, Westerhof has stopped the rot with four victories and two draws. The most notable win came in Johannesburg […]
SARAH BULLEN and Reuters, Cape Town | Wednesday 4.30pm THE Johannesburg Stock Exchange saw far stronger trade on Wednesday on firmer international sentiment as fears rising from instability in Latin America abated. Argentine financial markets recovered on Tuesday in what traders there called a technical rebound, which has eased short term concerns about Latin America. […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Wednesday 6.45pm. SOUTH AFRICAN shares recovered from Tuesday’s losses as concerns about emerging markets showed signs of easing. Reinforcing the positive tone was the promising outlook on the Dow Jones and FTSE 100 index. At 1600 local time (1400 GMT) close, the all-share index had gained 0.42%, the industrial index was […]
THE thatch-roofed home of the British High Commissioner to South Africa in was gutted by a fire on Wednesday but no-one was injured in the blaze. Commissioner Maeve Fort was not in Cape Town when her home, in the upmarket suburb of Bishop’s Court, caught fire causing the roof to collapse. A commission spokesman said: […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Nairobi | Wednesday 4.45pm. A FOUR-NATION cricket tournament involving India, Kenya, South Africa and Zimbabwe will be held here from September 24 to October 5, Kenya Cricket Association (KCA) chairman Sharad Ghai revealed in Nairobi on Wednesday. In the statement, Ghai said that the limited overs one-day matches will be played at Nairobi’s […]
A WHITE farmer “punished” a black farm labourer by stripping him and coating his body with paint for allegedly trespassing on his land in Mpumulanga, reports said on Wednesday. Moses Nkosi (21) told The Star newspaper that the farmer, apparently his former employer, accused him of trespassing last week and forced him into a farmhouse […]
ERSKINE McCULLOGH, Carnoustie | Tuesday 10.30am. SOME of the biggest names in golf have been left quaking after their first meeting with the toughest course in British Open history. A stunned Ernie Els walked off the Carnoustie links shaking his head in disbelief after his sneak preview last week. “It’s quite unbelievable. I don’t think […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT & Reuters, Johannesburg | Tuesday 10.00am. THE coaches of South Africa’s two leading club sides have quit within days of each other just three weeks before the start of the new season. Romanian-born Ted Dumitru, who has spent almost 20 years coaching in Africa, resigned at champions Mamelodi Sundowns on Thursday, citing interference […]