MAKHAYA NTINI remains in the unchanged Border squad to play Griqualand West in the Standard Bank Cup final on Wednesday. The team, announced on Monday, that will take the field at Buffalo Park is the same that beat Free State in the semifinal last week. Border squad: Pieter Strydom (captain), Piet Botha, Vasbert Drakes, Tyron […]
NATIONAL Director of Public Prosecutions Bulelani Ngcuka announced on Tuesday that his office will appeal against the suspended sentence handed down last week to convicted baby killer Nicholas Steyn. Steyn was sentenced to five years’ jail suspended for three years after being found guilty of culpable homicide and assault for an incident in April 1998 […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Tuesday 10.15am. ANGLO American will bid to consolidate its corporate position by buying out minority shareholders in gold holding company Amgold and Anamint, which holds about 26% of De Beers. Anglo already owns 51,5% of Amgold, and 52% of Anamint. Anglo will offer 140 Anglo shares for every 100 Amgold shares, […]
AT least four thoroughbred horses have died in the Western Cape in the past week of African horse sickness, a development that may cripple South Africa’s thoroughbred export industry. As a result of the outbreak, no horses may be exported from South Africa. According to Onderstepoort head of equine research Professor Alan Guthrie, the European […]
MICHAEL METELITS, Johannesburg | Monday 5.15pm. EQUITIES finished the day mixed as wider South African markets looked for direction on Monday. Bonds and the rand stayed within a tight trading range and the major JSE indices did not move very far. The all share index lost 22 points to finish at 6439 while the industrial […]
REPRESENTATIVES of the parties involved in the African National Congress’s advertising campaign will hold an emergency meeting this week with Metrorail CEO Zandile Jakavula after Metrorail declined an initial request to print the image of Deputy President Thabo Mbeki on the back of 3,5-million train tickets. The announcement of the major advertising coup for the […]
OLD Mutual got the go ahead from the Cape High Court on Monday to convert to a listed company and demutualise. The firm also has permission to list in London and Johannesburg, adding to the list of South African corporate giants making the trek overseas. The ruling stated the demutualisation scheme is fair, commercially sound, […]
AIR Namibia has decided to retrench 150 employees with effect from April under a restructuring plan prompted by financial difficulties. Managing director Jaafar Ahmad said on Monday that, besides reducing staff, the company’s operations will also be streamlined and this could involve the closure of operations and departments. The process will start on April 26, […]
KHULUMA Cellular 084, the black economic empowerment firm bidding for South Africa’s third cellular licence, announced the composition of its consortium on Tuesday. The partners are the National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa, the National African Federated Chamber of Commerce, the Communications Workers’ Union, Black Management Forum Investments, change management consultancy Labat Africa, Phakamani […]
TANZANIAN authorities have arrested Rwandan ex-army officer Bernard Ntuyahaga, accused of killing Rwanda’s prime minister in 1994 and wanted for trial in Belgium on murder charges. Justice Minister Bakari Mwapachu said on Tuesday that Ntuyahaga was arrested in Dar es Salaam on Monday night after being released by the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda sitting […]