OLD MUTUAL is to axe some 5000 workers in line with recommendations by an independent audit into its demutualisation programme. Old Mutual spokesman Steven Bowey confirmed that the audit has recommended staff reductions, but refused to name the exact number of employees expected to be affected. Business Report quotes a South African Commercial Catering and […]
DAVID SHAPSHAK, Johannesburg | Thursday 3.00pm. CONTROVERSIAL former Springbok James Small on Thursday announced his retirement from rugby. The fiery winger, who once held the South African record for Test caps (42) and tries (22), became something of a folk hero after closing down his giant All Black opposite number, Jonah Lomu, in the 1995 […]
FORMER England fast bowler Peter Lever has been asked by the Kenyan cricket authorities to mastermind their build-up to the 2003 cricket World Cup. The 58-year-old, who played 22 tests between 1972 and 1974, has already been involved in the development of Kenyan cricket and he acted as their bowling coach in the World Cup, […]
WEDNESDAY, 1.00PM: DELAYS in organising the financial affairs of Transnet have forced Public Enterprises Minister Stella Sigcau to move the sale of 49% of South African Airways from October to the first quarter of 1999. Business Day reports that the delay was caused, among other things, by difficulties in determining the pension requirements held by […]
ALL-ROUNDER Lance Klusener, voted man of the tournament in the World Cup, has turned down an offer to replace injured fellow South African Jacques Kallis at English county side Glamorgan. “No way,” Klusener told a Durban newspaper. “They have Jacques — that’s it. “Right now, I’m longing to get back home. It’s been a long, […]
WEDNESDAY, 1.00PM: ANGLO American and rival America Mineral Fields on Tuesday agreed to join forces in a joint venture to re-treat copper and cobalt dumps in the fabulously rich Kolwezi copper belt in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Earlier this year, AMF attempted to sue Anglo for R3-billion, accusing the South African mining group of […]
THE MTN Falcons rugby team which will take on North West at the Bosman Stadium in Brakpan on Friday evening at 7.15pm has been announced. The team: Dawie du Toit; Piet Matthys, Wynand Lourens, Eugene Meyer (capt), Len van Riet; Christo Potgieter, Deon de Kock; Naas Rossouw, Matthew te Pou, Jonathan Koloi, Wilnand Vlok, Ralf […]
MALAWI’S re-elected President Bakili Muluzi, heavily criticised during his first term over his bloated cabinet for the small impoverished country, is expected to appoint a new, trimmed team. A senior government official on Wednesday said that Muluzi could announce his new cabinet of not more than 20 ministers, “anytime before Monday next week”. Muluzi, who […]
DAVID SHAPSHAK, Johannesburg | Wednesday 5.30pm. SPRINGBOK coach Nick Mallett, who shocked race-sensitive South African rugby administrators this week saying he would not be pressurised with his team selections, says his comments have been misunderstood and has apologised. With government and sports bodies clamouring for greater racial representativity, South Africa’s most successful coach, who has […]
ERNIE ELS, South Afica’s leading golfer, slipped to 7th in world golf rankings released on Monday. Els is seventh with an average of 8,14 points. David Duval grabbed the number one spot with 13,92 points closely followed by Tiger Woods with 13,70. Davis Love III trailed at third with a 10,82 average. Rounding out the […]