THE unseeded pairing of Jeff Coetzee and Damien Roberts captured the doubles title at a $50000 challenge in Singapore at the weekend. The MTN Super Squad pairing beat another unseeded tandem, Oleg Ogorodov of Uzbekistan and Israel’s Eyal Ran, 7-5 6-3 in Sunday’s final. It was the Israeli’s serve that came under fire in the […]
THE South African short-term insurance industry notched up some significant underwriting losses last year, compared to the previous year, the South African Insurance Association said on Monday. Chief executive Barry Scott said that 12 out of 23 insurance companies reported underwriting losses for the year to December, compared to only seven in 1997. He said […]
NORTH-West beat Namibia 30-11 after leading 18-11 at half-time in a Vodacom Cup rugby match played in pouring rain throughout at Olen Park in Potchefstroom on Saturday. The wet conditions made handling extremely difficult. As a result both sides made numerous mistakes and occasionally had to play on the retreat. North-West lock Kleinjan Tromp was […]
MALAYSIAN billionaire Dato Samsudin, who owns 75% of the beleaguered New Republic Bank, says the if the bank is liquidated it will not hurt him as his assets are diverse and spread throughout the world. In an interview with Business Times on Sunday, Samsudin blamed “inaccurate reports” in the press for causing a run on […]
ANOTHER Mpumamlanga official has resigned over a corruption scandal after police accused him of over R1-million in thefts last week. Revenue services deputy director Willie Steenkamp was allowed to resign quietly from government last Monday after signing a confession that he stole at least R530000 from a provincial suspense account. He was formally charged with […]
GHANA won the African Under-20 championship Sunday, beating arch-rivals Nigeria 1-0 in the final at the Accra Sports Stadium. Laryea Kingston scored in the 39th minute. The two teams had earlier been inspected by the Ghanaian head of state Jerry Rawlings.
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Kinshasa | Monday 8.00pm. DEMOCRATIC Republic of Congo President Laurent Kabila said on Monday that fighting in the east of the country is “developing” in favour of government forces and that the war could be over in “several months”. He told state television: “At the front it is going well, it is developing […]
NEARLY 800 shacks were destroyed on Monday morning by a fire in the Joe Slovo settlement in Langa on the Cape Flats, leaving an estimated 3500 people homeless. Fanned by a south-easter, the flames took hold in the early hours of the morning, and were only extinguished at dawn. Relief workers from the Red Cross […]
THE Fourth African Oil Trade and Finance conference is to be held in Namibia from April 27-30, according to a Namibian mines and energy ministry announcement made on Friday. The conference will cover recent developments in marketing, financing and risk management. Participants will include an expert panel of speakers from African, American and European oil […]
MPUMALANGA has exceeded its share of the national housing target by 6000 houses and is building eight new low-cost houses every hour, housing MEC Craig Padayachee said in the provincial legislature on Monday. The houses are larger than those being built by other provinces, and are the product of community partnerships. The national target for […]