WEDNESDAY, 12.30PM: THE Welsh touring squad were handed their fourth consecutive tour defeat by the Gauteng Falcons in an ill-tempered match played at the Isak Steyl stadium in Vanderbijlpark on Tuesday night. The home side dominated the first half, securing almost 80% of the possession, and scored three tries to the single Welsh effort. The […]
MICHAEL METELITS, Johannesburg | Wednesday 6.30pm. LANCE KLUSENER has moved up seven places to second in the PricewaterhouseCoopers One-Day International batsmen’s rankings released on Wednesday. Klusener’s stunning performance in the recent World Cup played a significant role. Jacques Kallis also moved up 5 places to number three in the new post-World Cup rankings, primarily on […]
NEW Transport Minister Dullah Omar said that deaths on South Africa’s roads went down by 623 in 1998, saving the country about R475,3 million. Releasing the findings of Statistics SA’s audited report for his department, he said road deaths decreased from 9691 in 1997 to 9068 in 1998 — a reduction of 6,43%. Serious injuries […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Cardiff | Thursday 9.30am. GARY Teichmann returns to captain world champions South Africa against Wales in Saturday’s first game at the new Millennium Stadium, the venue of the World Cup final later this year. The number eight missed the Springboks’ 101-0 record defeat of Italy because of a knee injury last Saturday but […]
MOST government schools in Zimbabwe’s capital Harare were deserted on Friday as a strike by civil servants entered its third day. Teachers are among thousands of civil servants around the country striking for a 20% cost of living adjustment. Inflation in Zimbabwe is running at more than 50%. President Robert Mugabe on Thursday night described […]
SOUTH Africa’s Oppenheimer gold and diamond dynasty is the world’s 227th richest family, with an estimated $2,2-billion fortune, according to Forbes magazine. Tobacco baron Johann Rupert is number 390 on the list, with a personal fortune of $1,3-billion. Microsoft chairman Bill Gates is still the world’s richest man, with a personal fortune estimated at some […]
THE wife of a Nelspruit magistrate who persistently failed to appear in court on 13 traffic violations, has been rewarded by having the fines against her reduced by half last week. Estelle Smit (39), wife of District Court Magistrate, Piet Smit, paid only R900 for the outstanding fines, instead of the total R1850. Senior public […]
DEBSWANA, the 50/50 diamond mining partnership between De Beers Centenary AG and the Botswana government, has reported a 21,8% drop in revenue to 5,4 billion pula for the last financial year. The drop for the year ending December 1998 is partially attributed to a 1,7% drop in the carat weight of stones recovered, from 20,12-million […]
MICHAEL METELITS, Johannesburg | Wednesday 5.00pm. SOUTH African markets fell on Wednesday in line with international trends. Overnight losses on Wall Street pulled the rug out from under Asian and European markets, and the signals spread southward from there. The all share lost 57 points, or 0,81%, while industrials lost 59 points or 0,77%. Financials […]
TUESDAY, 12.30PM: BAFANA BAFANA midfielder John “Shoes” Moshoeu has criticised the South African Football Association after two players who were found guilty of indiscipline were sent home from the World Cup in disgrace. Midfielders Brendan Augustine and Naughty Mokoena were sent home after they defied coach Philippe Troussier’s orders, and went nightclubbing until the early […]