A GROUP of miniority shareholders in Cryopreservation Technologies, the company behind the claimed Aids treatment Virodene, applied to the Pretoria High Court on Tuesday for final liquidation of the company. The applicants, Charles Fourie, Carl Landauer, Gabriel du Preez and Stephanie Martens, maintain the company is commercially insolvent and unable to pay its debts. Majority […]

GRAHAM GRIFFITHS, Birmingham | Friday 11.20am. AUSTRALIA reached the World Cup final in the most dramatic finish in the competition’s 24-year history when they tied their semi-final with South Africa at Edgbaston on Thursday. Both teams were each dismissed for 213 within their 50 overs but Australia went through because they finished above South Africa […]

Aaron Nicodemus When clients at The Ranch eat lunch, they can watch one of two large-screen televisions. On Monday afternoon, one shows close-up shots of women’s genitalia and breasts. The other shows Parliament in action. It’s an odd juxtaposition, one that spawns a litany of ”who’s being screwed” jokes over honey chicken and ice cream. […]

‘bikini ban’ Nicodemus Odhiambo The Tanzanian government recently rescinded a ban it had placed on beauty contests and allowed organisers of this year’s Aspen Miss Tanzania to commence operation. The ban was imposed last December after the director of Kings International Promotions, Rena Callist, flouted rules and allowed the contestants of the Miss East Africa […]

A 66-year-old Japanese businessman visiting South Africa asked his family at home on Friday to send $50,_000 as ransom for his release from captivity under unclear circumstances, police said. The businessman, whose name was withheld, telephoned his 32-year-old eldest son in Tokyo twice to give the bank account and other details for the requested payment. […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Wednesday 8.00pm. THE qualifying rounds for the 2000 African Nations Cup reach a thrilling finale this weekend with eight teams fighting for four places and four more battling for two play-off positions. Co-hosts Ghana and Nigeria and title holders Egypt gain automatic entry to the biennial showcase of football on the […]

SOUTH Africa have been reinstated as favourites to win the World Cup despite their defeat by Australia on Sunday and the fact they have to face them again in the semifinals. Bookmakers William Hill said they had cut South Africa’s odds to 7-4 from 11-5 after receiving several substantial bets. “We took a string of […]

SPRINGBOK flyhalf Henry Honiball is joining English rugby team Bristol from Natal for an undisclosed sum, Bristol said on Friday. Honiball, 33, signed a two-year contract with an option to play for a third season. Newspaper reports estimated that the contract was worth some 250000 pounds. Honiball, who has won 33 international caps, said he […]

TUESDAY, 1.30PM: THE 1998 Comrades Marathon from Durban to Pietermaritzburg, won by Dmitry Grishine in a new record time of five hours, 26 minutes and 25 seconds, was dominated by Russian athletes, with four of the top five men’s runners, and two of the top five women, hailing from Russia. Grishine, who started the up-run […]

ETHIOPIAN troops killed, wounded or captured more than 21000 Eritrean soldiers between June 9 and 13 in battles along the border between the two Horn of Africa states, the Addis Ababa government claimed on Wednesday. Asmara claimed earlier that “the total number of Ethiopian troops put out of action in five days of intense fighting […]