OWN CORRESPONDENT, Cape Town | Thursday 11.30AM. ATHLETICS South Africa has opted for a small but quality squad to travel to the African Championships in Dakar, Senegal, next month, with the sole intention of winning a gold medal and sealing a place in the African World Cup team. So said ASA secretary general Banele Sindani […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT Johannesburg | Thursday 2.00PM. CORRECTIONAL Services Minister Sipo Mzimela has resigned his Cabinet position with immediate effect. The embattled minister, who was last week fired by the Inkatha Freedom Party from his position as national deputy chairman, gave no reasons for resigning. Mzimela’s political future has been hanging in the balance since he […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Sri Lanka | Thursday 11.30AM. THE monsoon-soaked tour by the South African A cricket team to Sri Lanka finally saw its first full day’s play on Wednesday. After a false start at Kandy a week ago, the sun finally came out at the De Soysa stadium in Moratuwa on Thursday to give the […]
SARAH BULLEN in Johannesburg | Wednesday 7.00PM. THE Johannesburg Stock Exchange bounced back in the last half hour of trade on Wednesday to end stronger on most key indices after slowly drifting lower for most of the day. Foreign markets provided the focus for the day’s trade with a 93-point fall in Dow Jones Industrial […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Cape Town | Wednesday 8.00PM. SOUTH African Police Service CEO Meyer Kahn on Wednesday said police are winning the battle against crime “inch by inch”, but admitted police efficiency is seriously compromised by a daily 30% absenteeism rate. Speaking at the launch of the Western Cape west metropolitan region’s service and delivery strategy […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Cape Town | Thursday 11.00AM. WITH the expiry on Friday of World Cup rugby contracts, Springbok rugby players on Thursday meet South African Rugby Football Union CEO Rian Oberholzer to discuss new pay packages. Bok coach Nick Mallett, captain Gary Teichmann, vice-captain Joost van der Westhuizen, James Dalton and Andrew Aitken sit down […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT | Wednesday, 9.00PM A BRILLIANT unbeaten 141 by South African vice-captain Gary Kirsten set the tone for the limited overs match against England’s B&H champions, Essex, at Chelmsford on Wednesday. Essex, chasing a 50-over target of 311, were bundled out for 133 in just 31,4 overs, with veteran offspinner Pat Symcox 5/40 picking […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Maputo | Thursday 10.00PM. MOZAMBICAN authorities on Thursday again accused South Africa of aggravating the drought in Mozambique by not releasing water from the Inkomati river as agreed. According to Romao Mutisse, district administrator for Moamba, 90km east of Maputo, South Africa is supposed to release two cubic metres of water per second […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Wednesday 7.30PM. INTERNATIONAL rating agency Duff and Phelps Credit Rating Company (DCR) on Wednesday reaffirmed South Africa’s BBB- long-term foreign currency and A- long-term rand ratings. The London-based agency added that the outlook on rating remains solid. In its review, DCR said the ratings were reaffirmed due to the government’s “due […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT Durban | Thursday 10.00PM. ABOUT 1000 residents have marched on the Richmond police station to demand the re-arrest of United democratic Movement leader and local strongman Sifiso Nkabinde. The marchers also demanded the removal of certain local police from the KwaZulu-Natal midlands town where almost 40 people have died this month. In the […]