TUESDAY, 12.30PM: THE Gauteng Lions selectors have made two suprise changes to the team for the Bankfin Currie Cup semi-final match against Western Province at Newlands on Saturday. Coach Dawie Snyman has named Lions Under-21 wing Dean Hall and injured Springbok lock Hannes Strydom in the 21-man squad. Hall, who has only had one training […]

TUESDAY, 11.00AM The production price index plummeted one percentage point to 5,9% in August, from July’s annualised 6,9% and the lowest producer inflation since May 1996, when it was 5,8%. According to the Central Statistical Service, greatest contributor to August’s producer costs were agricultural products, followed by mining products, minerals and metals. The CSS said […]

TUESDAY, 5.00PM FORMER foreign minister Pik Botha told the Truth and Reconciliation Commission on Tuesday that the National Party government suspected its security forces of engaging in illegal activities, but stopped short of admitting that the apartheid cabinet ordered gross human rights violations. Botha was testifying on the first day of the commission’s hearings on […]

TUESDAY, 6.00PM INDUSTRIAL shreas on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange had fallen from their morning’s highs by noon on Tuesday after volatile futures-related trades, and the markets surprisingly ignored the excellent August producer inflation figures released in the morning. Gold shares, meanwhile, remained under pressure from the softer bullion price. At 4pm the industrial index was […]

TUESDAY, 11.00AM RESERVE Bank governor Dr Chris Stals said on Monday he is happy with the easier liquidity conditions in the money market and will refrain from acting to put the squeeze on banks. Stals said: “WE have allowed the money market to become more comfortable as part of a gradual easing of monetary policy. […]

TUESDAY, 8.30AM: RUGBY’s most senior black official, Mluleki George, has pulled out of the race against Louis Luyt for presidency, following a last-minute announcement by Natal president Keith Parkinson that he will stand. Geroge said he had no desire to become president of the SA Rugby Football Union, but believes that Luyt had to go. […]

MONDAY, 1.30PM: FREE State Cheetahs beat Gauteng Lions 53-24 in a point-scoring Currie Cup match at Ellis Park Stadium on Saturday. Cheetahs led 22-14 at half time. After 14 minutes, Gauteng Lions led 14-3 after two tries by Chris Rosouw and Thinus Delport. But Free State took control of the game and Lions were unable […]

MONDAY, 1.30PM: SOUTH AFRICA’S Ernie Els tried unsuccesfully to retain the Toyota Matchplay title at Wentworth on Sunday. Els, who won the tounament on his debut in 1994, lost to Vijay Singh by two shots in the 36-hole final of the tournament. After the match, Els admitted that he was not at his best for […]

MONDAY, 1.30PM: SOUTH AFRICAN national coach Clive Barker has warned other continents not to underestimate African sides in next year’s World Cup finals in France. He said Africa will be a continent to be reckoned with. Barker said this after Bafana Bafana’s 2-1 loss to World Cup hosts France in Lens on Saturday night. “There […]

MONDAY, 1.30PM: SOUTH AFRICAN junior heaveyweight champion and International Boxing Federation intercontinental champion Jacob Mofokeng succesfully defended his title when he stopped challenger Isaac Mahlangu in the fourth round of their scheduled 12-round fight at Morula Sun on Sunday. Mofokeng made his intentions known early in the first round when he caught his opponent with […]