MONDAY, 5.30PM BONDS ended little changed on Monday after an initial sell-off was countered by Eurorand hedging. At 4pm the benchmark long government bond, the R150, was quoted 0,5 basis points weaker at a 13,715% yield. The longer-dated R153 bond was one basis point softer at a 13,84% yield. The Eskom E168 bond was 0,5 […]
TUESDAY, 9.30AM AN American lawyer representing the giant US drug company Merck, warned the parliamentary health committee yesterday that it would pull out of South Africa and deny SA access to any new anti-AIDS drugs if a new medicines bill is not withdrawn. The controversial drugs bill is designed to lower the costs of drugs […]
SA PUPILS TO CHILDREN’S SUMMIT NINE South African school pupils, representing each of the country’s provinces, will be given the chance to express their views on children’s issues at an international meeting in Accra, Ghana, from Wednesday. They will be members of a 30-strong South African delegation attending the Africa Summit of the Children and […]
TUESDAY, 11.30AM The state-owned National Housing Finance Corporation dispensed about 215 000 home loans worth R443-million in its first year as a public company. According to the corporation’s first annual report, released on Monday, in the first financial year to end March, it granted five loan facilities worth a combined R115-million to institutions, which are […]
TUESDAY, 5.30PM IT emerged on Tuesday that Deputy Defence Minister Ronnie Kasrils inadvertently precipitated the “false flag” sting operation by the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation against three suspected spies. FBI investigators earlier suggested the three suspects had offered their services to an unnamed senior SA Communist Party official, who had forwarded the offer […]
TUESDAY, 12.30PM: GAUTENG LIONS and Springbok lock forward Hannes Strydom could be in the Lions team to face Free State in a Bankfin Currie Cup match at Ellis Park Stadium on Saturday. Strydom, who was ruled out of the game for the rest of the season because of an achilles tendon injury, trained with the […]
TUESDAY, 12.30PM: BAFANA Bafana midfied maestro Doctor Khumalo could miss the game against France in Lens on Saturday because of club commitments. Khumalo, who plays for Colombus Crew in the Major Soccer League in the US, is involved in the play-offs for his club against Tampa Bay. National coach Clive Barker said he will only […]
TUESDAY, 12.30PM: THE SA under-23 squad’s chances of winning their return match against Norway suffered a setback on Monday when coach Mich D’Avray learnt that his lethal striker Quinton Fortune will not be available because of an injury. Fortune suffered an injury while playing for his Spanish first division side Athletico Madrid last week. Wits […]
MONDAY, 5.30PM THE ANC and National Party have both lost support since the 1994 elections, with unaligned voters showing potential interest in the new United Democratic Movement of Bantu Holomisa and Roelf Meyer, according to the latest Idasa opinion poll. Idasa public opinion services project manager Dr Bob Mattes told a public forum that the […]
MONDAY, 11.05AM: BOLAND’S hopes of playing in the semi-finals of the Bankfin Currie Cup, came to an end on Sunday when they lost 38-22 to Free State after trailing 9-10 at halftime in a Currie Cup match in Bloemfontein.Free State will now play against the Western Province in the semi-finals. Boland opened their account in […]