THURSDAY, 1.15PM: SPRINGBOKS Andre Joubert, Bary Teichmann, Henry Honniball and Mark Andrews have been included in the Natal rugby squad to face Eastern Province in the Bankfin Currie Cup match in Port Elizabeth on Sunday. Andrews and Honiball have recovered from injury and will replace John Slade and David Knox respectively. Springbok centre FA Meiring, […]

THURSDAY, 1.30PM TELKOM stands to lose more than a bilion rand in telecommunications infrastructure and equipment if doubts about its choice of wireless network technology for under-serviced areas are correct, industry experts say. Analysts estimate the telecoms parastatal could lose R1,4-billion if it chooses digital enhanced cordless telecommunications (DECT) over code division multiple access technology […]

THURSDAY, 1.15PM: US OPEN champion Ernie Els, US PGA champion Davis Love and British Open champion Justin Leonard are the three major winners among the 10 players who have accepted the invitations so far to play in the 12-man Nedbank Million Dollar golf challenge at the Gary Player Country Club course at Sun City, from […]

THURSDAY, 4.00PM The tuberculosis epidemic in South Africa is among the world’s worst, according to Health Minister Nkosazana Zuma, and unless TB sufferers are educated to take their treatment in full, the disease will not be controlled. “Everyone should know that TB can be completely cured in almost all cases by taking a complete course […]

THURSDAY, 1.15PM: NATIONAL soccer coach Clive Barker has reached a compromise with the South African Football Association (Safa) over his wage demands and has signed a R50 000-a-month contract to take Bafana Bafana through the World Cup finals in France next June. After the meeting with Safa on Wednesday, Barker said he is happy that […]

THURSDAY, 1.15PM: US Open champion and South Africa’s Ernie Els is likely to win the World Matchplay title for the fourth time next month after three of this year’s major winners did not accept invitations to play in the 12-player field in England. Masters Champion Tiger Woods of America, British Open winner Justin Leonard and […]

THURSDAY, 1.30PM THE Chamber of Mines and National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) signed a landmark deal on Wednesday linking wages to productivity after most mining houses had reached agreement with union members to raise gold production. The deals vary from mine to mine, ensuring in some cases that up to 26 additional shifts will be […]

THURSDAY, 1.15PM: JOMO Cosmos boss Jomo Sono said he wil not put unnecessary pressure on his players to beat Al-Mansoura of Egypt when the two sides meet in a Caf Cup Winners Cup match at PAM Brink on Saturday. He said it is the experience of playing in Africa that means a lot to them. […]

THURSDAY, 1.30PM THE South African taxman is set to target rogue businesses not registered for tax in a wide-ranging crackdown on thousands of firms. Tax commissioner Trevor van Heerden has told the parliamentary public accounts committee that more staff will be assigned to visit businesses individually, starting next month, to check whether they are registered […]