WEDNESDAY, 10.30AM NEVER one to ditch a tried and tested formula, the Walt Disney Corporation is following an illustrious line of colonisers who viewd the Cape of Good Hope as the gateway to the Dark Continent, with its announcement on Tuesday that it is to use its Cape Town subsidiary as a springboard into Africa. […]
WEDNESDAY, 11.30AM GENCOR chairman Brian Gilbertson, fresh from an investor roadshow to promote the group’s Billiton listing on the London Stock Exchange, said on Tuesday the share offer is looks set to attract far more than the 1-billion originally predicted. Rejecting cliams that Gencor is “emigrating”, Gilbertson said government’s green light for the share offer […]
WEDNESDAY, 2.30PM: SPRINGBOK fullback Andre Joubert will miss the tri-nation rugby matches against New Zealand and Australia which start on July 19 because of injury. Joubert will join injured centre Japie Mulder on the sidelines. Mulder is suffering from a serious shoulder injury while Joubert broke down in training on Monday. Joubert initially suffered an […]
TUESDAY, 10.30AM: ENGLISH Second Division soccer side Fulham have snapped up South Africa’s number one goalkeeper Andre Arendse for an undisclosed amount. Fulham signed Arendse from Cape Town Spurs. “The club has apparently been highly impressed with Andre and he in turn feels that with Fulham aiming at a spot in the English Premier League, […]
TUESDAY, 5.30PM A JOINT committee of the National Consultative Forum, led by Bantu Holomisa, and the New Movement Process, led by Roelf Meyer, on Tuesday announced a new political party will be launched on September 27. In a statement from Johannesburg the committee said it believes the formation of the new political party is long […]
TUESDAY, 11.00AM DESPITE arms industry executives making dire warnings about job cuts and project closures following the latest defence budget cuts, Denel acting MD Seshi Chonco on Monday announced preliminary talks with three Mediterranean and Persian Gulf states regarding possible purchases of the Rooivalk combat helicopter. Algeria, Turkey and Saudi Arabaia are reported to be […]
TUESDAY, 11.00AM NEW regulations are about to be promulgated which compel local authorities to submit quarterly financial reports to the provincial affairs and constitutional development ministry. The move comes in the wake of findings by Project Viablity, a ministry initiative to monitor local government finances, that show about 200 local councils are in financial trouble […]
TUESDAY, 12.00NOON: MANNING RANGERS general manager Afzal Khan has asked the team’s supporters not to worry just because George Koumantarakis is gone. Rangers will soon sign five top players, three of them from outside the country. “Our supporters should not lose sleep because George is gone. In fact, the club is going to grow stronger […]
TUESDAY, 2.00PM AFRICAN National Congress Women’s League president Winnie Madikizela-Mandela is set to enter the race for the party’s deputy presidency as the women’s league demands two positions among the ANC’s top six. The Sowetan on Tuesday quoted ANCWL sources as saying that since Deputy Presidnet Thabo Mbeki’s position for the party’s presidency is unassailable, […]
MONDAY, 8.00AM FORMER Zimbabwe President Canaan Banana finally made his court appearance yesterday on 11 sodomy and indecent assault charges — but neither the public nor the press were there to see the case. First, prosecutors switched the court room at the last minute in an abortive attempt to fool the public. Then magistrate Jaqueline […]