MONDAY, 10.30AM The much-touted possibility of a merger between local mining house Johannesburg Consolidated Investments and multinational Lonrho was toned down a few notches on Monday by Lonrho CEO Nick Morrell’s announcement that talks on a possible merger are at a “preliminary stage”, despite market speculation that the a deal was imminent. Presenting the group’s […]
TUESDAY, 2.00PM The nationawide road blockade between 6.00AM and 9.00AM on Tuesday appears to have been a flop, with very few motorists taking part and isolated reports of blocked roads. The organisers, the SA Guild of Motoring Journalists, nonetheless claimed success. Guild president Patrick O’Leary said: “Contrary to us inhibiting people’s movement, they gave us […]
MOBUTU AIDES FACE ARREST THE Kabila government in Kinshasa will crack down on fraud and corruption among officials in the ousted Mobutu regime, suspending the chiefs of state-owned companies and arresting those party officials who have not fled the country. MINE MURDER PROBE THE North-West Province department of safety and security is to set up […]
TUESDAY, 11.30AM: BOTH South African tennis stars Amanda Coetzer and Wayne Ferreira are in tenuous positions in the first round of the Wimbledon tournament in London, after rain and failing light ended play during their matches on Monday. Ferreira is two sets down against Australian Scott Draper, and leads by one game in the third […]
TUESDAY, 11.45AM: ERNIE ELS has taken up position at the top of the world golf rankings with 9,95 points. Tiger Woods and Colin Montgomery are second and third. GOLF TOP TWENTY Ernie Els 9,95 Tiger Woods 9,68 Colin Montgomery 9,61 Greg Norman 9,51 Nick Price 9,24 Tom Lehman 8,96 Steve Elkington 8,74 Jumbo Ozaki 8,11 […]
MONDAY, 12.00 NOON: SOUTH AFRICAN under-20 soccer team United Warriors were knocked out out of the World Youth Championships in Kuching, Malaysia, on Sunday after their 4-2 defeat to a talented French side. South Africa played well and used skillful dribbling to sneak out of several tight spots. Junaid Hartley — notorious for his temper […]
MONDAY, 10.30AM THE National Union of Mineworkers, involved in gold industry wage negitiations with the Chamber of Mines, on Friday rejected a major element of the Chamber’s ground-breaking three-year wage offer, described by employers as designed to deal with a major crisis in the industry. NUM general secretary Kgalema Motlanthe said the union had rejected […]
MONDAY, 10.00AM: ERNIE ELS did it again, keeping ahead of the pack through all four rounds of the Buick Classic in Westchester to win two shots ahead of American Jeff Maggert on Sunday. Els, who won the US Open just last week, is now at the top of the heap, overtaking a tired Tiger Woods […]
ANGOLA TRUCE THE United Nations has persuaded the Angolan government to halt its offensive against Unita in the diamond-rich northern part of the country. The UN said it has not called on the government troops to withdraw from the area. KENYA OPPONENT BARRED KENYAN opposition activist Sheikh Khalid Balala arrived at the weekend in Nairobi […]
MONDAY, 3.00PM VLAKPLAAS killer-cop squad founder General JJ Viktor on Monday denied ordering security policemen to petrol bomb the homes of activists in 1986. It was only a suggestion, Viktor said. At a hearing of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s amnesty committee, Viktor also denied giving a general order to eliminate activists. Viktor was testifying […]