MONDAY, 11.00AM: KAIZER CHIEFS scoredd a 5-1 victory over Michau Warriors at Johannesburg Stadium on Sunday, despite losing their captain Neil Tovey to injury. Chiefs played aggressively from the start, and demolished Warriors’ defence. Four of the five goals came from Mark Williams, in top form with hopes to rejoin the Bafana Bafana side, for […]
MONDAY, 11.30AM JOHANNESBURG Consolidated Investments has initiated merger talks with UK multinational Lonrho, which could see the establishment of one of the biggest minig companies in the world, with assets worth more than $3-billion. It is believed that the discussions were initiated by newly appointed JCI chairman Mzi Khumalo, as part of his plans for […]
MONDAY, 8.00AM SOUTH AFRICAN Deputy President Thabo Mbeki was the first foreign leader to visit new president Laurent Kabila yesterday, and the first foreign leader to recognise the new Democratic Republic of the Congo. Mbeki, accompanied to Lubumbashi by Defence Minister Joe Modise, said South Africa wants assurances from Kabila that he would keep his […]
MONDAY, 1.00PM: GAUTENG Lions walked over Natal Sharks to a 42-8 win in their Super 12 match on Saturday at Ellis Park in Johannesburg. Lions’ recent games have been beset by injuries, but the young team that faced the Sharks proved their worth, leaving their side fifth on the log. The half-time lead was 16-3, […]
MONDAY, 5.00PM The man who blew the lid off corruption in Mpumalanga’s safety and security deparment, principal traffic inspector John Muller, stands to lose his house after being served with a summons for failing to pay his bond. The bond payments, which were previously made by the traffic department, were stopped after traffic director Henry […]
MONDAY, 2.00PM: JOMO COSMOS beat Dynamos of Zimbabwe 2-0 at the PAM Brink Stadium on Saturday, putting them in the quarterfinals of the African Cup Winners’ Cup with a 3-2 aggregate. Mozambican import Nuro Taulibudine scored the first goal just before half time off a free kick, and the second goal came in the last […]
MONDAY, 11.30AM THE Small Business Development Corporation has increased its operating capital available for lending by 60% to more than R330-million for the financial year to March 31 1998. The increase comes as a result of the larger average size of business loans being awarded by the corporation since it stopped lending to micro enterprises […]
MONDAY, 3.00PM: THE United Cricket Board has named the players to be offered contracts for the next season, to represent South Africa over 1997/1998. The team will tour to Pakistan, England and Australia, and in return Pakistan and Sri Lanka will visit South Africa. The players are: Hansie Cronje, Brian McMillan, David Richardson, Fanie de […]
NIGERIA BAN ON UK PLANES NIGERIA has banned all British aircraft from its airspace. No reason has been given for the ban, but it follows the British government’s refusal to renew the Nigeria Airways permit to operate its lucrative Lagos-London route. Nigeria Airways was suspended last year from flying to London because its flights did […]
MONDAY, 11.30AM GOVERNMENT’S financial team has received a new blow with the resignation of Hannes Smit, the director general of state expenditure, which comes hard on the heels of last week’s announcement that SA Revenue Service CEO Piet Liebenberg had resigned. Smit announced on Friday that he will not renew his service contract when it […]