MONDAY, 1.00PM: AUCKLAND trampled over the Natal Sharks in their Super 12 semifinal clash in Eden Park in Auckland on Saturday, winning 55-36. It was a thorough victory, with Auckland dominating the field all the way through, leading with 45-5 at one point. Sharks coach Ian McIntosh said Natal was responsible for the loss, making […]
MONDAY, 11.30AM: ERNIE ELS is homing in on the leader Ian Woosnam in the Volvo PGA championships at Wentworth, North Carolina, after finishing with a 67 in the third round on Sunday. Woosnam carded 70, bringing his total to 205, and Darren Clarke kept close on his heels with a total of 206. Els is […]
MONDAY, 10.00AM NEW Age Baverages, the local Pepsi bottler which last week applied for voluntary liquidation after Pepsico US refused a guarantee a bank lifeline, owed creditors more than R419-million at the end of April, the Witwatersrand High Court heard on Friday. Major creditors are Standard Merchant Bank, where NAB held a R195-million overdraft, which […]
MONDAY, 10.30AM SENIOR Reserve Bank and finance department officials will bve dispatched to the Democratic Republic of the Congo this week to help new President Laurent Kabila rebuild his country’s bankrupt economy. Deputy-President Thabo Mbeki announced the mission, saying it followed a request by Kabila’s alliance. Mbeki said Kabila’s government has to restore a stable […]
MONDAY, 8.00AM HOUSING director general Billy Cobbett, who denies that he has resigned, will report to work as usual this morning — to find out whether he still has a job. On Friday, the Mail&Guardian reported that Cobbett had been fired after asking the auditor general to investigate the award of the R185-million Mpumalanga Housing […]
MONDAY, 11.30AM: MOROKA SWALLOWS and Real Rovers played to a goalless draw in their Castle Premier Soccer League match at the Rand Stadium in Johannesburg on Sunday. Rovers face being relegated if they do not boost their performance soon. Kaizer Chiefs and Qwa Qwa Stars called off their match, after rain left the Free State […]
MONDAY, 4.00PM The national executive committee of the Pan Africanist Congress on Saturday upheld a party discplinary tribunal’s decision to expel former party leader Clarence Makwetu for three years. PAC president Bishop Stanley Mogoba said: “After almost four hours of deliberations on the disciplinary committee’s verdict, the NEC endorsed Mr Makwetu’s expulsion from the party […]
MONDAY, 10.00AM: A CONTROVERSIAL goal by English striker Ian Wright gave England the match on Saturday, in the clash against Bafana Bafana at Manchester’s Old Trafford. Wright admitted afterwards to touching the ball before it went through the posts 16 minutes before the end of play, but the referee passed it, and England won the […]
MONDAY, 8.00AM MPUMALANGA Premier Mathews Phosa moved swiftly on Saturday, firing safety and security MEC Steve Mabona and suspending traffic director Henry Brazer and departmental head Stanley Soko. The three men were blamed by chief magistrate Heinrich Moldenhauer for corruption within the traffic department that allowed the widescale issue of fake drivers’ licences. Phosa, who […]
MONDAY, 8.00AM POLICE CHIEF George Fivaz has been quick to welcome the weekend appointment of SA Breweries boss Meyer Kahn as chief executive of the SA Police. Fivaz said he hoped Kahn would fight for better status, salaries and working conditions for police, and leave him to get on with crime fighting. Deputy President Thabo […]