South African financial-services company Old Mutual has climbed 26 places in the Fortune Global 500 list, from 304 in 2004 to 278. Each year, <i>Fortune</i> magazine publishes the Fortune Global 500, a compilation of the world’s largest corporations, ranked by revenues for the fiscal year ended on or before March 31.
A syndicate dealing illegally in semi-precious stones and diamonds has been uncovered by the public in South Africa’s big centres, Gauteng police said on Wednesday. The syndicate operated in the Johannesburg area, Pretoria, Durban, Cape Town and other major centres, Superintendent Chris Wilken said.
Italian rider Dario Frigo was detained by police on Wednesday before the start of the 11th stage of the Tour de France after banned drugs were found in his wife’s car, his Fassa Bortolo team said. Frigo was forced to pull out of the 2001 Giro d’Italia when Italian police found drugs in his hotel room.
The quest among the country’s 14 rugby provinces to qualify for the Super 8 of the country’s premier domestic tournament, the Absa Currie Cup, is set to intensify this weekend as teams gain a clearer idea of what they need to do to qualify. In section X, the KwaZulu-Natal Sharks host the Lions at Durban’s Absa Stadium.
Business and labour have expressed satisfaction that they will be able to "influence" the final draft of the empowerment codes of good practice that measure the implementation of black economic empowerment (BEE), BuaNews reported on Wednesday. The codes of good practice were released last month.
Australia won the deciding one-day international against England by eight wickets at The Oval in London on Tuesday to take the three-match series 2-1. Set 229 to win, the world champions cruised to their target with more than 15 overs to spare. Adam Gilchrist scored his first one-day international 100 in more than a year.
A clear directive from New Zealand’s government could halt its national team’s cricket tour to Zimbabwe next month without financial penalty, International Cricket Council (ICC) president Eshan Mani has said. Mani’s message is seen as offering the government a means to stop the tour without resorting to legislation.
Two faces. One was Lance Armstrong’s, steely but almost serene as he pedalled furiously in the thin mountain air. The other was a mask of pain worn by Jan Ullrich, his German rival trailing farther and farther behind. Armstrong took a giant step toward a seventh Tour de France victory with a dominant ride on Tuesday.
It was a spectacular climax to years of secret scientific research as well as the start of a new era: on July 16 1945 at 5.29,45am, the world’s first atomic bomb was detonated in the south-western desert state of New Mexico. The scientists who worked undercover and around the clock for two years were well aware of the monumental meaning of their project.
Hundreds of Malian journalists and supporters marched on Tuesday through the streets of Bamako to demand the truth about the abduction and beating of local radio personality Hamidou Diarra. Marchers braved a light drizzle to head towards the communications ministry and present their protest at the ”barbaric” treatment of their colleague.