Traditionally, Orlando Pirates have not done well in knockout cup competitions — but how long can their fans go on without any trophies? The last time the Buccaneers won a competitive cup was the BP Top 8 in 2000. That competition has been replaced by the SAA Supa 8, which kicks off this weekend.
Mozambique is having a hard time shaking-off controversy in its mining sector. The government has recently managed to dispatch a lawsuit by veteran German coltan trader Karl Heinz Albers, who sued for the rights to mine Morrua — the
country’s flagship tantalum concession.
The risk of ever-higher fuel prices should be negated by the South African National Treasury, as one of the functions of the Treasury is to provide macro-economic stability, but currently the volatile and rising international oil price is creating instability.
British Airways cancelled all long and short-haul flights due to depart from London’s Heathrow airport and diverted arriving flights after an industrial dispute escalated. The company said flights would remain grounded until at least 6pm on Friday.
Two new South African novels, one by a veteran and another by a newcomer, find magic in mining the distant past, writes Shaun de Waal.
<i>Chicago</i>, the musical, now dancing on the Cape leg of its local tour, is at once a celebration of the exceptional talent and artistic skill in our country, writes Mike van Graan.
Former Sharks rugby coach Kevin Putt has backtracked over his remarks that Springbok rugby player Victor Matfield wears a secret steel plate during matches, media reports said on Friday. Earlier in the week, he said on New Zealand television that Matfield wore a steel guard under an arm bandage.
Tens of thousands of anti-pull-out protesters filled a square in downtown Tel Aviv, vowing that Israel’s withdrawal from Gaza and part of the West Bank will not happen, but most settlers were leaving a village in northern Gaza. The demonstrators filled the square in front of Tel Aviv City Hall, named after prime minister Yitzhak Rabin, who was gunned down there after a peace rally in 1995.
President Thabo Mbeki and Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe are locked in a high-stakes poker game over the conditions attached to a South African plan to stave off the collapse of the Zimbabwean economy.
Pakistan test-fired its first cruise missile on President Pervez Musharraf’s 62nd birthday on Thursday, in the latest escalation of the arms race with rival India. Delhi declined to comment on the launch of the Babur, a terrain-hugging missile with a range of almost 500km which can carry both conventional and nuclear warheads.