ALAN FINLAY, Johannesburg | Wednesday 4.00pm. LOCAL markets and gold were hammered on Wednesday after a fifty basis point interest rates hike to 6,5% in the US produced a demand for dollars and dampened local counters. Analysts said the negative sentiment was surprising, after the Dow Jones responded positively to the hike. The US Federal […]
ALAN FINLAY, Johannesburg | Thursday 4.00pm. THE JSE recorded losses for the second day in a row on Thursday, after the US interest rate hike of half-a-percent pushed the bourse lower on Wednesday. The overall finished 0,55% or 41 points down. The rand also weakened considerably, touching a new low of R7,18 to the dollar […]
ACT Brumbies skipper Brett Robinson’s hopes of a glorious Super 12 swansong will depend on whether his colleagues can get through to the Super 12 rugby final without him. Flanker Robinson, who is playing his final season for the Brumbies, has been ruled out of Saturday night’s semi-final against the Cats at Canberra’s Bruce Stadium. […]
AFRICA’S first continental rugby competition has been given the go-ahead with the first match kicking off on June 17. The inaugural African Rugby Championship will be based on a home-and-away format and will feature six teams with South Africa being represented by an under-23 side. Teams will be divided into south and north sections, with […]
THABANG Makwetla, the chairman of the ANC’s parliamentary caucus, on Thursday slated Pan Africanist Congress MP Patricia de Lille’s attempt to get political leaders to volunteer to be tested publically for HIV. “Intimidating MPs to submit themselves to a public test of their HIV status is unethical and a blatant persecution of public representatives,” he […]
WESTERN Cape Transport MEC Piet Meyer met taxi operators on Wednesday in a bid to end their two-month dispute with the Golden Arrow bus company over who gets to operate lucrative township routes. While the talks were described as constructive and more discussions were scheduled for Monday – which bus company representatives are to attend […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Thursday 5.00pm. THE Congress of South African Trade Unions has stepped up its campaign against joblessness and called for high level discussions between labour, government and business to reduce unemployment in South Africa. The call comes after a two-day meeting of Cosatu’s central executive committee which ended on Wednesday. Cosatu general […]
ALL South African soldiers partaking in peacekeeping operations in the Democratic Republic of Congo will have to be tested for HIV in accordance with United Nations regulations. However soldiers had the right to refuse to be tested, and those that did so would have declare they were unavailable to serve in the DRC, Deputy President […]
JULIAN GUYER, London | Thursday 7.00pm. ENGLAND were 29 for one in reply to Zimbabwe’s 83 all out, the lowest at Lord’s since New Zealand were dismissed for 67 in 1978, when play was abandoned for the day in the first of two Tests at Lord’s on Thursday. Heavy rain prevented any play after tea […]
DOUBLE Olympic champion Penny Heyns has withdrawn from South Africa’s swimming team for the Mare Nostrum series in Europe. Heyns has indicated that she wants to focus on training for the Sydney Olympics in September. With the unavailability of Heyns, Ryk Neethling, Brendon Dedekind and Roland Schoeman for the European meets, South Africa’s medal charge […]