SOUTH Africa’s Ernie Els was handed a beating on Sunday when American Stewart Cink came from four strokes behind to win the $3-million PGA Heritage Classic in Hilton Head. Els, the two-time US Open champion, was hoping to win his eighth US PGA title and first since last year at Los Angeles, but instead became […]
ROB DAVIES, Cape Town | Monday 3.00pm WHAT a difference a week makes. This time last week South Africa’s cricket supporters, administrators and players were bristling with indignation at the charges levelled against Hansie Cronje by Indian authorities and the South African government was ready to start a political slugging-match over the Proteas’ skipper. This […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Monday 5.00pm. THE $4-billion diamond stockpile held by industry giant De Beers has become a burden on the company and it is to review the way it tries to steer the world market, chairman Nicky Oppenheimer said. Writing in the company’s annual report which was released in Johannesburg on Monday, he […]
TONU MUNROE, Boston | Tuesday 12.25am. KENYANS made a clean-sweep of the 104th Boston Marathon as Elijah Lagat won in the closest three-way finish ever with a time of 2 hours, 9 minutes and 47 seconds on Monday, extending the country’s mastery of the race with the 10th consecutive victory for a runner from the […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Tuesday 4.20pm. RESERVE Bank deputy governor Gill Marcus called for greater clarity on the country’s new competition laws to prevent costly delays on mergers and acquisitions. Toothless two-decade-old competition legislation was overhauled last September but parts of the new Act have been criticised for leaving gaps and creating confusion. Most recently […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Cape Town | Tuesday 11.45am. SOUTH African soccer league officials will meet in Johannesburg on Tuesday to discuss match-fixing allegations that threaten the country’s bid to host the World Cup finals in 2006. First division club City Sharks are alleged to have been paid R7000 rand to throw a game against Dynamos, a […]
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AFRICAN National Congress parliamentarian Peter Mokaba has been fighting a serious but as yet unnamed illness since October last year. The sickness has kept Mokaba, a member of the mineral and energy affairs portfolio committee, out of parliament for more than five months. Portfolio committee registers indicate he last attended a sitting on October 20 […]
THE railway link between South Africa and Zimbabwe is to be reopened this week after flood-damage forced its closure five weeks ago, Spoornet said on Monday. Spokesman Mike Asefovitz a railway bridge and 14km of track washed away in the February floods has been replaced, and trains would resume running on Thursday. The line was […]
A PETROL tanker overturned and caught alight on the N3 highway near the Gillooly’s interchange in Johannesburg early on Friday morning, injuring the driver. Germiston traffic officials said the accident happened at about 5am. The highway has been closed for mopping-up operations and should be re-opened at about 2pm. The driver, who broke a leg […]