FIVE people were killed on Wednesday and six were injured when gunmen attacked a bus in the north of the Somali capital, Mogadishu. The gunmen sprayed the bus with bullets without warning at the north Mogadishu Sana bus station, according to the witness, who was among the passengers. Among those killed was a wealthy businessman, […]

CREDIT rating agency Fitch IBCA on Monday affirmed the national claims paying ability of South African insurer Santam Ltd at AA+ and its international claims paying ability at BBB. The decision followed Santam’s R1,58-billion offer for rival Guardian National. Santam will finance part of the purchase through a R1-billion ights issue and has said the […]

ERITREANS should be able to access the internet starting next month following the arrival of necessary equipment, according to Estifanos Afewerki, head of the national telecommunications service. “We should have internet by the end of February,” Estifanos told AFP Tuesday afternoon. The equipment arrived from the United States on Monday after several months of delays. […]

BIDDER for the third cellphone licence say they might as well throw in the towell after South African Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (Satra) on Tuesday began a process of amending the MTN and Vodacom licences to include the coveted 1800 GSM as well as the current 900 GSM frequency. Business Day reports that bidders say they […]

STEVEN MANN & AFP, Cape Town | Thursday 11.00am. FIRE fighters on Thursday said they were winning the battle to contain the series of blazes which have wreaked havoc in the Cape Peninsula over the past few days. All roads had been reopened and people who had been evacuated were able to return home, disaster […]

AJ VENTER thinks his best chances of playing for the Springboks lie with the Natal Sharks. The form eighthman of last season, who was controversially left out of the World Cup squad in Wales, is in a contractual wrangle while trying to leave the Golden Lions for the Durban outfit. He has not been included […]

EXCESSIVE rainfall in parts of the Northern Cape has damaged up to 45% of the grape harvest in the region, leaving the crop down 25% on last year’s, according to industry figures. Excessive rain, which causes crop decay, is estimated to have lopped more than R200m off the income of grape growers in the Orange […]

MARTIN PARRY, Melbourne | Thursday 3.30pm. THE African tennis express was derailed as three stars crashed out of the Australian Open, leaving veteran Wayne Ferreira the only one on track Thursday. Leading the exodus was women’s eighth seed Amanda Coetzer who had no answer to lowly American wildcard Kristina Brandi. The 28-year-old South African was […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Thursday 2.00pm BANKS owed an estimated R1,3-billion by Hyundai Motor Distributors have told Hyundai Motor Corporation that it has until Friday to back a plan to sell the failed car dealer, or they will liquidate its assets. ”Officials of the Hyundai Motor Company of Korea were today [Thursday] requested by the […]