ANDY CAPOSTAGNO, Johannesburg | Sunday 6.30pm. SWEDEN’S Mathias Gronberg overcame a three hour lightning delay to win his third European Tour event by birdying the final hole of the South African Open at Randpark. In a breathless finish Gronberg’s score of 274, 14 under par pushed him a shot ahead of Nick Price and Ricardo […]

ISSA Hayatou of Cameroon comfortably won re-election as president of the African Football Confederation (CAF) in Accra on Thursday. Hayatou defeated Angolan Armando Machado 47-4 at the 24th CAF congress to win a fourth four-year term. It was the first time he was opposed for the position. The 53-year-old former Cameroon athlete said that he […]

BOBBY Skinstad, the flashy Springbok loose forward who promised so much but delivered so litte at last year’s World Cup, has been ruled out of rugby for at least eight weeks. This will cause the current Bok number eight to miss the start of the Super 12 season, leaving the Stormers without their designated captain. […]

SARAH BULLEN, Cape Town | Monday 5.00pm THE Johannesburg Stock Exchange pulled back in the afternoon after heading back down towards the 9000 mark in earlier trade. Dealers said the early fall, somewhat of a pattern of late, was largely a result of futures trade. The fall pulled bargain hunters into the market in the […]

THE Johannesburg Stock Exchange said on Friday that its pre-open session, when orders can be entered before trade opens, will start 15 minutes earlier from January 31 following a rise in trading volumes. The bourse said in a statement that the pre-open session will now start at 8.25am. A bourse spokesman said the pressure for […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Sunday 6.00pm. A RECORD opening partnership between captain Nasser Hussain and Nick Knight swept England to a crushing nine-wicket win over South Africa in their one-day international on Sunday. England passed South Africa’s mediocre total of 184 in the 40th over, finishing on 185 for one. Fast bowler Darren Gough, the […]

ALISTER BULL, Johannesburg | Monday 5.00pm SHARES in Standard Bank Investment Corp (Stanbic) and Nedcor slid on Monday as investors toed a cautious line ahead of Tuesday’s expected court hearing on their merger battle. Stanbic wants the High Court to decide which regulatory authority has jurisdiction to rule on whether Nedcor be allowed to make […]

THE Côte d’Ivoire’s military-led government, in power since ousting Henri Konan Bedie on December 24, announced Friday that a constitutional referendum will be held in April and that presidential elections will be held later. The statement did not indicate an exact date in April for the referendum, nor did it announce when presidential elections will […]

THE cash-strapped National Symphony Orchestra, facing closure at the weekend, is involved in urgent talks with a number of potential sponsors Friday, NSO chairman Don MacRobert said on Friday. MacRobert said that he has been contacted by a banking group and a life assurance company, as well as a number of private citizens, offering to […]