WHILE Scotland and England maintained the Five Nations challenge for the World Cup with comfortable wins on Wednesday, Argentina spoiled Europe’s day with a shock win to oust Ireland in the quarter-final qualifying matches. Wing Diego Albanese scored the only try of an error-filled match as Argentina beat Ireland 28-24 to reach the World Cup […]

The Appeal Committee of the Advertising Standards Authority meets on Friday to assess the ASA ruling on the Charlize Theron rape commercial. Advertising agency The Jupiter Drawing Room and Femina are appealing the decision of the ASA Standards Committee and as the appellant will appear before the Appeal Committee. The complainants submitted documentation in reply […]

NEW Africa Investments Limited (Nail) co-founder, Jonty Sandler, took out an advertisement in the Business Day on Thursday in an attempt to lay to rest reports that he speculation over his efforts to stop newspaper reports that he was allegedly being investigated on charges of sodomy. Sandler’s public declaration follows his urgent application on October […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Paris | Thursday 10.00am. SPRINGBOK coach Nick Mallett has demanded more ruthlessness from his side in Sunday’s World Cup quarter-final against England at the Stade de France. Mallett called on back-rower Bobby Skinstad in particular to make a bigger impact as the South Africans seek a fourth straight win in their defence of […]

THE Gauteng finance and economic affairs department and the Gauteng tender board on Thursday announced that Standard Bank has been recommended as the preferred bidder for the provincial banking tender. The tender award will be confirmed after consultation between the standing committee of the provincial legislature and the MEC for finance and economic affairs, Jabu […]

AUSTRALIA’S Tiaan Strauss believes Wales have made a major error in not picking Allan Bateman, his friend and former rugby league teammate, for Saturday’s World Cup quarter-final against the Wallabies. Argentina’s Agustin Pichot was quoted at the weekend as saying Bateman should be in Wales’ starting line-up. Now Aussie number eight Strauss, who knows the […]

CANADIAN gold-mining company Barrick Gold, the world’s number two producer, announced on Tuesday plans to invest $280-million in a new site in Tanzania. Production will begin in early 2001 at the Bulyanhulu mine, whose site was acquired by Barrick when it took over Vancouver-based Sutton Resources in March. “We see Bulyanhulu making a strong contribution […]

SIXTEEN Thai sex workers working in the country illegally were deported on Thursday afternoon , SABC television news reported. The prostitutes, who worked in an exclusive hotel in Sandton north of Johannesburg, were deported by the police and the Department of Home Affairs. As many as 5000 Thai sex workers were working in South Africa […]

AN alliance of Malawi opposition political parties announced on Thursday it willusetop Britishor other foreign lawyers to challengethe country’s June 15 general election results. The alliance, comprised ofthe Malawi Congress Party (MCP) and Alliance for Democracy (AFORD) said on Thursday that they have alreadyheld discussions with foreign lawyers. Malawi’s Justice Minister and Attorney General Peter […]

THE South African Municipal Workers Union on Tuesday declared a dispute with Nelspruit’s transitional local council over its controversial R300-million water privatisation deal. Nelspruit signed the groundbreaking deal with British multinational, Biwater, in October 1998 but has been unable to implement the scheme because of objections by Samwu and other African National Congress-aligned unions. Samwu […]