ANDY COLQUHOUN & AFP, Edinburgh | Tuesday 1.30pm. NICK Mallett knows his Springbok side will have to improve vastly on their performance against Scotland if they are to win what he calls the “hardest” quarter-final of the tournament. Sunday’s 46-29 Group A victory at Murrayfield came courtesy of some bad Scottish errors at vital times […]
BRITISH mining group Lonmin confirmed on Tuesday that it is discussing a merger with Ghanaian mining outfit Ashanti Goldfields, a tie-up that will create a new African precious metals giant. Lonmin said it already owned 32% of Ashanti and that talks “have been taking place for some time with a view to creating a leading […]
ALL Black star Jonah Lomu has tipped England as favourites win the World Cup. The two sides meet this weekend at Twickenham and Lomu is hoping to repeat his 1995 destruction of England when he scored four tries. But the giant winger admits that New Zealand must play better than they did againt Samoa in […]
TRANSKEI police said on Monday that 29 guns were found during a body search of mourners at Saturday’s Umtata funeral of slain Tempe military base killer Lieutenant Sibusiso Madubela that erupted into violence after shots were fired into the air in a prohibited salute. Public order police area commander Superintendent Wayne Hackart said six people […]
ANTI-RAPE activists have reacted angrily to a decision by the Advertising Standards Board to ban a hard-hitting advert about rape on the grounds that it discriminates against men. The television advert which features Benoni-born Hollywood actor Charlize Theron has sparked a national debate. An industry watchdog called for an advertisement to be changed after it […]
ADVERTISING industry watchdog body, Advertising Standards Authority, on Wednesday said that its banning of an anti-rape advert featuring Benoni-born Hollywood actor Charlize Theron was in response to complaints it received from “various sectors of the community”. The ASA statement comes amid a rising public outcry over the body’s decision the television ad on the grounds […]
THE trial of apartheid government chemical warfare expert Dr Wouter Basson resumed in the Pretoria High Court on Wednesday. At the start of Wednesday’s proceedings, trial Judge Willie Hartzenberg ruled that news cameras would be banned from the court from Thursday. The presence of cameras had proven to be disruptive, he said. The proceedings started […]
WELSH flanker Colin Charvis and Argentinian prop Roberto Grau have been banned for fighting in the opening match of the World Cup tournament. Charvis was banned for 14 days and Grau for 21 days after both faced a disciplinary meeting late Monday. The loss of Swansea star Charvis, 26, is a massive blow for the […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Strasbourg | Wednesday 3.30pm MEMBERS of the European Parliament overwhelmingly approved a trade deal between the European Union and South Africa on Wednesday, set to be signed October 11 in Pretoria. Of 525 voting deputies, 430 said yes to the deal, finalized March 24 after three-and-a-half years of tough negotiations. Key aspects of […]
DIAMOND conglomerate De Beers is concerned that the European Commission will thwart its plans to market diamonds bearing the De Beers brand name. London’s Financial Times reports on Tuesday that De Beers’ hopes of selling branded diamonds with its name and a number etched by laser may run foul of European competition law. A decision […]