SOUTH African oil and gas firm Energy Africa said on Wednesday it is well positioned to ride out volatility in oil prices in the medium term by exploiting its growing exploration portfolio across Africa. The group earlier reported turnover for the 13 months to September 30 of R430,9-million compared to R340,2-million in the 12 months […]

MARCEL Golding, acting CEO of Midi Television, parent company of e-tv, stepped down from the board of Mineworkers Investment Company (MIC) last week, e-tv spokesperson Kanthan Pillay said on Monday. Pillay said Golding was asked to resign at a board meeting early last week. He said he could not give details on the matter.

US ambassador to the United Nations Richard Holbrooke is heading for Africa on a tour to review the US and UN roles in a continent riven by civil strife and stalked by Aids. Holbrooke is due to arrive in the vast West African country of Mali before moving on to Angola on Thursday, Namibia on […]

THE Freedom of Expression Institute warned on Wednesday, World Aids Day, that patients exposed to the virus had the right to be told about medicines even if they could not afford them. “Prevention is not limited to informing South Africans about the ways they can get the disease,” the FXI said in a statement. “In […]

MARTIN WOLK, Seattle | Wednesday 3.50pm US President Bill Clinton arrived in Seattle to scenes of devastation early on Wednesday after huge protests in which anti-trade demonstrators battled with police and threw global trade talks into chaos. The streets of this port city were littered with glass and other debris after activists smashed storefront windows, […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Wednesday 3.00pm. NIGERIAN striker Nwankwo Kanu has won the African Footballer of the Year award, the Confederation of African Football (CAF) announced on Wednesday. It is the second time the 23-year-old Arsenal forward has won the award, following his triumph in 1996 when he captained Nigeria’s under-23 team to the Olympic […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Wednesday 3.00pm. FAST bowler Chris Silverwood seized two wickets in three deliveries when he made his first appearance for England on their tour of South Africa on Wednesday. Silverwood, drafted in recently when paceman Dean Headley returned home early with a stress fracture in his back, helped England to beat a […]

Transport Minister Dullah Omar is hosting a big Aids Awareness Concert at the Johannesburg Park Station on World Aids Day on Wednesday. The event is being organised by the South African Rail Commuter Corporation in conjunction with Intersite. Omar will sign the “Long Life Love Train”, which will be parked at one of the station’s […]