TUESDAY, 9.25AM: KAIZER Chiefs coach Paul Dolezar is not worried by the absence of Nigerian defender Muisi Ajoa in the team to face archrivals Orlando Pirates in a Castle Premiership match at the FNB on Saturday. Ajoa was red-carded in the game against Manning Rangers for head-butting Rangers striker Kerryn Jordaan. “I don’t think the […]

TUESDAY, 5:30PM: The concept of a wealth tax to correct past economic imbalances received strong support on Tuesday from South Africa’s Chief Rabbi Cyril Harris, who told the truth commission that a number of Jewish businessmen supported the idea. He said he would throw his weight behind the proposals as well. “I really feel that […]

TUESDAY, 11:00AM: Reserve Bank gross reserves soared this year from R10,3-billion to R27-billion, according to a report Reserve Bank deputy governor James Cross released on Monday. At the same time, South Africans invested about R21-billion offshore via asset swaps and the transfer of individuals’ savings. This is the first yer South Africans have been allowed […]

South Africa and Saudi Arabia have signed a "memorandum of understanding" to boost oil exports to South Africa and build an oil refinery.

TUESDAY, 9.15AM: The black empowerment group Real Africa Holdings has announced its most ambitious deal to date, buying up half of the country’s largest information technology group. Real Africa, headed by Don Ncube, will pay R1 billion by May next year for half the South African operations of PQ Data. PQ Data was itself only […]

TUESDAY, 5:30PM: JUSTICE Minister Dullah Omar has come out in support of Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, due to appear next week before a truth commission hearing on the murders and other human rights violations allegedly commited by her late-1980s bodyguards, the Mandela United Football Club. His staunch defence of Madikizela-Mandela came nine months after his ringing defence […]

MONDAY, 2.15PM: FOR the first time in South African legal history, court papers on a pending matter have been posted on the Internet before they’ve reached the court room. The telecomms giant Telkom’s notice of motion and founding affidavit against the SA Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (Satra) have been posted on the Internet by the Rhodes […]

MONDAY 2.30AM: SIXTEEN youths arrested on Sunday when found selling biology matric exam papers in Lenasia, near Johannesburg, have been released in time to write their Monday exams. But they will still be expected to appear in court on Wednesday to face fraud charges. The Gauteng matric biology exam went ahead because, said an Education […]

MONDAY, 9.55AM: SOUTH AFRICA has got a new world boxing champion in Corrie Sanders after he won the vacant heavyweight World Boxing Union title against Ross Purity at the Carousel on Saturday night. Sanders outpointed Purity in a boring 12-round fight on the tripple title bill on Saturday. He said he is now ready to […]