THURSDAY, 12.30PM: WHEN Bafana Bafana take on France in a friendly match in Lens on October 11, Ajax Amsterdam’s striker Benedict “Cellular” McCarthy is likely to spearhead the national soccer team’s attack. National coach Clive Barker said he will be pinning his hopes on the youngster to score the winning goals. “He is brilliant and […]

THURSDAY, 12.30PM: NORTHERN Transvaal rugby selectors have named an unchanged squad to face Eastern Province in a Bankfin Currie Cup match at Loftus Versveld Stadium on Friday night. Injured hooker Jannie Brooks and Springbok tighthead Marius Hurter have been rested. NORTHERN TRANSVAAL SQUAD: Thys Potgieter; Archer Dames, Grant Esterhuizen, Johan Schutte, Casper Steyn; Roland de […]

WEDNESDAY, 11.00AM: PESSIMISM about the softening SA economy and gloomy sentiment on international markets kept investors away from the Johannesburg Stock Exchange on Tuesday, giving industrial shares a sharp knock. The thin volumes and bullion’s doldrums dragged the gold index to its lowest level in two months, losing 12 points to close at 981. Industrial […]

WEDNESDAY, 12.30PM: UNITED Cricket Board managing director Ali Bacher on Tuesday said the sponsorship row surrounding cricket and golf will be resolved within the next three days. “We have reached a stage where there are only a couple of issues that need to be ironed out,” he said. Bacher said he and former PGA Tour […]

TUESDAY, 11.30AM: PRODUCER inflation in July fell to its lowest level in 12 months, with the annualised producer price index at 6,9%, a 0,6 percentage point decline over June’s figure. The July PPI is the lowest the index has been since July 1996, when the figure was 6,6%. The annualised PPI for locally produced commodities […]

TUESDAY, 12.30PM: FORMER Wimbledon champion Pat Cash has been named as the replacement for Frenchman Yannick Noah in the field for the MTN championships senior tennis tournament to be held at Sandton Gardens later this month. Reigning champion Noah withdrew from the tournament, citing prior commitments. Tournament promoter Franco Barocas welcomed the inclusion of Cash. […]

TUESDAY, 11.00AM: THE Zimbabwean government is pressuring pension funds with more than R10-million in assets to invest 10% of them in African Resources Investment, a new company formed by the cabinet indigenisation committee. Some fund managers have alleged government officials said they would use persuasion followed by force to get the funds to comply with […]

TUESDAY, 12.30PM: WORLD number three golfer, South African Ernie Els will play only two tournaments in the Vodacom Golf Tour this season. He said he will only play in the South African Open and Alfred Dunhill PGA and will try to win the Nedbank Million Dollar at Sun City in December. “I’d love to play […]

TUESDAY, 10.30AM: TRADE on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange was subdued on Monday, with the only action the result of investors dumping “Olympic” stocks in the wake of Cape Town’s failed bid for the 2004 Games. The thin trade brought all shares lower, with the all gold index slipping 2,9 points to 992,5, industrials shedding 34,7 […]

TUESDAY, 12.30PM: NATIONAL soccer coach Clive Barker has demanded R200 000 a month to guide Bafana Bafana to the World Cup finals in France next June. On Monday, Barker accepted the coaching job on a full-time basis for the next 15 months. South African Football Association (Safa) president Molefe Oliphant confirmed that Barker had requested […]