COPS SEIZE GOLD DUST POLICE seized about six tons of gold dust on Friday in a raid on a hostel in Thabong near Welkom in the Free State. A combined force of police and soldiers, assisted by security officers from local gold mines and traffic police, took part in the raid at about 1.30am. A […]
Craig Bishop Beyond the flea markets and street vendors, the Sandton cities and the hypermarket, a new breed of “shopping centre” is taking shape: multipurpose community centres – “one-stop development shopping malls” – promise to provide information-starved communities with free access to a wide range of services. In the heart of Alexandra, at Alexsan Resource […]
Ireland has been unable to accept a triple Olympic champion who has been dogged by allegations of drug-taking, writes Fintan o’Toole At the Atlanta Olympics last year two young women dominated the headlines in Ireland: one, Sonia O’Sullivan, was a world champion expected to win two gold medals; the other, Michelle Smith, was an obscure […]
Chris Roper: Cultural sushi Cape Town is about to experience an influx of beautiful uitlanders. Two major modelling agencies are opening branches in our fair city. The world’s largest model management corporation, Elite, has launched its SA Model Look competition, and the lucky lass will be chosen on Saturday, August 23 in the Royal Ballroom […]
THURSDAY, 11.00AM: ISCOR is to mothball its ageing Pretoria steel mill, the comapny said on Wednesday, a move that will result in the loss of more than 1 000 jobs. Iscor MD Louis van Niekerk said the closure of the group’s oldest steel mill will cost about R1-billion, but he added this will not have […]
THURSDAY, 12.30PM: AMALGAMATED Banks of South Africa (Absa) on Wednesday announced a R44-million sponsorship deal of Athletics South Africa (ASA) over a period of five years. An excited ASA president Leonard Chuene said: “This is empowerment for us and we don’t have any excuse for not producing medal winners for both Sydney and the 2004 […]
THURSDAY, 3.30PM: COTE d’IVOIRE is to receive a loan of US$50-million from the World Bank and a $35-million debt-relief grant from the International Development Association (IDA). The funds are to help Cote d’Ivoire pay off its commercial debts as part of a general debt management strategy to attract private investors. The grant includes about $10-million […]
THURSDAY, 5.30PM FUGITIVE fraudster Oliver Hill finally looks set to be extradited to South Africa for trial, after the House of Lords this weak refused him leave to appeal a court ruling that he be extradited to face fraud charges totalling at least R100-million. Hill fled SA in 1987 to escape justice after his alleged […]
THURSDAY, 12.30PM: NATAL Rugby Union is taking the South African Rugby Football Union bosses to court in a row over the plan to regionalise next year’s Super-12 rugby competition. Natal claim that Sarfu’s decision has already cost them R3,5-million in revenue from sponsors. According to the plan, Natal will be grouped together with Border and […]
THURSDAY, 12.30PM: WITS University beat Hellenic 2-0 at Milpark Stadium in a Premier Soccer League match on Wednesday night. Nicky Shaw and Gary McNab scored for “The Students”. It was Shaw who opened the score in the seventh minute when he connected a Gordon Ewen cross to fire a powerful shot past goalkeeper John Dithebe. […]