WEDNESDAY, 2.30PM: MIKE TYSON’S fall from the World Boxing Association (WBA) rankings could give two South African heavyweights a crack at the world title. Fransie Botha and Corrie Sanders are in line for title shots soon. The American-based Botha is now the number one challenger for Evander Holyfield’s title. The former World Boxing Organisation (WBO) […]
WEDNESDAY, 8.30AM THE US economic forecasting and consulting service DRI/McGraw Hill, reported on ten major emerging markets yesterday, ranking South Africa the riskiest of them. The report ranks each country against 50 variables, ranging from government policies to political and economic risks, and deems South Africa risky because unemployment is increasing while economic growth slows; […]
WEDNESDAY, 2.30PM: AWESOME Sports International (ASI) is still the marketing arm of the South African Football Association (Safa). The chief executive officer of Safa, Danny Jodaan, has denied reports that Safa has terminated its contract with ASI. According to Jordaan, nothing has changed and ASI will handle Safa’s international programme. “Legally, ASI is still the […]
TUESDAY, 5.30PM SHARES on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange recovered on Tuesday as sentiment improved following the arrest of gold’s headlong slide. The gold index gained 2% to end the day 20,7 points up at 924,6, while industrials gained 13,6 points to close at 8 756,6, together pulling the all share index up 13,2 points to […]
BRAZZAVILLE FIGHTING ESCALATES FIGHTING in the Congo capital Kinshasa escalated on Tuesday, once again putting peace talks in jeopardy. The tense situation in the city has been characterised by almost daily ceasefires, which are broken as they are announced. The opposing sides were reported to have spent the day trading mortar and machinegun fire near […]
WEDNESDAY, 4.30PM ALLAN BOESAK and his co-trustees in the defunct Foundation for Peace and Justice were on Wednesday sequestrated in the Cape High Court. Boesak, Jan de Waal and Pierre van der Heever were placed under provisional sequestration in May. As no one opposed the provisional order, Justice Chetty on Wednesday granted FPJ creditor Boland […]
WEDNESDAY, 10.30AM NEVER one to ditch a tried and tested formula, the Walt Disney Corporation is following an illustrious line of colonisers who viewd the Cape of Good Hope as the gateway to the Dark Continent, with its announcement on Tuesday that it is to use its Cape Town subsidiary as a springboard into Africa. […]
WEDNESDAY, 11.30AM GENCOR chairman Brian Gilbertson, fresh from an investor roadshow to promote the group’s Billiton listing on the London Stock Exchange, said on Tuesday the share offer is looks set to attract far more than the 1-billion originally predicted. Rejecting cliams that Gencor is “emigrating”, Gilbertson said government’s green light for the share offer […]
WEDNESDAY, 2.30PM: SPRINGBOK fullback Andre Joubert will miss the tri-nation rugby matches against New Zealand and Australia which start on July 19 because of injury. Joubert will join injured centre Japie Mulder on the sidelines. Mulder is suffering from a serious shoulder injury while Joubert broke down in training on Monday. Joubert initially suffered an […]
TUESDAY, 10.30AM: ENGLISH Second Division soccer side Fulham have snapped up South Africa’s number one goalkeeper Andre Arendse for an undisclosed amount. Fulham signed Arendse from Cape Town Spurs. “The club has apparently been highly impressed with Andre and he in turn feels that with Fulham aiming at a spot in the English Premier League, […]