TUESDAY, 9.30AM: THE 1997 Comrades marathon winner Charl Mattheus will run in the Davos 67km mountain race in the Swiss Alps on July 27. Mattheus was unsure whether he would run in the marathon after pulling a hamstring muscle while on a training run. “It was touch and go whether I would accept the invitation. […]
TUESDAY, 8.00AM POLICE broke up rallies in Kenyan towns yesterday, firing rubber bullets and beating pro-reform demonstrators with truncheons and pick-axe handles in violent clashes which left nine people dead — some of them children — and many injured. Demonstrations and rallies were held in 56 towns around the country, demanding constitutional reforms before presidential […]
TUESDAY, 11.00AM: THE South African Football Association (Safa) terminated its contract with its controversial marketing arm, Awesome Sports International (ASI), on Monday. From now on every soccer event will be controlled by Safa. Awesome Sports International was appointed three years ago to promote the Four Nations Tournament, to organise most of Bafana Bafana’s international matches, […]
TUESDAY, 12.00NOON A JOHANNESBURG inquest into the deaths of 21 people during attacks on commuter trains in 1990 heard at its start on Monday that nine of the 10 suspects in the case have “disappeared” from Jeppe Hostel, where they were living at the time. Five people were killed and 17 injured on September 6 […]
SWAPO GUERRILLAS GO HOME THE 2 000 former Swapo guerrillas who staged a ”camp in” in central Windhoek for almost a fortnight have agreed to go home. They have received assurances from the government that special efforts will be made to find them jobs. The former guerrillas protested that they had laid down their lives […]
MONDAY, 11.30AM: The new managing director of Amazulu, Lawrence Ngubane, has signed three Zimbabwean internationals in a bid to strengthen his side. Steward Murisa, Alois Bunjira and Callisto Pasuwa have moved from Zimbabwean champions Caps United. Ngubane said he was impressed by the three players when Orlando Pirates played United in the Africa club soccer […]
MONDAY, 5.30PM SHARE prices on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange fell across the board on Monday as the bullion price continued its free fall. Gold fixed in London in the afternoon at $318,00, before falling further to $316, a new ten-and-half-year low. The continued fall of bullion precipitated a four-and-a-half-year low on the JSE’s gold index, […]
MONDAY, 11.00AM WITH the gold mining industry facing crisis as the bullion price plunges, the National Union of Mineworkers and the Chamber of Mines, locked in annual wage negitiations, cannot reach agreement on the number of additional shifts required to raise production by 90 tons a year in a bid to ensure the industry’s survival. […]
MONDAY, 11.30AM: THE Springboks won Saturday’s third Test match against the British Lions 35-16, salvaging some of their honour after losing the first two matches and the series. Bok captain Joost van der Westhuizen said he and his teammates were suprised by the visitors’ play, their handling skills and the way they took the ball […]
MONDAY, 1.00PM SPOORNET, the railways division of transport parastatal Transnet, has a bought 20% stake in Interferrea, a Brazilian-owned transport consortium. The deal is the first step towards Spoornet’s goal of entering joint venture opportunities in South America, the Far East and Africa. According to Spoornet executive director Mafike Mkwanazi, Interferrea recently acquired the Brazilian […]