PHILIP “the time-bomb” Ndou will defend his WBA International title on the Lennox Lewis vs Michael Grant undercard on April 29. An added bonus is that Ndou’s bout, which is being staged at the MGM Grand Arena in Las Vegas, will be shown on HBO. To date Ndou, the current number-five WBA contender, has scored […]
NELSON Mandela has met leading political figures from battle-scarred Northern Ireland and spoken of the importance of compromise between enemies. “I was very encouraged to see that they are very committed to peace and that whatever the problems that confront them, they seem to be making a serious effort to address them,” Mandela told journalists. […]
THE quarterfinal draw for the Vodacom Cup was announced by Sarfu on Monday following the final group matches over the weekend. Griquas, despite suffering a surprise 17-27 loss to the Leopards in Potchefstroom on Saturday, still hold on to top spot in the North section with an impressive six wins from seven matches. Griquas will […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Wednesday 4.30pm. THE JSE lost early gains ending 1,06% or 81 points lower on Wednesday, pulled down by “old economy” stocks. Gold shares suffered the biggest setback, plummeting 3,29% or 34 points on the day. On international markets bullion lost $2,50 and by late afternoon was trading at $280 to the […]
SOUTH African restaurant chain Spur is ending its multi-million rand advertising contract with disgraced cricket captain Hansie Cronje. Spur executive chairman Allen Ambor said he was saddened by Cronje. “We are going to have to end our relationship and probably end it permanently, and end it with great sadness and in the hope that he […]
THE Gauteng Falcons and EP Elephants have announced their sides for this weekend’s Vodacom Cup quarter-final match at the Bosman Stadium in Brakpan on Saturday. Falcons coach Phil Pretorius has chosen to field a full-strength team for the clash, and his team are favourites to clinch the match and go on to the semi-finals where […]
THE Springboks’ end-of-year-tour will see them clashing with Argentina in Buenos Aires on November 11, before the South Africans make their way to Eire and Britain for one-off matches against Ireland, Wales and England. The Springboks will also play four midweek matches, but these have yet to be finalised. The end-of-year tour adds four tests […]
HANSIE Cronje’s sacking on the eve the first one-day game against Australia has ruined the three-match series before it has even started, the Australian team’s manager said on Tuesday. Steve Bernard said that Cronje’s sacking and the ongoing matchfixing enquiries have effectively reduced the three-match series to a sideshow. Bernard said: “People aren’t talking about […]
THE International Cricket Council (ICC) has asked the South African cricket board to speed up an inquiry into the betting scandal involving sacked national captain Hansie Cronje. “We have advised them (the South African board) to conduct the inquiry as soon as possible,” said ICC President Jagmohan Dalmiya in Calcutta. “His (Cronje’s) admission and other […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Cape Town | Tuesday 5.30pm. ORGANISATION of African Unity Secretary General Salim Ahmed Salim, has appealed to world football’s governing body, Fifa, to let Africa host the 2006 World Cup. “The case for Africa is overwhelming,” Salim told a meeting of African ambassadors in the Ethiopian capital of Addis Ababa on Monday night. […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Wednesday 7.00pm. SOUTH Africa’s chamber of business (Sacob) on Wednesday cautioned its members against investing in neighbouring Zimbabwe while that country’s political crisis heightens. “South African traders and investors would do well to stay out of Zimbabwe for the time being. Zimbabwe’s political climate makes investing there risky,” Sacob chief executive […]
THE Australian Cricket Board expressed its shock at the sacking of Proteas skipper Hansie Cronje. “We have certainly heard the news and like everyone else we’re shocked,” ACB public affairs general manager Brendan McClements said. “It poses no threat to the (Australian one-day) series in South Africa. “And we’re confident the ICC and the United […]
TWO top SABC executives have opted for demotions rather than being fired. Chief executive of corporate affairs Thaninga Shope and chief executive of television Molefe Mokgatle will be redeployed to market-related portfolios, an SABC spokesman said. The two executives were found guilty by an internal disciplinary hearing for failing to comply with the corporation’s financial […]
TELFORD VICE, Durban | Wednesday 1.30pm SOUTH Africans tried to put the fall from grace of national cricket captain Hansie Cronje behind them on Wednesday as they looked forward to the first match of the one-day series against Australia. “We’ve got a full house and beautiful weather and I think we’re going to have a […]
ALAN FINLAY, Johannesburg | Wednesday 8.50am THE main sponsor of SA cricket’s one-day series has threatened to terminate its sponsorship of the game in the wake of an admission by sacked captain Hansie Cronje that he accepted money from bookmakers. Cronje admitted on Tuesday that he took $10000 to $15000 for “providing information and forecasting” […]
NIGERIAN trade unions will oppose the sale of a third Nigerian cement company to Britain’s Blue Circle. The proposed sale of remaining government shares in Benue Cement Company plc will give Blue Circle an effective monopoly of cement production in Nigeria, Adams Oshiomhole, president of the Nigeria Labour Congress said. Blue Circle has in recent […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Wednesday 3.00pm. CONSORTIUM bidding for the country’s third cellular licence, NextCom, has won its high court application, with costs, to stop the awarding of the licence on Friday. The Pretoria High Court ruled on Wednesday that the South African Telecommunications Regulatory Authority must inform NextCom of its decision. Nextcom will then […]
MALAWI have included four foreign-based players in their 21-man squad for Saturday’s Cosafa Castle Cup first round match against Mozambique in Blantyre. Coach Young Chimodzi has kept the bulk of the players that beat Kenya 2-0 in Malawi’s first-round World Cup qualifier last Saturday. Malawi squad: Goalkeepers: Valence Kamzere (Telecom Wanderers), Swadic Sanudi (Bata Bullets) […]
SOUTH African cricket great Barry Richards has called on the International Cricket Council (ICC) to impose life bans on players found guilty of match fixing. Richards said he was stunned by sacked captain Hansie Cronje’s admission that he accepted money from an Indian bookmaker. Cronje has denied match fixing but Richards said the scandal had […]
South Africa has welcomed an agreement between the two Koreas to hold a summit in June, saying it could be a “historical breakthrough.” Foreign Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma said in a statement that the government strongly welcomed the announcement. “The South African government would like to commend both Korean leaders for their visionary leadership and pragmatism […]
JUSTICE Minister Penuell Maduna has been elected president of the United Nations 10th Congress on Crime and Justice. Speaking in Vienna, he said countries needed to strengthen efforts to combat crime. Crime was bemong increasingly technologically advanced, transcending international boundaries, he told delegates, and the fight against criminals therefore necessitated international co-operation and co-ordinated strategies. […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Harare | Wednesday 10.00am. MORE political violence on Zimbabwe’s farms and in the cities was reported on Wednesday as the countdown to elections began after parliament was dissolved at midnight. A spokesman for the Commercial Farmers Union said two violent attacks were reported overnight amidst the ongoing occupation of some 1000 white-owned farms […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Tuesday 4.30pm. THE Johannesburg Stock Exchange slumped in subdued selling on Tuesday, in the wake of a battered Nasdaq overnight. Information technology, telecom and media stocks were the hardest hit. The overall ended 1,87% or 146 points down. Industrials suffered the biggest losses, finishing 2,95% or or 267 points in the […]
UN World Food Programme director Catherine Bertini on Wednesday began an eight-day tour of the Horn of Africa to assess emergency food needs for the drought-stricken region. Bertini, named by United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan as a special envoy to the region, is set to arrive on Wednesday in Gode in southeastern Ethiopia, the […]
AN Indian bookmaker named in connection with international cricket match-fixing allegations denied wrongdoing on Wednesday and said he had not even met disgraced former South African captain Hansie Cronje. Sanjeev Chawla, 32, who is based in London, issued a statement through his lawyer, Neil O’May, after he was named in several media reports. “Mr Chawla […]
LIBYA used their home-ground advantage to beat Mali 3-0 in Tripoli. Jihad Montasser, Ahmed al-Masli and Khaled al-Marghani scored a goal apiece, giving the team a solid lead and rousing the 50000-strong partisan crowd to a frenzy.
TECH stocks tumbled at the start of Tuesday’s trading, mirroring the overnight losses on Nasdaq as investors continued to ditch technology stocks in favour of blue chip stocks. The IT index last down 4,2% at 1,008. Didata off 240 cents to R51,60 after dazzling Monday performance. Datatec down 600 cents at R99.
CYCLONE Hudah destroyed half of Madagascar’s vanilla crop when it struck the country’s northeastern region earlier this month. Madagascar, the world’s leading vanilla producer, had expected to harvest some 1200 tons of the bean in the Sava region this year. But only 600 to 700 tons are likely to reach commercial markets in 2000, said […]
SOME 6937 inmates escaped from SA prisons between June 30, 1992 and June 1 last year, an average of nearly 1000 prisoners a year. However the number of prisoners absconding was on the decline, Correctional Services Ben Skosana said on Tuesday. In 1996, 1244 prisoners escaped. In 1997 this number fell to 989 and in […]
BURKINA Faso went down 2-1 to Ethiopia in their first round African World Cup qualifier. Sintayehu Getachew scored in the 63rd minute after a penalty by Anteneh Alamirew in the 47th minute. Toure Abmadou scored in the dying mintes for Burkina Faso.
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Durban | Tuesday 6.30pm AUSTRALIAN cricket captain Steve Waugh said on Tuesday that he is “shocked and disappointed” by South African cricket board chief Ali Bacher’s statement that suspended South African skipper Hansie Cronje acknowledged receiving between $10000 and $15000 during a triangular tournament in South Africa earlier this year. Waugh spoke without […]
A ROGUE photographer put paid to Ernie Els conviction that he was going to add the Masters title to his two US Open victories. Just as he set up for his birdie attempt on the 72nd hole to move himself within a shot of leader Vijay Singh, he was forced to step away when a […]