SPRINGBOK South African flanker Corne Krige is sure to miss the World Cup after suffering a knee injury early in the first half of Saturday’s test defeat by the All Blacks in Dunedin. The Springboks were beaten 28-0. Krige, 24, had to come off after just 10 minutes and will fly back home on Monday […]
ZIMBABWEAN riot police are guarding the headquarters of President Robert Mugabe’s ruling Zanu(PF) party in the capital Harare on Wednesday, a day after running battles with scores of demonstrating war veterans. At least 14 veterans were arrested after police fired teargas to disperse stone-throwing protesters blockading the headquarters to demand compensation for their role in […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Brisbane | Thursday 10.10am. COACH Nick Mallett, denied six key players through injury, has gambled on a string of backline changes to bounce the Springboks back to form in Saturday’s Tri-Nation’s clash against Australia in Bisbane. After last week’s humiliating 28-0 defeat to New Zealand in Dunedin, Mallett knew he had to act […]
MICHAEL METELITS, Johannesburg | Thursday 5.30pm. SOUTH African markets waited for direction from the release of US Consumer Price Index information on Thursday, and then stayed with the data’s “no-direction” message. Most JSE indices closed without much change on Thursday, and bonds and the rand weakened slightly. US CPI data showed consumer prices unchanged in […]
THE Johannesburg Regional Court on on Tuesday refused another postponement for further investigation in the trial of the 26-year-old man who allegedly raped journalist Charlene Smith. Magistrate JD Pretorius refused to grant another postponement after strong objections from the legal representative of Johannes Zinto, who argued that his client is entitled to a speedy trial. […]
UNCAPPED loose forward Anton Leonard has been called into the South African squad for their Tri-Nations match against Australia in Brisbane next Saturday. Leonard – who plays for Super 12 semi-finalists The Stormers, once captaining them – will fly out on Monday as cover for injured flankers Rassie Erasmus and Corne Krige. Erasmus missed Saturday’s […]
CASINO stock Moribo Leisure Ltd plunged through its year low price of 150c to 120c on Monday as investors ditched the stock after a failed bid for the national lottery, analysts said. The share has retraced gains made on speculation that it would get South Africa’s first lottery licence, and it has slipped from a […]
SOUTHERN Sun is investigating the arrest last week of 177 members of the South African Commercial, Catering and Allied Workers’ Union, the hotel group said on Monday. Southern Sun industrial relations director Steve Lonie could not comment on whether the workers, who are among those on a legal strike, would lose their jobs. The 177 […]
BORDER upset Currie Cup champions Blue Bulls by beating them 20-15 on Tuesday in East London, after leading 13-3 at the break. Border’s eighthman, Graham Carlson, scored a sensational 40-metre solo try, adding to a try by flyhalf Kobus van der Merwe, both of which fullback Wayne Weyer converted and added two two penalties. This […]
WEDNESDAY, 11.00AM: THE draw for the Iwisa Charity Spectacular to be played on Saturday at the FNB Stadium in Johannesburg will see Jomo Cosmos face Orlando Pirates in the first semifinal, with Mamelodi Sundowns having to face Kaizer Chiefs in the second. The draw for the event was made in Johannesburg on Tuesday. The first […]
MARK Malloch Brown, the new chief of the United Nations Development Program, on Monday called on African countries to “take the risk and jump in” to the global economy. Addressing a conference on the sidelines of the Organization of African Unity summit, he said economic success “is correlated with the degree of integration with the […]
SASOL Synthetic Fuels said on Tuesday that its R38-million new plant at Secunda is to double its production of krypton and xenon to meet international demands for the rare gases. It said that an additional 4,9-million litres of of krypton and 1,3-million litres of xenon will be produced a year for the international market. the […]
WEDNESDAY, 10.30PM: SOUTH African pulp and paper manufacturer Sappi on Wednesday announced that more than 50% of its shares are held by foreign investors, exceeding their predictions that the 50% milestone would only be passed next year. Sappi said that an asset swap of 5-million shares concluded on Tuesday brought the total non-resident shareholding to […]
WEDNESDAY, 10.30PM: ON-GOING trade talks between South Africa and the European Union, now into the 20th round, look to be hitting similar stumbling blocks that held back the previous round. Head of the South African delegation Elias Links said on Wednesday: “We will not be able to cover everyone’s ambition, and will have to have […]
DENNIS BARNETT, Bangui | Wednesday 3.30pm. ALMOST 13000 people, including 6000 Democratic Republic of Congo government troops, have fled the northern Gbadolite region for neighbouring Central African Republic. The exodus follows the capture of Gbadolite, the home town of late Zairean dictator Mobutu Sese Seko, by a DR Congo rebel movement. “This presence is worrying,” […]
SARAH BULLEN and Reuters, Cape Town | Wednesday 4.30pm THE Johannesburg Stock Exchange saw far stronger trade on Wednesday on firmer international sentiment as fears rising from instability in Latin America abated. Argentine financial markets recovered on Tuesday in what traders there called a technical rebound, which has eased short term concerns about Latin America. […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Wednesday 6.45pm. SOUTH AFRICAN shares recovered from Tuesday’s losses as concerns about emerging markets showed signs of easing. Reinforcing the positive tone was the promising outlook on the Dow Jones and FTSE 100 index. At 1600 local time (1400 GMT) close, the all-share index had gained 0.42%, the industrial index was […]
THE thatch-roofed home of the British High Commissioner to South Africa in was gutted by a fire on Wednesday but no-one was injured in the blaze. Commissioner Maeve Fort was not in Cape Town when her home, in the upmarket suburb of Bishop’s Court, caught fire causing the roof to collapse. A commission spokesman said: […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Nairobi | Wednesday 4.45pm. A FOUR-NATION cricket tournament involving India, Kenya, South Africa and Zimbabwe will be held here from September 24 to October 5, Kenya Cricket Association (KCA) chairman Sharad Ghai revealed in Nairobi on Wednesday. In the statement, Ghai said that the limited overs one-day matches will be played at Nairobi’s […]
A WHITE farmer “punished” a black farm labourer by stripping him and coating his body with paint for allegedly trespassing on his land in Mpumulanga, reports said on Wednesday. Moses Nkosi (21) told The Star newspaper that the farmer, apparently his former employer, accused him of trespassing last week and forced him into a farmhouse […]
ERSKINE McCULLOGH, Carnoustie | Tuesday 10.30am. SOME of the biggest names in golf have been left quaking after their first meeting with the toughest course in British Open history. A stunned Ernie Els walked off the Carnoustie links shaking his head in disbelief after his sneak preview last week. “It’s quite unbelievable. I don’t think […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT & Reuters, Johannesburg | Tuesday 10.00am. THE coaches of South Africa’s two leading club sides have quit within days of each other just three weeks before the start of the new season. Romanian-born Ted Dumitru, who has spent almost 20 years coaching in Africa, resigned at champions Mamelodi Sundowns on Thursday, citing interference […]
A once-off reparations tax should be levied on people of a certain income bracket to assist the victims of apartheid, the Archbishop of Cape Town, the Reverend Njongonkulu Ndungane, said on Tuesday. He was speaking in Durban at the 29th session of Provincial Synod of the Church of the Province of Southern Africa. This tax […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Wednesday 2.00pm. SENIOR Dutch coach Clemens Westerhof takes his magic soccer wand to Swaziland this weekend hoping to produce another win for Zimbabwe. Since assuming command this year of the perennial under achievers, Westerhof has stopped the rot with four victories and two draws. The most notable win came in Johannesburg […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Wednesday 5.00pm. AN 18-year search for one of South Africa’s most famous vessels, the SS Waratah, has come to an end. Her wreck was found off the eastern seaboard off the Transkei coast in June, marine explorer Emlyn Brown said on Wednesday. It was his ninth expedition since 1983 to find […]
TUESDAY, 11.30AM: THE South African sugar industry may grow quite easily after two seasons of record harvests, according to Dan MacLeod, South African Sugar Association chairman. The 1997/98 season produced a record 2404-million tons of the sweetener, and the 1998/99 harvest has been estimated to be about 2,7-million tons. A normal crop is at present […]
TUESDAY, 5.30PM: THE National Productivity Institute on Tuesday said South African companies have been slow in taking advantage of the open South African economy, preferring an inward focus on the domestic market. According to National Productivity Institute marketing management manager Grey van der Hoff, South African firms are inclined to “continue focusing on the local […]
TUESDAY, 10.00AM: BOTHA ROSSOUW, the former Springbok loose forward, will return to the South Western Districts Eagles rugby side for their Currie Cup match against the Golden Lions at Ellis Park on Friday night. Rossouw has been troubled by a knee injury for most of the season, and will add spice to the SWD pack […]
MOROCCO’S Hicham El Guerrouj broke the men’s mile world record on Wednesday when he clocked three minutes 43.13 seconds in a dramatic race at the second Golden League meeting of the season. Guerrouj, who broke the 1,500 world mark on the same track last year, was pushed all the way to the finish line by […]
“People’s Poet” Mzwakhe Mbuli, currently serving a 13-year sentence for armed robbery, was on Tuesday admitted to a private Johannesburg hospital to undergo a prostate operation. The operation is expected to take place sometime this week. Mbuli has opted to have his own private practitioner rather than the state-paid district surgeon. His private doctor recommended […]
RETIRED president Nelson Mandela will not attend the Organization of African Unity summit that opened in Algiers on Monday because he is tired, conference organizers said. Mandela, who was to have been guest of honor at the summit, “is tired. He has the right to a little rest. We understand his absence,” a spokesperson for […]
THE Zimbabwe government’s new tariff regime, which came into effect late last year, has not given the country any tangible benefits as there has been no increase in revenue, net foreign exchange inflows, investment or employment, a joint report by two consultancy firms said this week. The consultants have urged the government to review the […]