MICHAEL METELITS, Johannesburg | Wednesday 3.00pm. MANNING RANGERS’ coach Gordon Igesund, himself the subject of speculation about switching teams, has put 12 Rangers players on the transfer list, saying he wants to change the Durban-based club’s style next season. Igesund will not name the players on the list, although in consultation with the club’s directors […]
KENYA’S posts and telecommunications monopoly is to be split in June to facilitate liberalisation and privatisation of the country’s telecommunications and postal sector, officials said on Tuesday. A communications commission has already been established to oversee privatisation of the state-owned Kenya Posts and Telecommunications Corporation ). The Communications Commission of Kenya is expected to license […]
THE SHUFFLE at the top of New Africa Investments ltd (Nail) may put fresh life into negotiations between Nail and the Caxton publishing group for the purchase of Johnnic’s 43% stake in Caxton. Johnnic gave Nail a three-month option to purchase its stake in Caxton in early March as part of a deal to get […]
ANDRIES Rabalao continues his build up for the Avis marathon in two weeks time with a convincing win in the Steers half marathon in Krugersdorp on Sunday in 67:34. He, Israel Moneng and James Mokoele dictated the pace up front for most of the race but with 2km to go the burly Gold Fields security […]
OLD MUTUAL may have bought the 8,1% stake in pharmaceutical group Adcock Ingram sold by Johnnic last week. Industry analysts believe the financial services giant may plan to sell the stake to Tiger Oats. Reports emerged that Johnnic sold its stake in Adcock to “an unidentified financial institution”. Old Mutual may have become involved in […]
THE International Monetary Fund and Ghana on Monday signed a three-year loan program, with a first tranche of $30 million available immediately, the Fund said. The 1999-2001 program aims to reach economic growth of 6% from 5,6% in 1998, and to beat down inflation to 5% by 2001 from 19,3% last year, the Fund said. […]
SUPERSPORT United displayed character when they beat Bloemfontein Celtic 2-1 in a Castle Premier League soccer fixture at the Caledonian Stadium on Friday night, despite finishing a man down.The Bob Save Super Bowl finalists were reduced to 10 men in the 49th minute when national defender Clyde Mahlangu was sent off by referee Herman Nkuna […]
POLICE arrested 100 people for stealing unwrought gold and uncut diamonds from local mines. The arrests come from a sting operation code named Egoli. The minerals were allegedly stolen from the Randfontein and Western Areas mines. The 10-month sting operation netted 44kg of gold and 50 carats of uncut diamonds. The arrests follow the blow […]
MOZAMBIQUE’S development has been “retarded by three generations of land mines”, President Joaquim Chissano said at the opening of a five day conference in Maputo this week of countries that have signed the Ottawa landmine-ban treaty. Chissano said it would take Mozambique 160 years to clear the estimated two million mines strewn across the country. […]
WEDNESDAY, 3.00PM: THE National Association of Automobile Manafacturers of South Africa said on Tuesday that the Easter long weekend led to a decline in the vehicle sales compared to the corresponding month last year. Figures released by Naamsa showed that new car sales dropped last month by 14,7%, or 2827 units, to 16405 units, against […]
SAMUEL Matsoso of Goldfields Striders ran to a resounding victory in the annual Bloem ultra-marathon in Bloemfontein on Saturday. Matsoso clocked four hours, five minutes 26 seconds for the 64km run in ideal weather conditions. Veteran Buti Mochesane (Bloem Achilles), who finished second in 4:21:12, was 15:46 behind the winner. Isaac Moreki (Alberton) filled third […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, East London | Thursday 7.30pm A POLICEMAN charged with allegedly allowing a recaptured prisoner to escape again for R20 and two beers appeared in an Eastern Cape court on Thursday. Constable Dumile Sahluko was arrested on Tuesday and charged with allowing a prisoner to escape, defeating the ends of justice and extortion after […]
NEW Africa Investments Limited chairman Dr Ntatho Motlana and executive director Jonty Sandler have quit the black empowerment giant, following weeks of speculation and anger over a proposed bonus scheme. Motlana, Nail’s founder, and Sandler have also quit all their positions on the boards of Nail subsidiaries. The group is currently worth over R10-billion in […]
THE South African Football Association (Safa) will hold a meeting to plan for the future of women’s soccer in South Africa after Banyana Banyana’s crash and burn in Nigeria last October. Safa GM Dennis Mumble says the meeting will focus on skill-building to provide a foundation for women’s soccer into the next millenium. International guests, […]
PAUL RICHARDSON, Johannesburg | Thursday 4.00pm. SOUTH Africa will post higher growth this year as interest rates fall with inflation, the rand declines more gently than last year and the country’s balance of payments improves, according to a survey of economists. A quarterly poll of 23 analysts showed the economy, which grew by just 0,1% […]
STERN John, the US-based striker for Trinidad and Tobago, will be the man to watch as Bafana Bafana face the Caribbean nation in a friendly on Thursday. The massive forward showed frightening speed in practice sessions, and in combination with Derek King and Nigel Pierre will make life difficult for Brian Baloyi. Dwight Yorke and […]
THE International Monetary Fund and Ghana on Monday signed a $209-million dollar-year loan program, with a first tranche of $30-million available immediately, the Fund said. The 1999-2001 program aims to reach economic growth of 6% from 5,6% in 1998, and to beat down inflation to 5% by 2001 from 19,3% last year, the Fund said […]
STRIKE bowler Allan Donald said on Tuesday he had lost all respect for Brian Lara as a captain after West Indies’ 5-0 series loss in the republic this year. In an extract from his biography, published in The Express, Donald said West Indies had looked demoralised before the series began while Lara had lacked the […]
CHIEFS’ boss Kaizer Motaung has complained about excessive numbers of his players doing duty with Bafana Bafana in the Caribbean. Motaung claims he was assured his players would not be called up as Chiefs are in a tight premiership race with Sundowns. Four Chiefs players are in the island-hopping squad: Brian Baloyi, Doctor Khumalo, Pollen […]
WALLABY winger Ben Tune was on Tuesday named in Queensland’s Super 12 side to play the Cats on Saturday despite the Australian team doctor’s recommendation that he be rested for at least a month. Tune is at the centre of a tug-of-war between Queensland and Australian officials who both want him for their respective campaigns. […]
MORE than 5000 women are brutalised in Africa every day, according to leading African human rights activist Mary Okumu of the Nairobi-based Africa el Taller. The most common forms of violence include wife battering, sexual harassment, forced marriage, rape and female genital mutilation. In South Africa, one in every three women are battered by their […]
A NORTHERN Province community of has been offered full ownership of the 10km chunk of land they have lived on for the past 120-years — but only if they agree to ban bottle stores and respect the Evangelical Presbyterian Church. They will also have to agree never to build any other places of worship to […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Cape Town | Tuesday 12.50pm. THE United States government has classified vigilante groups People Against Gangsterism and Drugs (Pagad) and Qibla as terrorist organisations. It linked the militant Pagad and the small revolutionary movement Qibla to 170 bombings and 18 other violent incidents in Western Cape in 1998, Die Burger newspaper reported on […]
THE Justice Department on Tuesday denied claims that changes to section 49 of the Criminal Procedure Act, governing force used by police when making arrests, is hampering the efficacy of police work. Department spokesperson Paul Setsetse said that the new section 49, due to come into effect in August, will in no way hamper police […]
BIG landmine producers and users such as the United States, China and Russia watched from the sidelines on Tuesday as the first meeting of the signatories of the 1997 Ottawa Treaty banning the production and marketing of mines entered its second day. Mozambican ambassador to the United States Carlos dos Santos said that only 15 […]
INTERNATIONAL football federation FIFA is to put in place two multi-million dollar aid packages to help develop football in Africa, Michel Platini, special advisor to FIFA president Sepp Blatter, revealed on Friday. Platini, who is heading a FIFA delegation to West Africa, said that that the organisation is committed to giving $1-million over four years […]
SHARES in New Africa Investments Ltd (Nail) continued to rally on Tuesday as speculators eyed its deep discount to net asset value amid persistent reports that it is poised to restructure. The leading black empowerment company was quoted 19 cents, or almost 5% higher. “Nail is sitting on a big discount to its net asset […]
DIRECTOR-General of the Department of Arts, Culture, Science and Technology Roger Jardine has confirmed he will step down at the end of May. He will join Kagiso Media as chief executive. After resigning last year, Jardine agreed to stay on until the elections.
MONDAY, 6.00PM: COLD shivers of doubt pulled down most major indices on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange on Tuesday, as confusion set in after release of a varied batch of economic figures. The demons in the digits were marginally better March broad money supply figures and a worse-than-expected private sector credit extension figure. The South African […]
ZAMBIAN President Frederick Chiluba is expected to meet his Angolan counterpart Jose Eduardo Dos Santos in Swaziland next week to discuss allegations of gun-running by officials in Lusaka to Angola’s Unita rebels. The persistent allegations have severely strained relations between the neighbouring southern African states. Zambian state radio announced the meeting Tuesday, quoting foreign minister […]
THREE Mpumalanga politicians have accused the Sunday World newspaper of attempting to drum up support for embattled Premier Mathews Phosa and are suing it for R1,5-million. The politicians contend in a strongly worded letter of demand that Sunday World deliberately smeared and defamed them while attempting to boost Phosa’s campaign to remain in power. Provincial […]
AN inquiry into why Trevor Tutu, the wayward son of Truth and Reconciliation Commission chairman Desmond Tutu, failed to appear in court last November to face reckless driving charges has been scheduled for May 17. Tutu, who was found guilty on a charge of reckless driving on April 19, will also be sentenced on that […]