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Nov. 24 (Bloomberg) -- South Africa’s FTSE/JSE Africa All Share Index fell 117.86, or 0.4 percent, to 27,305.61 by 10:55 a.m. in Johannesburg. The following are among the most active stocks in the South African market today.
Nov. 24 (Bloomberg) -- Sasol Ltd. said it will sign an agreement with Gassnova SF in Pretoria today as part of a visit by the Norwegian royal family to South Africa, the Johannesburg- based company said in an e-mailed statement today, without giving further details.
Nov. 24 (Bloomberg) -- South Africa’s economy returned to growth in the third quarter, ending the first recession in 17 years, as manufacturing rebounded and the government invested in roads, railways and stadiums for next year’s soccer World Cup.
South Africa have called up fast bowler Morne Morkel for the rest of the one-day series with England, Cricket South Africa (CSA) said on Tuesday.
The British government has warned that fans arriving in South Africa for next year's World Cup could be at risk of carjacking when they leave Johannesburg airport. The planned high-speed Gautrain rail link from the airport to Pretoria has already been curtailed and may now not be ready in time for the start of the monthlong tournament on June 11.
South Africa coach Mickey Arthur welcomed on Tuesday the decision to use an umpire referral system in next month's home series against England.
The battered South African economy, pulled along by the global rebound, staged a sharp recovery in the third quarter when economic momentum expanded 0.9 percent, official data showed on Tuesday.
Ireland's Jonathan Sexton has been rewarded for a man of the match debut against Fiji last weekend by keeping regular flyhalf Ronan O'Gara out of the team for Saturday's game against South Africa at Croke Park.
Nov. 24 (Bloomberg) -- The rand gained for a second day against the dollar after a government report showed South Africa’s economy returned to growth in the third quarter, ending the country’s first recession in 17 years.
Ireland has given Jonathan Sexton the chance to establish himself as first-choice flyhalf by picking him ahead of Ronan O'Gara for Saturday's international against South Africa. Sexton scored 16 points on his debut against Fiji last weekend and has been selected at No. 10 ahead of his country's all-time leading scorer.
Ireland team to play South Africa at Croke Park, Dublin on Saturday (1430 GMT).
FIFA president Sepp Blatter has called an emergency meeting of its executive committee ahead of the World Cup draw in South Africa. FIFA said Monday the meeting would take place Dec. 2, two days before the draw in Cape Town. The statement by the soccer world governing body did not reveal the topics, but its likely the committee will consider the match-fixing allegations in Europe, violence at...
Nov. 23 (Bloomberg) -- The South African Communist Party and the ruling African National Congress’s youth wing clashed over calls to nationalize the country’s mines, as tensions spilled out between the political allies seven months after elections.
South Africa coach Mickey Arthur said his bowlers' poor form on flat wickets and the younger batsmen's inability to convert good starts into big scores in the one-day series against England are his team's two main problems. Arthur, speaking ahead of the third ODI in Cape Town on Friday, said Wednesday that England had adapted to the flattish wicket at Supersport Park on Sunday better...
South Africa's Economy Grows 0.9% In Third Quarter
(RTTNews) - The South African currency gained ground against the US dollar in early trading on Tuesday after the Statistics South Africa announced that the gross domestic product or GDP increased a seasonally adjusted and annualized 0.9% sequentially in the third quarter.
Visitors to South Africa's premier holiday destination who are worried about becoming victims of the country's high crime rate could find themselves instead robbed by a more furry kind of felon: baboons.
CAPE TOWN, South Africa - Visitors to South Africa's premier holiday destination who are worried about becoming victims of the country's high crime rate could find...
Nov. 24 (Bloomberg) -- The following is a list of companies whose shares may have unusual price changes in South Africa . Stock symbols are in parentheses after company names and prices are from the last close.
Future expansion of the South African petrochemicals industry will be limited if the financial crisis affects plans for new refineries, thereby limiting potential naphtha feedstock availability, according to the latest South Africa Petrochemicals Report.
Johannesburg - South Africa, Africa's biggest economy, is back on the growth path following two quarters of recession, statistics released Tuesday showed. In the third quarter of 2009, gross domestic produce (GDP) grew by an annualized 0.9 per cent c...
