JOHANNESBURG, June 15 (Reuters) – South Africa sold 800 million rand in total of its 2033, 2017 and 2022 inflation-linked bonds at a weekly auction on Friday. Yields were mixed compared with previous levels. R212 bond due 31 January 2022 – 2.75 pct coupon Auction date June 15 June 8 Allocated (R’mln) 200 205 Bids [...]

JOHANNESBURG, June 15 (Reuters) – England have been forced to make a late change to their replacements for the second test against South Africa in Johannesburg on Saturday, with loose forward Phil Dowson ruled out due to injury. Dowson is suffering from a tight hamstring after Thursday’s training session and the medical staff decided to [...]

LONDON, June 15 (Reuters) – Emerging equities rose 1 percent on Friday and most currencies stayed just below flat versus the dollar as talk of coordinated central bank action if necessary soothed investor fears of market tumult after Sunday’s Greek election. G20 officials told Reuters that central banks from major economies stand ready to provide [...]

JOHANNESBURG, June 15 (Reuters) – South Africa sold 3.685 billion rand ($440 million)worth of three-month Treasury Bills on Friday at an average yield of 5.65 percent from 5.66 percent last week. The bid-to-cover ratio rose to 1.9 from 1.59 previously, Reserve Bank data showed. Auction date: 15-06-2012 Settlement date: 20-06-2012 Days 91 182 273 364 [...]

By Ed Stoddard JOHANNESBURG, June 15 (Reuters) – South Africa’s top mineworkers union has accused a rival of using witchcraft to boost recruiting, an allegation taken seriously among the rank and file in a country where traditional spiritual beliefs are widely held. South Africa’s National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) has been locked in a violent [...]

MOSCOW, June 15 (Reuters) – Russia will hold Group of 20 nations to promises to put their fiscal house in order when it assumes the presidency of the global policy forum towards the end of this year, its summit ‘sherpa’ told Reuters. Russia plans a compliance check on pledges to cut budget deficits, curb debt [...]

* Top-40 rises 0.4 pct to 29,977.28 * All-share gains 0.4 pct 33,959.87 JOHANNESBURG, June 15 (Reuters) – South African shares rose 0.4 percent on Friday as global equities rallied on talk of a joint effort by world central banks to ease any market upset after Greece’s election this weekend. Central banks from Tokyo to [...]

* Aug S.African cargo trades at flat to API4 index * Chinese ports congested after H1 buying spree LONDON, June 15 (Reuters) – South African FOB prices were 30-75 cents a tonne higher on Friday afternoon, a minimal move upwards, but all FOB coal prices remained under pressure from oversupply and weak spot demand. “Prices [...]

* Back end of yield curve rallies * Rand ends flat, dealers shy away from positions JOHANNESBURG, June 15 (Reuters) – South African government bonds firmed on Friday and the back end of the yield curve rallied as pressure lifted from longer-dated bonds, while dealers squared positions on the rand ahead of a key Greek [...]

By Toby Davis LONDON, June 15 (Reuters) – Grigor Dimitrov cried when he won his quarter-final in the Wimbledon warm-up tournament at Queen’s Club on Friday. The 21-year-old Bulgarian, ranked 72 in the world, has never won a tour title and set up a semi-final clash against Argentina’s David Nalbandian by beating South Africa’s world [...]