OWN CORRESPONDENT AND REUTERS, Johannesburg | Saturday THEBE Petroleum Corp (Tepco) has become the first black-owned South African petroleum company to enter the country’s aviation fuel market after striking a two-month, R62m deal with South African Airways Cargo (SAA). The deal will see Tepco supply 10m litres of aviation fuel to SAA at Cape Town […]

South Africa’s stock market is set to surge within the next six months after months of negative sentiment weighing on equity markets, Investec, one of the country’s biggest fund managers, predicted. Jeremy Gardiner, head of Investec Asset Management’s Unit Trust business, said despite strong fundamentals, like a cheap market and positive earnings growth outlook, the […]

Win one of three pairs of season tickets for the KwaZulu-Natal Philharmonic Orchestra at the Durban City Hall. Call Tel: (031) 369E9477 between 9am and 9.15am on September 18 and answer the question: Where does the spring season take place?

Merryman Kunene soccer Barcelona might pride themselves on being the only major club in the world without a shirt sponsor, but for most teams those words on their chests mean vital money in the bank. But what teams wear – or don’t wear – on the front of their shirts is a thorny issue, as […]

Denise Ford HIV-screening tests in state hospitals are usually referred to as “rapids” because they are fast and readily available. Positive “rapids” are usually sent on for a slightly more sophisticated test, Elisa (enzyme-linked immunoassay). It is customary to send two samples for each patient to minimise the chances of errors leading patients being given […]

Three patients on life support systems died when the power failed at Baragwanath hospital Evidence wa ka Ngobeni The Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital, South Africa’s largest hospital, appears to have covered up a deadly power failure that crippled the overcrowded institution this month depriving it of life-support systems for several hours. At least three patients […]

Joan Smith Body Language The excuses are familiar: I’ve got a headache, I’m too tired, it’s the wrong time of the month. But now it’s not just women who are finding reasons for avoiding sex. Contradicting age-old assumptions, more and more men are going off it and some of them are prepared to say so, […]

By concentrating on quality the Film Resource Unit has broken away from the distribution greed factor Andrew Worsdale The fastest growing distribution concern in Southern Africa is the Film Resource Unit (FRU), which started less than 10 years ago as a project run by activists with a television, a VCR, a room and some plastic […]

How the European champions’ reckless spending, driven by their rivalry with Barcelona, has had a damaging effect on the game Paul Wilson Their home strip is pristine white, they have won the European Cup more times than any other club, and they stand for everything that is currently wrong with football. Real Madrid began their […]

Proposed anti-terrorism laws could see prescribed detention for anyone suspected of involvement with terror attacks Marianne Merten The government is pinning its hopes of stemming the wave of terror attacks in the Western Cape on new anti-terrorism laws giving security forces draconian powers. Justice officials say the draft Bill could be fast-tracked and tabled in […]