SOUTH Africa’s main agency for government statistics said on Tuesday it is recruiting a new head to replace Mark Orkin, who has held the post since 1995. Orkin has been credited with turning the body around, making it a authoritative source of relevant market information reflecting a democratic South Africa. Finance Minister Trevor Manuel stressed […]
THE country’s leading internet marketing specialists have announced the formation of the South African branch of the US-based Internet Advertising Bureau. Ronan Langford, MD of Real Media Africa, says that IAB SA will act as a collective voice representing companies engaged in selling advertising in internet-based media in South Africa and internationally. It aims to […]
LISTED insurance and financial services company, Sage, reported headline earnings per share for the year ended March 31 of 257,7 cents, a 22% increase from the 211 cents seen in the year-earlier period. Sage said before-tax profits had risen 54% to R492,2-million from R318,6-million in the previous year, although taxes had more than trebled to […]
Five youths were found guilty in the Pietermaritzburg High Court on Tuesday of raping, robbing and kidnapping three tourists who visited northern KwaZulu-Natal in October 1998. DNA evidence linked the five to items of clothing worn by the women on the day of the attack. Goods belonging to the tourists were also found on their […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Monday 4.30pm. MOST counters ended firmly in positive territory on Monday, the overall finishing 1,01% or 73 points up. With markets in the United Kingdom and United States closed, dealers said futures buying helped the local bourse fair better. The financial index closed 2% or 180 points good, while the industrial […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Cape Town | Monday 11.30am. A GOLDEN Arrow bus driver was shot dead and six commuters were wounded on Monday in Delf, one of Cape Town’s townships. The police’s Superintendent Wicus Holzhausen said the bus driver died after gunmen, believed to be from a minibus taxi organisation locked in a turf war with […]
DISCARDED Springbok wing Stefan Terblanche scored two of the Barbarians five tries as they shaded victory against Ireland by 31-30 with some champagne rugby. It was a bruising encounter to celebrate the 125th anniversary of the Irish Rugby Football Union at Lansdowne Road in Dublin on Sunday. But injuries in the game could cost Ireland […]
AIRPORT A BOMB attack was launched on Monday at the airport in the Eritrean capital just north of a terminal at around 11.45am. A building was in flames and smoke could be seen in the distance. The attack apparently took place as a Red Cross plane carrying relief aid was unloading. The plane was seen […]
AT least 10 people were killed and dozens seriously injured in renewed fighting between residents of two southwestern Nigerian towns. Violence broke out on Saturday between the neighboring towns Ife and Modakeke just as leaders of the two communities were holding peace talks with President Olusegun Obasanjo in Abuja. The border dispute between the two […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Monday 9.30am. THEMBA Khoza, the leader of the Inkatha Freedom Party in Gauteng and a member of parliament, is as controversial in life as in death. The fiery politician, was suspected of inciting violence between rival black groupings before the fall of apartheid, died on Sunday. But the nature of his […]