NATIONAL water affairs and forestry minister Ronnie Kasrils will be tackled next Tuesday over the unresolved problem of squatters in the sensitive Dukuduku Forest near St Lucia. KwaZulu-Natal’s agriculture and environment MEC, Narend Singh, said on Wednesday that he would personally meet with the minister to find out why the matter had not been settled. […]
DIMENSION Data, South Africa’s biggest IT group, has bought the leading US network integration company Integrated Systems Group for $70-million. The group said the acquisition gives it instant credibility in the highly competitive New York market. The deal is effective from June and subject to certain conditions will be sealed with an immediate $35-million cash […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Thursday 2.50pm. LABOUR Minister Membathisi Mdladlana said on Thursday that work-related accidents are costing the country billions of rand a year, and that urgent measures are needed to make workplaces safer. Mdladlana told a conference on occupational health in the North West that there is a need for dramatic intervention, by […]
THE Canterbury Crusaders on Thursday named the side that will defend their Super 12 title at this weekend’s final against the ACT Brumbies at Canberra’s Bruce Stadium. Scrumhalf Justin Marshall remains sidelined by a calf injury and he will again be replaced by newcomer Ben Hurst, who made a fine Super 12 debut during last […]
THE National Association of Automobile Manufacturers anticipates vehicle exports will exceed R7-billion this year. South Africa exported R10-billion worth of components and about R5-billion worth of vehicles last year. Analysts said the industry has undergone massive changes since protectionism was lifted in 1994. A report this week by national automobile group Naamsa, says that the […]
THE Post Office said on Thursday that it is setting up a pilot project that aims to sell postage stamps over the internet. It is hoped the project will be up and running by the end of the year. All the consumer will need is a computer, a printer and an internet connection to buy […]
DIPLOMATS and colleagues have praised two journalists slain in Sierra Leone as courageous men who sacrificed their lives to tell the tale of war. Reuters journalist Kurt Schork, a 53-year-old American, and Associated Press cameraman-producer Miguel Gil Moreno, 32, of Barcelona, Spain, died in an ambush on Wednesday afternoon. Four Sierra Leone Army soldiers were […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Cape Town | Thursday 1.25pm. WORLD Cup-winning halfback pair George Gregan and Stephen Larkham, along with rugby league convert Andrew Walker at fullback, hold the key to the ACT Brumbies breaking New Zealand’s hold on Super 12 title on Saturday. The Brumbies, in their first final since losing the 1997 final to the […]
STEVEN MANN, Cape Town | Thursday 5.30pm. THE government reaped R7,7-billion rand from privatisation in the 1999/2000 financial year, R3,7-billion more than was orginially budgeted for. Addressing Parliament, Finance Minister Trevor Manuel said this and favorable lending conditions have enabled the government to cut debt servicing costs to 5,5% of GDP, making more resources available […]
MORE than 150 people were killed in the clashes that erupted between Muslims and Christians in the northern Nigerian city of Kaduna at the start of this week. The toll has risen past 150 with dozens of bodies observed in hospital morgues and on the streets in the two main riot-affected areas in the south […]