DESPITE further delays due to rain, the Williams and British American Racing (BAR) teams managed to get down in earnest to Formula One testing at Kyalami on Monday. After a wet start, the sun broke through and the track dried out, allowing Williams drivers Ralf Schumacher and Jenson Button to reel off 129 laps between […]

THE Namibian government will spend close to N$28-million in the coming financial year on upgrading the Walvis Bay Airport to international standards. The Works, Transport and Communication Ministry has invited tenders for the upgrading, rehabilitation and extension of the existing runway, a new taxiway and the terminal access at the former military airport. Although the […]

SWAZILAND Railways have secured a R8,7-million grant to expand its major clearing depot at Matsapha. Swaziland Railways chief executive Gideon Mahlalela said on Monday that the depot, in Swaziland’s major industrial centre, handled 17729 cargo containers between 1996 and 1999. The first phase, already underway, involves design and construction work, soil compacting, and laying in […]

CROP losses from the floods in the Northern Province are expected to run to about R700-million, the Northern Transvaal Agricultural Union said on Tuesday. Floods destroyed crops ranging from fruit trees to maize and vegetables, and many farmers were expecting poor harvests, or none at all. “It’s a very bad situation, since the biggest farms […]

CONSTRUCTION group Stocks and Stocks lost 90% of its value to just one cent on Tuesday morning after the company said there is no shareholder value left in the company and it will delist. The company said on Monday that its earnings per share have fallen to 115 cents loss for the six months to […]

THE University of Port Elizabeth has elected Independent Electoral Commission chairwoman Dr Brigalia Bam as its new Chancellor. She will be inaugurated as the university’s fifth chancellor in April. Bam plans to use her tenure at UPE to transform tertiary education. She holds qualifications in teaching, social work, communication and management. She has been awarded […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Tuesday 3.00pm CONSUMER prices rose by more than expected in January, prompting a small sell-off in the government bond market and weakness in the rand. The consumer price index rose by 2,6% year-on-year in the first month of 2000, from 2,2% in December, against a consensus forecast for a 2,3% climb, […]

TWO women have lodged complaints of sexual harassment against one of Parliament’s senior managers. Frene Ginwala, the Speaker of Parliament, said on Tuesday that the women had been assured that they would be protected, and the case was under investigation. Media reports that several women had been abused by the manager, but were afraid to […]

A SECURITY official, suspected of raping a 24-year-old museum worker on Robben Island, was been found dead in Riviersonderend in the Western Cape, police reported. The man was found hanging from a tree on a farm on Thursday. The information, however, was only made public on Tuesday. A yellow tow-rope was tied around his neck […]

CONSTRUCTION group Stocks and Stocks said on Monday that it was in talks to sell its building business to an unnamed consortium led by RMB Ventures Ltd. The building and construction group gave no further details, but said in a statement that various other prosposals were still being considered for its further restructuring.