A SENIOR European Union official arrived in South Africa on Tuesday for talks aimed at rescuing a free trade accord that was due to come into effect on January 1, but has been held up by Italian and Greek objections. A spokesman for Trade and Industry Minister Alec Erwin said that EU development commissioner Poul […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Wednesday 5.00pm DAIMLERCHRYSLER South Africa is set to halt production of Honda vehicles from mid-year to make room for increased output of its Mercedes-Benz C-class models, the Business Day reported on Wednesday. The company, a subsidiary of US-German automaker DaimlerChrysler, said it would issue a statement shortly and declined further comment. […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Wednesday 3.00pm SHARES in gold mining firm JCI Gold extended their recent steep losses on Wednesday in the wake of a share buying scandal involving its executive deputy chairman Brett Kebble. By mid-morning the stock was down 7,14% to 390 cents on volume of 43000 shares. JCI’s share price has fallen […]

DAKAR-CAIRO Rally placings after the 13th stage from Waha to Khofra in Libya including a 610km timed special section on Wednesday: Cars: 1. Stephane Peterhansel (France) Mega Desert four hours 25 minutes 13 seconds 2. Jean-Louis Schlesser (France) Buggy (4:26:18) 3. Jose Maria Servia (Spain) Buggy (4:28:32) 4. Jean-Pierre Fontenay (France) Mitsubishi (4:28:34) 5. Jutta […]

TELFORD VICE, Centurion | Wednesday 5.00pm. HANSIE Cronje may have lost the final Test of the series and seen his 14-match unbeaten run come to an end, but South Africa’s captain was unrepentant at the contrived finish yesterday and threatened to quit if the International Cricket Council intervenes. ”If the ICC are unhappy then I […]

POLICE are offering a reward for information leading to the conviction of a white man who last week shot dead three black people and wounded four others on a crowded Pretoria bus on January 12. Police spokesman Gideon Thessner would not disclose the amount of the reward on offer. A 24-hour police telephone hotline had […]

EASTERN Cape police have found the bodies of Cape Town businesswoman Brenda Fairhead, 50, and her 11-year-old daughter Kia, in an area near the Keiskama bridge between Pedi and King William’s Town. The two failed to return home from a fishing trip on Sunday afternoon. Fairhead’s husband, who had gone to a wedding in Kleinmonde, […]

ALL of the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (Opec) memmbers want to extend the cartel’s lower production quotas beyond March 20, the Kuwaiti oil minister, Sheikh Saud Nasser al-Sabah, said on Saturday. Sheikh Saud also told the official KUNA news agency that the Opec summit initially planned for the end of March in Caracas has […]

MOZAMBIQUE’S President Joaquin Chissano on Monday appointed a new cabinet following general elections last month. Prime Minister Pascoal Mocumbi retained his post with Foreign Minister Leornado Simao and Interior Minister Almerino Manhenje. Chissano dropped Defence Minister, Aguiar Mazula, a civilian and replaced him with a retired army general, Tobias Dai. The finance portfolio was given […]

FORMER foreign minister Alfred Nzo, who died last Thursday, will be buried in Johannesburg on Saturday. Memorial services will be held in Pretoria and Johannesburg on Wednesday. Nzo’s funeral service will be held at 9.00am on Saturday at the Rhema Church in Randburg, followed by the burial at West Park cemetery, African National Congress spokesman […]