The Land Bank is set to play a more proactive role in the social welfare of farm workers, writes Scotch Tagwireyi The Land Bank, South Africa’s major agricultural financier, is offering rewards and incentives to farmers to encourage them to provide social services and engage in ethical labour practices. The initiative, known as Land Bank […]

BOBBY Skinstad said on Thursday that he will be fit to lead the Stormers in their 2000 Super-12 campaign. Skinstad made the announcement at a news conference in Cape Town where coach Alan Solomons announced his provincial squad of 38 players. Solomons said that Skinstad will again be the Stormers skipper, with Corne Krige standing […]

Evidence wa ka Ngobeni Vista University is facing court action by a student for irregularities and unfair treatment. According to law student Magoshi Mamaila, officials at Vista’s Mamelodi campus unlawfully charge a R30 fee for student cards, although university regulations say students are supposed to be issued with them at no extra cost. Mamaila’s lawyer, […]

Marguerite Poland’s new novel is set in a boys’ school. She spoke to Jane Rosenthal Marguerite Poland looks like any ordinary white South African lift-club mum; elegantly but conservatively dressed, she is obliging and forthcoming and friendly. But those who are familiar with her novels will know that she does not flinch from the hard […]

A JOHANNESBURG man who allegedly killed his wife and hid her body in a freezer for more than two weeks at their home will be arrested as soon as he has recovered from a self-inflicted stab wound. The suspect stabbed himself in the throat when police arrived at his house to question him in connection […]

Shaun Harris TAKING STOCK Well, it seems the niceties are over. Despite what Nedcor says about a “friendly” merger, its bid for control of Standard Bank Investment Corporation (Stanbic) has effectively turned hostile. Up to now, this has been the stuff of boardroom drama, a clash of banking titans that makes good copy in the […]

Heather Hogan Leandro de Beer, a security officer in Potchefstroom, arrested three armed robbers by tricking them into thinking he was a police dog. The employee of Mooi Rivier Protection was patrolling the area when he spotted three men attempting to break into a shop. He shouted at them and they fled. De Beer chased […]

David Robbins The Higher Education Amendment Bill, which allows the minister of education to appoint administrators in the place of vice- chancellors at badly run universities, was passed this week by the National Assembly and is due to go to the National Council of Provinces for consideration. Educationists speculate that once it’s enacted, the vice-chancellors […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Cape Town | Friday 6.30pm. ENGLAND’s hopes of making further inroads into the Combined Northerns/Gauteng batting order was halted by bad light at Centurion Park on Friday. Replying to England’s 303, after most of the morning session had been washed out by rain, the Combined XI reached 85 for three when the umpires […]

E-COMMERCE, or buying and selling things over the Internet, has got a boost from Absa Bank, Boland PKS, First National Bank and Nedcor, in alliance with MasterCard and Visa, all of whom have elected to support the Secure Electronic Transaction standard (Set). The standard will allow consumers to make purchases by credit card over the […]