THE 7000 matriculants who failed because of Mpumalanga’s 1998 matric scandal have only until Friday to register for special supplementary examinations. Provincial education spokesman Peter Maminza on Thursday confirmed the deadline, which is for the special supplementary examinations in August. Maminza said the final programme for the supplementaries had not been finalised because the department […]
TOKYO Sexwale, the ex-Premier of Gauteng now turned businessman, has unveiled plans for his long-anticipated foray into the diamond mining industry. In a R55 million deal negotiated, structured and advised by BoE Merchant Bank, Sexwale has acquired a 34% strategic stake in alluvial diamond mining company Gem Diamond Mining Corporation.
WEDNESDAY, 12.30PM: THE Welsh touring squad were handed their fourth consecutive tour defeat by the Gauteng Falcons in an ill-tempered match played at the Isak Steyl stadium in Vanderbijlpark on Tuesday night. The home side dominated the first half, securing almost 80% of the possession, and scored three tries to the single Welsh effort. The […]
WEDNESDAY, 1.00PM: ANGLO American and rival America Mineral Fields on Tuesday agreed to join forces in a joint venture to re-treat copper and cobalt dumps in the fabulously rich Kolwezi copper belt in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Earlier this year, AMF attempted to sue Anglo for R3-billion, accusing the South African mining group of […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Cardiff | Thursday 9.30am. GARY Teichmann returns to captain world champions South Africa against Wales in Saturday’s first game at the new Millennium Stadium, the venue of the World Cup final later this year. The number eight missed the Springboks’ 101-0 record defeat of Italy because of a knee injury last Saturday but […]
MOST government schools in Zimbabwe’s capital Harare were deserted on Friday as a strike by civil servants entered its third day. Teachers are among thousands of civil servants around the country striking for a 20% cost of living adjustment. Inflation in Zimbabwe is running at more than 50%. President Robert Mugabe on Thursday night described […]
KENYA’S quality control body on Monday prohibited imports of chicken, pork, eggs and all meat products from Belgium and all Coca Cola products from Belgium, France, Luxembourg and The Netherlands. The measure by the Kenyan Bureau of Standards is apparently aimed at stopping the importation of dioxin-tainted food and contaminated Coca Cola from those European […]
TUESDAY, 1.30PM: IN the face of rising panic over escalating interest rates, Reserve Bank governor Chris Stals and Finance Minister Trevor Manuel on Monday hastened to calm investors’ nerves by underlining their belief in South Africa’s economic fundamentals. Speaking at a business forum in Hamburg, Germany, on Monday, Stals said he does not expect the […]
TUESDAY, 12.30PM: BAFANA BAFANA midfielder John “Shoes” Moshoeu has criticised the South African Football Association after two players who were found guilty of indiscipline were sent home from the World Cup in disgrace. Midfielders Brendan Augustine and Naughty Mokoena were sent home after they defied coach Philippe Troussier’s orders, and went nightclubbing until the early […]
ANGLO American Platinum Corporation — the world’s biggest platinum producer — on Monday said it has “as a last resort” retrenched 415 employees at its Lebowa mine in Northern Province. Amplats spokesperson Johan Adler said Lebowa has not been performing well for “quite a few years”. “We explored everything as required by the Labour Relations […]