SASOL Chemical Industries announced on Thursday that it has signed an agreement with Air Products South Africa to combine their infrastructure, facilities and expertise for the production and marketing of high purity hydrogen. The two companies are investing more than R20-million into the project which will expand Air Products’ existing high purity hydrogen supply and […]

SAFETY and Security Minister Sydney Mufamadi’s neighbours doubt his capacity to cut crime after 10 of them were recently targetted by criminals, according to a newspaper report on Tuesday. A third of the 30 homes in the Mufamadi’s upmarket Sandton street have in the past seven months been victim to armed robberies, break-ins and an […]

SOUTH AFRICA will be forced to import some 1,5-million tons of its most important crop, maize, after a heat wave damaged this year’s crop. The Department of Agriculture announced on Saturday that the coming harvest was expected to be as low as six million tonnes. Local consumption is 7,5-million tons, and another 6-million tons is […]

THE European Union and Rwanda have signed a 68-million-euro finance package deal, according to an EU statement received here on Thursday. The bulk of the package, worth some 66 million euros will take the form of direct budget support and constitutes the EU’s contribution to a structural adjustment plan and the economic reforms undertaken by […]

THE African National Congress appears headed for a two-thirds majority and is likely to capture at least eight of the country’s nine provinces, the latest opinion poll revealed on Monday. Election 99, a survey conducted by the Institute for a Democratic South Africa, Markinor and the SABC, found that a low voter turnout on election […]

DUMISANE LUBISI & JUSTIN ARENSTEIN, Witbank | Tuesday 1.00pm. MPUMALANGA transport MEC Jackson Mthembu faces possible criminal charges after reportedly driving and crashing a government-issue Mercedes Benz without a valid drivers’ license. Mthembu escaped with only minor injuries on Sunday morning when he apparently rolled the vehicle through two traffic signs and into a tree […]

DUMISANE LUBISI, Middelburg | Tuesday 1.00pm. POLICE investigating the Mpumalanga matric scandal have already questioned 40 of the 120 officials involved in marking the 480000 final exam papers last year. Pretoria police spokesperson, Captain Jennifer Chetty, said on Monday that the investigating team had taken 40 statements and was continuing with the investigation. “We’re still […]

SPECIAL voting for the elections will kick off on Wednesday as part of the general elections set for June 2. The special elections are to be held at South African embassies, consulates, high commissions or missions abroad and at local voting stations for voters who will be out of the country or away from home […]

THE National Union of Mineworkers said on Monday that it will not amend its 25% across-the-board wage increase demand before the start of negotiations on Tuesday. The talks, to be held separately with the Chamber of Mines and De Beers, will seek to thrash out a new two-year wage deal to replace the current agreement, […]

AMANDA Coetzer faces an uphill battle in her first round match at the French Open tennis tournament which begins in Paris on Monday. The 14th seeded Coetzer has lost twice to her opponent, Japan’s Ai Sugiyama. However, should Coetzer get past Sugiyama, the way looks clear to the quarter-finals, where she would probably play second […]