BUS routes around the country started on a sluggish note on Monday after an agreement on Friday between unions and management ended a two week old strike. The South African Bus Employee’s Association and the four unions supporting the strike — the Transport and General Workers’ Union, the Transport and Allied Workers’ Union, the Western […]
ILLEGAL immigrants trying to sneak into the Northern Province may soon find themselves up against German-style security measures after provincial police called in border control experts from the state of Saxony. Provincial safety and security MEC Seth Nthai said on Monday the province has signed a cooperation agreement with Saxony to tap into its expertise […]
SOUTH Africa’s first private Catholic university looks on target to open in July — pending approval of its academic programmes by the South African Qualifications Authority. Business Day reports that the university is the brainchild of a group of Catholic lay academics, clergy and business people and its to be funded by local and international […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Tuesday 8.35pm THE African National Congress on Tuesday announced its revised election candidates’ lists, which saw ANC Women’s League president Winnie Madikizela-Mandela moving up to position number nine. Presidential spokesman Parks Mankahlana’s name no longer appears on the list. Also removed from the lists were the names of Deputy Finance Minister […]
INCREASED gold output and lower production costs from Minorco operations helped AngloGold return highly satisfactory results for the first quarter of the year with headline earnings up 87% at 974 cents per share compared to 521 cents/share in the December quarter. It is the first time the Johannesburg-based group — the largest gold producer in […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, London | Tuesday 9.00am. SOUTH Africa’s cricket team flew into London on Monday to news they were favourites to win the World Cup. But captain Hansie Cronje was cautious about the 11-4 odds quoted in London, which placed them just above Australia at 3-1. ”Our team is not going to play any better […]
LUKE BAKER, Pretoria | Tuesday 2.15pm FINANCIAL markets got a boost on Tuesday after the release of encouraging central bank reserves and money supply figures which pointed to further interest rate cuts. Gold and foreign exchange reserves grew by R800-million in April to R33,7-billion and the central bank’s outstanding forward book — the amount of […]
POLICE on Thursday said the car that Kaizer Chiefs midfielder Lifa Gqosha was driving when he was arrested and shot was not stolen. The Star newspaper reports that an unnamed investigating officer confirmed Gqosha’s claim that the car belongs to him, when the battered soccer star appeared before the Protea Magistrate’s Court in Soweto on […]
DAVID LE PAGE, Johannesburg | Friday 5.00pm. THE gold index was the top performer on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange on Friday, after a sudden surge in the gold price, gaining 37 points and climbing to 1020. The financial index climbed to 34 points to 9705 while the industrial index climbed 18 points to 7480. The […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Saturday 9.00pm. ORLANDO Pirates pulled off a fine 3-1 win over Desporto Maxaquene 3-1 in an African Cup Winners Cup first leg, second round at the FNB Stadium in Johannesburg on Saturday. Pirates converted more chances and made better use of the field and opportunities. It took a goal by Sam […]