FORMER United Democratic Movement (UDM) leader in the Western Cape Johan Slabbert on Friday announced he has joined the African Christian Democratic Party. He resigned from the UDM for what he thought was the best political solution for the country and the province. He realised that the basic problem is that of relationships. “If you […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Harare | Friday 12.15pm THE Zimbabwe government has abandoned the sale of Hwange power station to Malaysia’s YTL and is currently renegotiating the deal to woo the support of international financiers. The government has already communicated its decision to the International Monetary Fund and its sister institution, the World Bank. It forms part […]
LIQUIDATIONS rose by a signficant 64,3% and insolvencies by nearly 33% in the first quarter of this year, compared with the same period last year, according to figures released on Thursday by Statistics South Africa. The number of liquidations for companies and close corporations rose in the first quarter from 649 to 1066. Compulsory liquidations […]
GOLD mining company Avgold showed a loss for the quarter ending March 31, as production fell over 25% to 4355kg. While earnings were about R19-million as of December 31, the firm showed a R4-million loss. Production problems drove the cuts and losses, and included an underground fire, geological difficulties, and lost shifts over Christmas. Safety […]
THE Truth and Reconciliation Commission has issued a statement clarifying the nature of the “prosecution list” it has reportedly handed to National Director of Prosecutions Bulelani Ngcuka. The TRC said that it has met with Ngcuka to plan the “fulfillment of the recommendations of the TRC in its final report”. It said that many of […]
MPUMALANGA MEC Luckson Mathebula appears in court again on Friday for allegedly beating his wife with a wooden elephant curio. Mathebula is charged with common assault for allegedly beating his common law wife, Rose Aletta Mnisi, 32, on May 29 last year. Mnisi claims she spent six weeks in hospital recovering from the alleged beating. […]
AN international conference on landmines opens in the Mozambican capital on Monday. The five-day meeting is expected to bring together 800 delegates from the signatories of the 1997 Ottawa Treaty banning the production and marketing of mines. At least 134 countries signed the Ottawa Convention, but only 72, most those that have suffered the effects […]
THE police services and army in KwaZulu-Natal said on Friday they are confident a climate conducive to free and fair elections will be maintained in the run-up to and during the June 2 poll. A joint statement said police, the army and the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) hold meetings on a regular basis to discuss […]
EVANS MODISE, a member of the police VIP protection unit and a bodyguard to Deputy President Thabo Mbeki, has pleaded not guilty to a charge of murder, in the Mamelodi Magistrate’s Court. Modise is alleged to have beaten to death a neighbour, Hluphekile Baloyi, on New Year’s Eve, by beating his head against the road. […]
AFTER nearly two weeks alleged drug-lord Gavin Carolus will be able to retrieve his impounded assets after a ruling in the Cape High Court on Wednesday. Justice Andre Blignault said that pending the appeal by the National Director of Public Prosecutions against the judgment, which rendered the Preservation of Property Order ineffective on April 15, […]