THE Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), the main trade unions federation, has ordered a general strike next week over payment of a new minimum wage, a press report said Thursday. NLC president Adams Oshiomhole asked private sector workers to join their colleagues in the public sector on May 6 for a general strike, the independent Nigerian […]
THURSDAY, 2.00PM: STATE-owned diamond mine Alexkor is at loggerheads with local Northern Cape pigeon clubs to find the most palatable solution to rid the town of the birds, thought to be used in a uncut diamond smuggling racket that has reportedly cost the mine production losses of up to 20%. Alexkor’s chief executive Thian Combrink […]
Howard Barrell The Sea Point beachfront, Cape Town, 2pm, 30 degrees. A smallish figure in a baggy suit, cellphone to ear, mouth moving, strides forth along the pavement in full throttle. It’s Tony Leon, Democratic Party leader and political combatant extraordinaire. Scurrying alongside him, furiously scribbling notes, cellphone to her ear, mouth moving, is Sid, […]
KAIZER Chiefs’ midfielder Lifa Gqosha is recovering in Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital after police shot him on Tuesday night while he was allegedly trying to flee. Gqosha had been arrested for possesion of a suspected stolen vehicle and assaulting a police officer. The player’s family plan to lay charges against the police for assault. Gqosha’s […]
THURSDAY, 2.00PM: BOND traders are gearing to confront the Reserve Bank over inefficient handling of the its bond auction, after the Bank this week released the results of the auction over an hour-and-a-half late. Investors and traders alike were thrown off balance when the Bank, held back by a computer problem, failed to release the […]
DEPUTY army chief Major-General Roland de Vries retires on Friday, according to an army statement issued on Thursday. De Vries, in the army since 1963, finished his career heading up transformation and joint training. For many years, from 1973, he led the Ratel Mechanised Infantry Combat Vehicle. Army reorganisation has made his post redundant, and […]
The houses built for 680 000 families are the most tangible signs of change, writes Ferial Haffajee If there is one thing that has marked the landscape of delivery, it’s the HOP-huise. That’s the Afrikaans term for the houses built under the auspices of the Reconstruction and Development Programme (in Afrikaans, that’s the Heropbou en […]
The Godolphin stable has made its mark everywhere except America. Saturday could change all that, writes Jamie Reid Louisville, Kentucky, spends most of the year looking and feeling like a prosperous but dull provincial town. But on Monday, the old riverboat landing on the banks of the Ohio became the sporting, hustling and gambling capital […]
David le Page Economists are not as a rule reluctant to be quoted, but the subject of personal investment in unit trusts induces unusual reticence. This is largely due to their being advisers to the managers of those funds. The fund managers would be irked to have their doubts confirmed by their paid gurus. After […]
Thokozani Mtshali The announcement this week by the Gauteng Ministry of Transport and the South African Taxi Council of agreed measures to regulate the troubled industry brings hope for commuters caught in the crossfire of warring taxi factions. The announcement comes after years of hard work by the national Ministry of Transport in a quest […]