KAGISO Media has bought the Rand Easter Show, Saitex and Auto Africa, according to a group announcement made on Monday. A new subsidiary called Kagiso Exhibitions will become the holder of these companies. The National Exhibition Centre (Nasrec) cost R44,25-million and the issue of shares worth R2,3-million. Most of the purchase price was attributed to […]

NIGERIA will begin exploiting its vast deposits of bitumen, an essential material for road construction, next month, an official said on Tuesday. Most Nigerian roads are in deplorable condition due to lack of bitumen, while the oil-rich west African country has an estimated 42 billion barrels worth of bitumen deposits in the southwest of the […]

RESCUERS were still searching on Tuesday for the two missing miners trapped underground for five days after an earthquake in Welkom in the Free State on Friday. Matjhabeng mine Spokeswoman Pam Mongoato said there was still no sign of Lawrence Molise Tsolo, 40, and John Befile Delekile, 53. “We will, however, not give up until […]

FUGITIVE German businessman Jurgen Harksen was released from Cape Town’s Pollsmoor Prison on Monday after he paid R1-million bail, a Cape Town newspaper reported on Tuesday. Harksen, who is being sought in Germany in connection with fraud and other charges, said he would remain in South Africa and fight for his rights. Harksen’s luxurious Constantia […]

MONDAY, 12.00NOON: ORLANDO Pirates came up against mean defence in their Premier Soccer League match against relegation-threatened African Wanderers, being held to a goalless draw at Kings Park Soccer stadium on Sunday. Pirates were in almost total control through the tense first-half, but had nothing to show for it at the break. Pirates should have […]

THE national strike by national bus workers looks set to enter its second week after talks with the South African Bus Employers’ Association remained deadlocked on Friday. Spokesman for the four unions supporting the strike — — the Transport and General Workers’ Union, the Transport and Allied Workers’ Union, the Western Cape Omnibus Staff Union […]

WAYNE Ferreira, the sixth seed, faces Boris Becker in the tennis legend’s home town of Munich in the German Open on Tuesday. Becker leads 9-1 in matches against the South African.

ANGLOGOLD said on Friday that an earthquake has halted operations at its Matjhabeng mine in the Free State province but most of the workforce had been accounted for. The earthquake, measuring 4,2 on the Richter scale, hit the South African gold mining town of Welkom in the early hours on Friday causing damage to buildings […]

AT least 11 people, including nine crack police officers, were killed in an ambush blamed on Unita rebels in southern Angola at the weekend, the private radio Ecclesia reported Monday. Several people were missing following the attack near Canjala in Benguela province on Sunday. The victims were travelling in a 16-truck convoy escorted by rapid […]

GLAXO WELLCOME, the pharmaceutical company which produces AZT and MTC, announced on Monday it will donate “starter packs” containing the drugs to healthcare workers exposed to possible HIV infection. Company spokeswoman Vicki Ehrich said the 5000 packs, worth R1-million, are designed for healthcare workers who may have been exposed to HIV through needle-pricking or other […]