Donna Block and Mungo Soggot One of South Africa’s top black businessmen, Dikgang Moseneke, this week conceded that New Africa Investments Limited (Nail) had made an error of judgment over the handling of its controversial R136-million share option windfall for him and three other top executives. Moseneke, MD of South Africa’s flagship black empowerment group, […]
DEMOCRATIC Republic of Congo President Laurent-Desire Kabila has announced the dissolution of the Alliance of Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Congo (ADFL) which swept him to power in 1997, accusing some of its members of “opportunism” and “self-enrichment”. Addressing the first congress of the “Comites du pouvoir populaire (CPP)” on Tuesday, in a ceremony […]
Ted Leggett The state has had to release its hold on the property of alleged Milnerton drug dealer Gavin Carolus in the first test case for the civil forfeiture provisions of the Prevention of Organised Crime Act. A preservation of property order had been granted to the state to freeze the assets of Carolus, in […]
The David Gleason Column For many of South Africa’s larger companies the imperative to become globally competitive is compelling. There they are, rushing to establish themselves abroad, confident they can compete on equal terms with the world’s best. Well, maybe they can but they still need to be certain they are keeping clean yards back […]
Ferial Haffajee CAPE TOWN: THE MAKING OF A CITY by Nigel Worden, Elizabeth van Heyningen and Vivian Bickford-Smith (David Philip) This is the history book I wish we had had at high school instead of the stiff set work that was so historically incorrect that it was laughable even to us teenagers. Cape Town, according […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, London | Friday 6.00pm. The International Rugby Board (IRB) on Friday said it will adopt disciplinary procedures from the Super 12 and Tri-Nations after the World Cup in October. This will be part of a major rewrite of the game’s regulations that be implemented when the world championships end in November – even […]
The Rwandan government is preparing an extradition request for a senior UWC lecturer, writes Chris McGreal A Rwandan doctor wanted for murdering Tutsis during the 1994 genocide is to keep his job at the University of the Western Cape (UWC)because ”the charges against him are only allegations”. This is despite the fact that numerous witnesses […]
Hard on the heels of its recent decision that women who wear tight jeans cannot be raped (because the difficulty involved in removing them suggests compliance), the Italian Supreme Court has come up with yet another legal wowser. From now on, it will be against the law for couples in Italy to make love in […]
ANGLO American Platinum Corp (Amplats) said late on Wednesday that strike action at its Rustenburg and Union sections will have no immediate impact on its output. Amplats, the world’s biggest platinum producer, said some 18000 workers were affected by the strike action at the two operations which account for some 40% of the company’s platinum […]
THE Swaziland Electricity Board plans to cut ties with South African power supplier Eskom once the 400kv power line to Mozambique is complete. SEB has been importing additional electric power from ESCOM The Swaziland Environmental Authority Action Plan revealed that SEB is making arrangements to purchase electric power from Mozambique because hydro-power prices are lower […]