SOUTH African Airways on Tuesday announced the sale of its in-flight sales business to tourism and travel services company Tourvest for R100-million plus stock. The agreement will give Tourvest the rights to the business for up to 20 years, and include the payment of an annual royalty to SAA for the duration of the contract. […]
POLITICAL parties have called for an explanation about allegations of reckless driving against the three-car convoy of Safety and Security Minister Sydney Mufamadi. Mufamadi’s convoy was stopped twice within five kilometres on the N1 Highway north of Pretoria on Monday afternoon, The Citizen reports on Wednesday. Police said traffic officials pulled off two vehicles in […]
OMAN and South Africa are looking for ways to step up their cooperation, the official ONA news agency said on Tuesday, reporting on talks between Sultan Qaboos ibn Said of Oman and President Nelson Mandela. The two leaders reportedly discussed greater bilateral cooperation and the political situation in the Arab world. Mandela’s trip with Foreign […]
THE state closed its case on Wednesday in the rape trial of national cricketer Mkhaya Ntini, SABC radio news reports. Ntini testified that he did give the complainant a lift, because she was walking in the rain. He admitted that after he picked her up he drove to Buffalo Park cricket ground to give West […]
KWAZULU-NATAL’S ruling Inkatha Freedom Party on Tuesday voted in favour of removing the African National Congress’ Bheki Cele from the chairmanship of the provincial portfolio committee on safety and security. In a statement the IFP defended its decision saying: “In the interests of good governance and better relations between parliament (the legislature) and the executive, […]
DR WOUTER Basson, head of SA’s chemical and biological warfare programme, will be suspended from his position at the Number One Military Hospital in Pretoria, reprts the Sowetan. Following Basson’s indictment in Pretoria High Court, SANDF Chief of Staff Siphiwe Nyanda has ordered the suspension. Basson is expected to formally receive notification in the next […]
MICHAEL METELITS, Johannesburg | Tuesday 3.00pm. THE Reserve Bank reported on Tuesday that its provisional gross gold and foreign exchange reserves to the end of last month were up marginally on the February figure. In a statement issued in Pretoria, the Bank said the provisional gross gold and foreign exchange reserves amounted to R32,9-billion at […]
IT took the police four attempts to record the correct version of the claims made by a woman alleging she was raped by national cricketer Makhaya Ntini, the East London Regional Court heard on Tuesday. Investigating officer Detective Sergeant Edward Ntakana said the first statement was lost when his notebook was stolen out of his […]
ALL Black training squad members Daryl Gibson and Norm Maxwell have lost a race against time to be fit for Friday’s Super 12 rugby showdown between the Canterbury Crusaders and the Otago Highlanders. Crusaders coach Wayne Smith conceded on Tuesday that midfielder Gibson and lock Maxwell will miss the South Island derby in Dunedin. “We’re […]
MORE and more businesses in South Africa are going bust. Data supplied by Statistics South Africa in Pretoria Thursday reveal that in the three months to end February 1005 companies went out of business — 58% more than the corresponding period last year when there 636 liquidations. Statistics SA remarked that this was part of […]