THE Skills Development Levy Bill — which proposes a compulsory levy on employers to fund programmes to boost workers’ skills — was tabled in Parliament on Wednesday. Introduction of the levy will be staggered, with employers paying 0,5% of their monthly payrolls to the fund from April 1, 2000. By April 2001 this will kick […]
ENGLAND A won the toss and elected to bat in their five-day international match against a South African President’s XI at Newlands in Cape Town on Thursday.
THE Swiss Parliament backed a proposal on Wednesday to investigate the country’s relations with apartheid-era South Africa. However, critics say the probe will be toothless. Pia Hollstein, a Green Party member who proposed the investigation, said the study would not have the powers to get to the bottom of the matter. She noted it would […]
SOME 57% of potential voters have registered for the June 2 general elections, according to latest figures published by the Independent Electoral Commission on Thursday. The IEC figures show that more than 15-million voters had registered by 9am on Thursday. Provincial breakdowns show the Western Cape lagging with 47,2% of voters registered, and Mpumalanga still […]
DUMISANE LUBISI, Nelspruit | Wednesday 12.10pm. MPUMALANGA’S provincial government conceded for the first time on Wednesday that its attempts to establish the province’s first international airport may have been fundamentally flawed. Provincial transport MEC, Jackson Mthembu, said a decision to allow developers to choose their own competing sites for the airport had effectively stalled the […]
AUSTRALIA and South Africa are 3-1 joint favourites to win this year’s cricket World Cup, according to London bookmakers William Hill. England and Pakistan are quoted at 5-1 and defending champions Sri Lanka 6-1. Full odds: 3-1 Australia, South Africa; 5-1 England, Pakistan; 6-1 Sri Lanka; 8-1 India; 9-1 West Indies; 20-1 New Zealand; 66-1 […]
TREVOR TUTU, the son of Archbishop Desmond Tutu, appeared in the Johannesburg Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday for tax evasion between 1996 and 1997. Tutu (42) appeared in court on two charges of tax evasion after he allegedly failed to respond in time to local revenue office requests for summaries of his assets and liabilities. His […]
BANK Windhoek announced on Tuesday that it is to reduce its prime lending rate from 22,25% to 21,25% with effect from March 15. The bank will also drop its mortgage bond rate — from 21% to 20%. The bank’s announcement came after three of South Africa’s big four banks cut their bank rates. First National […]
DARYLL CULLINAN said it was a dream come true to hit a marathon 275 not out in the first Test between South Africa and New Zealand on Tuesday, although it embarrassed him to eclipse a boyhood idol. The stylish right-hander, who turns 32 on Thursday, broke Graeme Pollock’s Test record for South Africa to complete […]
THE Confederation of African Football will hear an appeal by Zimbabwe to be reinstated as hosts of next January’s African Nations Cup finals, officials said on Tuesday. CAF president Issa Hayatou and members of his executive committee will meet a Zimbabwean delegation expected to include high-level government ministers in Accra, Ghana, on Saturday. CAF said […]