HUNDREDS of millions of rands are expected to be allocated to job creation projects by government next week. The projects are the result of last year’s Jobs Summit. Labour Minister Shepherd Mdladlana, who has replaced Trade and Industry Minister Alec Erwin as the main implementor of the summit’s agreements, said the funding will be phased […]

TWO people were killed and about 10 injured in last week’s crash of an Antonov-26 cargo plane in Angola and the Russian pilots, said to have been drunk, will be tried. Angolan aviation officials said on Tuesday that a pregnant woman was among those killed when the transport plane, owned by the Airangol company, crashed […]

PRESIDENT Nelson Mandela’s spokesperson Parks Mankahlana faces arrest for failing to pay child maintenance for his eight-year-old daughter, The Sunday Times reports. The mother of his daughter claimed that he only paid once for the upkeep of their child and is seeking R40000 in back payments. Mankahlana confirmed that he was contacted at home in […]

VIGILANTE group People Against Gangsterism and Drugs on Monday accused President Nelson Mandela of undermining his own integrity by accusing Pagad of being involved in urban terror in the Western Cape “without producing any proof”. At a media conference in Crawford to respond to remarks by Mandela in his opening of Parliament speech on Friday, […]

AN appeal court judgment allowing Automakers, builders on Nissan cars in South Africa, tax exemption on export incentives does not apply to other car makers, the South African Revenue Service said on Monday. The Nissan case involved interpretation of a section of the Income Tax Act, and the court ruled that some R116-million in incentives […]

President Nelson Mandela has paid homage to King Hussein of Jordan.

HAMILTON Airship Company, which plans to build the world’s largest airship, is desperately seeking bridging finance. The firm needs funds following the return of R93-million raised in a pre-listing public and private offer of shares. Many small investors who bought shares in the company remain shareholders and have displayed considerable patience with the firm. The […]

SOUTH African Telemedical Resources (TMR) today opened SA’s first telemedicine site with a dual site launch shared by the Western and Eastern Cape regions. Tygerburg hospital is now linked to Groote Schuur Hospital to provide radiology and pathology expertise, with links to Frere Provincial Hospital in East London for pathology and haematology cases. The pilot […]

THE future of provisionally liquidated Namibian copper mining company Tsumeb Corporation Limited has to be resolved this week, says liquidator Des Mathews. Mathews said on Sunday he is expecting to finalise what will happen to TCL this week. The company has been in provisional liquidation since April 29 and its closure threw some 2000 employees […]