A record number of black chartered accountant (CA) candidates passed the final exams in 2007, the Association of Black Accountants of Southern Africa (Abasa) said on Friday. More than 300 (67%) black candidates passed the final qualifying exam, compared with 64% the previous year, Abasa said in a statement.
Racism and prejudice Andile Mngxitama sets out to express his horror at the ruling on the Forum of Black Journalists by the Human Rights Commission, which ‘has to be the most eloquent and devastating testimony that our Constitution does hold fundamental anti-black sentimentsâ€. How does he come to such a conclusion? He asserts that the […]
One of the key motives behind the Erasmus commission was to stop the realignment of South African politics, Democratic Alliance (DA) leader Helen Zille said on Friday. The commission was set up by Western Cape Premier Ebrahim Rasool in December 2007 to investigate the City of Cape Town’s probe into controversial councillor Badih Chaaban.
Former Springbok centre and current Sharks coach Dick Muir and Stormers assistant Gary Gold were on Friday named as new South African coach Peter de Villiers’s right-hand men. Muir, who led the Sharks Super 14 team to the final of the southern hemisphere inter-provincial competition last year, will take charge of the Springbok backs.
The price of New York crude oil surged past $125 per barrel on Friday, lifted by speculative demand amid concerns about tight global energy supplies, analysts said. New York’s main oil futures contract, light sweet crude for June delivery, spiked as high as $125,98 in early afternoon London trading.
Adcock Ingram Critical Care, a healthcare unit of JSE-listed Tiger Brands, has been fined R53,5-million, or 8% of its annual turnover, for admitting its role in fixing the prices of medicines supplied to hospitals, the local anti-trust authorities said on Friday. The matter was referred to the Competition Tribunal on February 11 2008.
Jo-Anne Richards, has just released her fourth novel, <i>My Brother’s Book</i> (Picador Africa). This is an extract.
The Constitutional Court has reserved judgement on a ban prohibiting journalists from reporting on divorce cases, a media report said on Friday. Earlier this year, the Cape High Court ruled that section 12 of the Divorce Act was unconstitutional after media group Johncom brought an application challenging it.
<i>Dreamland</i> opened the Harare arts festival last week.
<b>ON CIRCUIT:</b> <i>Closing the Ring</i>, <i>Drillbit Taylor</i>, <i>88 Minutes, a thriller starring Al Pacino</i>, and Kevin Spacey’s <i>21</i>.