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/ 26 February 2008
The government is to intervene to curb rocketing private healthcare costs and prevent the sector’s ”demise”, Health Minister Manto Tshabalala-Msimang said on Tuesday. The health charter task team, among others, has been discussing the challenge of making healthcare more affordable, she told the National Assembly’s health committee.
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/ 26 February 2008
The European Union is concerned about competing with China for access to resources and markets in Africa, which partly explains its drive to hook African states into economic partnership agreements (EPAs). According to South Africa’s deputy minister of trade, the EU is afraid that it will lose its foothold on the African continent
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/ 26 February 2008
The man and the youth accused of murdering 17-year-old Cassandra van Rooyen were released on R5 000 bail each in the Krugersdorp Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday. Karl Schuler, lawyer for both accused, said the case was postponed to May 27 for further investigation.
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/ 26 February 2008
South Africa’s economic growth has increased to 5,3% in the fourth quarter of 2007, up from a revised figure of 4,8% in the third quarter, Statistics South Africa said on Tuesday. The 5,3% annualised quarter-on-quarter growth in real gross domestic product (GDP) in the fourth quarter is the highest of 2007.
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/ 26 February 2008
Stormers flank Schalk Burger has received a two-week suspension after being found guilty of ”unsportsmanlike behaviour”. Burger’s suspension runs from February 23 to March 8, inclusive. He has a right to appeal the sentence. His suspension is a big setback for the Stormers, who are yet to win a match in this year’s Super 14 competition.
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/ 26 February 2008
KwaZulu-Natal has been able to show the world that when power is contested, people do not have to die, Dr Brigalia Bam, chairperson of the Independent Electoral Commission, said on Tuesday. She was speaking at the KwaZulu-Natal legislature in Pietermaritzburg on preparations for the 2009 election.
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/ 26 February 2008
The number of foreign visitors to South Africa grew by just under 9% last year, Minister of Environmental Affairs and Tourism Marthinus van Schalkwyk said on Tuesday. ”I am pleased to announce that the overall foreign arrivals increased by 8,6% from January to November 2007,” he told a business tourism conference in Sandton.
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/ 26 February 2008
South African stocks were sharply higher at midday on Tuesday following in the footsteps of European markets, but a stronger rand restricted gains. Above-forecast economic growth data added to the positive sentiment. At 11.59am, the all-share index was up 1,22% at 30 176,680, thanks to a 3,08% gain in banks.
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/ 26 February 2008
A British man celebrated his 60th birthday in unexpected style at the weekend when a 50 pence () bet on the horses turned him into an instant millionaire. Fred Craggs, from Yorkshire in northern England, was not even aware of his win when he walked into a branch of the William Hill betting agency to see how he had done with his accumulator bet.
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/ 26 February 2008
Vandalism continued through the night in Tshing settlement following Monday’s service-delivery protest, North West police said on Tuesday. Spokesperson Superintendent Lesego Metsi said two houses belonging to municipal employees were vandalised by a group of young people.