Plans for short-term developments estimated to cost close to one billion rand at the country’s oldest port are well underway, with an environmental impact study for one project expected by the end of July.
The offset programme of the multi-billion rand arms procurement package has markedly improved the economic landscape of South Africa over the past six years, according to Trade and Industry Minister Alec Erwin.
Western Cape environmentalists and farmers are increasingly concerned about the multi-million rand proposal to build the Skuifraam Dam near Franschoek, saying it was a ”looming disaster”.
Fake ”dead” people are costing South Africa’s life insurance industry R3-billion a year in false claims, Parliament’s public service and administration portfolio committee heard on Wednesday.
After numerous delays, including a nose-bleed and having the charges translated from Afrikaans to English to Ndebele, the NNP’s disciplinary hearing against Peter Marais and Peter Malatsi commenced at about 8pm on Monday.
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/ 26 February 2003
A 12-year-old was sentenced to six months in prison for reckless and negligent driving, while a 13-year-old got five years for an ”economic offence”, Parliament’s justice and constitutional development portfolio committee heard on Tuesday.
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/ 13 January 2003
In an agreement that was hailed as a first for the country, President Thabo Mbeki witnessed on Sunday the signing of a memorandum of understanding between the Bafokeng nation and two North West municipalities.