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/ 21 February 2008
Floor-crossing will finally be scrapped, a media report said on Thursday. Following on a decision by the African National Congress’s Polokwane conference, Parliament’s committee on private members’ legislative proposals on Wednesday agreed to a draft Bill that will lead to the scrapping of the practice.
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/ 21 February 2008
After weakening sharply late on Wednesday afternoon to levels above R7,90 per dollar, the rand had recovered somewhat overnight and was below R7,80 per dollar in early trade on Thursday. Market players are continuing to digest the contents of Wednesday’s budget.
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/ 21 February 2008
Asked about his plans for lighter, eco-friendly glass bottles and packaging, the head of a southern French wine company this week said that simply was not the issue. "The issue is glass supply. We have a big problem, we cannot get bottles to put our wine in," said Jean-Claude Mas.
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/ 21 February 2008
Education Minister Naledi Pandor wore the broadest smile among her counterparts on Wednesday as Finance Minister Trevor Manuel was once again in a generous mood towards her department. But some education analysts are sceptical about provinces’ capacity to deliver on disbursing the billions allocated to general education.
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/ 21 February 2008
A R9-billion marine farming project in the Coega industrial development zone — announced with much fanfare in December — has a fraud convict as its international business associate. The project, touted as a huge job creator in the Eastern Cape and the world’s first environmentally friendly prawn farm, has sparked furious objections from local environmentalists, including South African National Parks.
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/ 21 February 2008
All three main candidates in Zimbab-we’s presidential race launch their campaigns this Saturday, taking the race into top gear. But the excitement in the campaign contrasts sharply with the massive administrative chaos that is dogging preparations for the elections.
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/ 21 February 2008
A main feature of Finance Minister Trevor Manuel’s newly unveiled budget has been to slash the red tape, and small businesses will be elated over some major changes in the tax legislation. According to the Treasury’s tax team, the focus of this budget was to take the administrative burden of tax compliance off small companies.
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/ 21 February 2008
”Trevor does it again!” is a headline we newspaper people have come to rely on at this time of year. It is too trite a formulation, though, and it does not properly credit the complex achievements of 11 years’ planning that have enabled the finance minister to deliver budgets with strong savings, spending and tax relief components for six years now.
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/ 21 February 2008
Our hope is in Simba I always knew Zimbabweans loved and respected Simba Makoni, but I only realised how much when he announced his intention to run for the presidency. A few days ago I met a middle-aged woman who had registered as a voter because of Makoni’s announcement. She told me she last voted […]
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