France’s Raphael Jacquelin shot a six-under-par 66 to take a one-stroke lead over Denmark’s Soren Kjeldsen after the first round of the ,3-million Asian Open on Thursday. Eight-time European number one Colin Montgomerie finished three behind after a patient round of 69, while two-time US Open champions Ernie Els and Retief Goosen finished five off the pace with a pair of one-under 71s.
Transformation will not be complete unless more black South Africans participate in the economy, Deputy Minister of Trade and Industry Elizabeth Thabethe said on Thursday. Thabethe was speaking at the second Annual Stokvels (savings club) Convention held at the Pyramid Conference Centre in Johannesburg.
Labour offices in Nelspruit in Mpumalanga were shut down by their own inspectors after being found to pose a serious health hazard to workers, the Department of Labour said on Thursday. A notice halting all the activities was issued on Tuesday. A department spokesperson said inspectors found that the building had a water leak in the ceiling.
Pay these public servants more The statement about not wanting to overburden taxpayers, in Public Service and Administration Minister Geraldine Fraser-Moleketi advertisements in the media over the weekend, was really irksome. These public notices were placed in reaction to protracted negotiations with public service unions. As a taxpayer I have no issue in paying taxes […]
Youth need role models Last week I attended a memorial service for a young man who was killed in Nyanga, Cape Town, and it has haunted me. This young man was a gangster and, in true gangster fashion, he was shot dead in the course of his ways. At that memorial service, his friends came […]
The official opposition Democratic Alliance (DA) will on Friday finalise the order in which the names of candidates will appear on the ballot-papers that will be used during the election process at the party’s congress in Gauteng in May. This will be done by means of a draw.
The Pakistan Cricket Board has named all-rounder Shoaib Malik as captain of the national team following the resignation of Inzamam-ul-Haq in the wake of the side’s early World Cup exit. The 25-year-old, who has played in 18 Tests and 137 one-day internationals, was handed the role until the end of the year for the Test and one-day squads.
Police have confirmed that a senior Human Rights Commission official was held hostage at the organisation’s offices in the Absa Bank building in Cape Town on Thursday. Captain Elliot Sinyangana said police were still investigating the cause of the incident. ”It was a Human Rights Commission official who was held hostage. It seems as if there was a dispute about pension,” he said.
The world public rejects the United States role as a world leader, but still wants the US to do its share in multilateral efforts and does not support a US withdrawal from international affairs, says a poll released on Wednesday. The survey respondents saw the US as an unreliable ”world policeman”.
South Africa’s government has no plans to interfere in monetary policy in order to influence the exchange rate and promote vital exports, an economic adviser to President Thabo Mbeki said on Wednesday. Mbeki rattled investors in February when he said raising interest rates was not the only tool to tame consumer spending.