A powerful spring storm expected to be the worst of its kind in almost 15 years pounded the East Coast of the United States on Monday, bringing relentless rains, flooding rivers, and prompting evacuations from New Jersey to West Virginia. It was blamed for eight deaths across the US.
The son of a senior Eastern Cape politician has been arrested for theft from a Bisho ministerial residence, the Dispatch Online reported on Monday. It said the grade-10 student (19) is suspected of breaking into the ministerial-complex home of MPL Pemmy Majodina at the Easter weekend.
It appears there has been ”substantial maladministration” in the finances of the troubled United Independent Front (UIF), the Cape High Court has been told. The deputy leader of the party makes the claim in an affidavit submitted as part of a bid to block party disciplinary proceedings against him and a fellow party official.
The board of Eskom has elected Jacob Maroga as its new CEO, Eskom said on Friday. Maroga will take over from current CEO Thulani Gcabashe, whose term ends on April 30. Gcabashe will remain at Eskom to lead a project intended to leverage the economic benefits resulting from the utility’s capital-expansion programme.
The Democratic Alliance (DA) is concerned at what it calls the lack of progress in the case of Ekurhuleni metro police chief Robert McBride, it said at the weekend. McBride was involved in a car accident in December last year and it has been alleged that he was drunk at the time. His blood was not tested on the scene, reports said.
South African Breweries (SAB) is replacing its familiar 750ml ”quart” beer bottles with a more up-to-date model, the company announced on Monday. The new returnable bottle will be introduced across four main brands — Castle Lager, Carling Black Label, Hansa Pilsener and Castle Milk Stout.
All dry dog- and cat-food products manufactured under the Vets Choice and Royal Canin brands in South Africa have been recalled, manufacturer Royal Canin South Africa said on Monday, adding that a batch of raw material received by Royal Canin SA from a third-party supplier ”may have been contaminated”.
Madonna arrived in Malawi on Monday with the young local boy she is adopting, amid rumours she intended to adopt a second child from an orphanage the impoverished Southern African nation. Wearing dark glasses and a black outfit, Madonna carried Banda, now about 18 months old, as she walked onto the tarmac.
The board of directors of fashion retail group Edcon on Monday announced it had received more than the requisite 75% shareholder approval for the Bain Capital proposal to acquire the entire ordinary share capital of the company at R46 per share. The board had recommended the offer to shareholders on February 8 this year.
The JSE retained its strong tone in noon trade on Monday as Edcon’s deal went through smoothly and Johncom put on a great show on speculative buying. By noon, the all-share index was up 0,69% and resources added 0,67%. The platinum and gold mining indices firmed 1,55% and 0,62% respectively.