Church’s Chicken, the world’s second largest fried chicken franchise, will soon be spreading its wings over the Western Cape. This follows the acquisition by a Stellenbosch-based company, Inkuku Holdings Ltd, of the American rights to establish a minimum of 50 Church’s Chicken outlets over the next five years.
The JSE Securities Exchange was flat at midday on Tuesday with no clear drivers. Resources stocks BHP Billiton and Sasol, which were boosted by the high oil price, kept the market in neutral territory. At noon, the all share index was level. Resources were up 0,37%.
With a caddie named Elvis on his bag, Western Cape professional Jean Hugo is expecting to make music again at the Wild Coast Sun Country Club this week as he goes in search of his second win in as many weeks on this layout in the Vodacom Origins of Golf Tour.
Lucas Thwala and Hleza Mofedi, who have battled for some time to find a place in the Orlando Pirates line-up, have received call-ups to join the Bafana Bafana squad for next month’s 12-nation Concacaf Gold Cup tournament in the United States. A surprising line-up points to local clubs refusing to make their star players available.
Thousands of 19th and 20th century books disappeared from France’s national library before it moved to a new location nine years ago, a library spokesperson said on Monday. National Library of France officials said they discovered about 30 000 books and documents were missing during an inventory in the mid-1990s.
The man who illegally processed cash for the Democratic Alliance that may have come from now-jailed fraudster Jurgen Harksen has been appointed the party’s provincial director in the Western Cape. Erik Marais paid a R10Â 000 fine in 2003 for violating foreign exchange regulations after his role was exposed in hearings of the Desai commission of inquiry.
Zimbabwe has freed from jail an outspoken white opposition lawmaker, Roy Bennett, who was serving a one-year jail sentence for shoving a minister to the ground, his lawyer said. ”He has been released. He was freed some 20 minutes ago,” said lawyer Beatrice Mtetwa.
South African electricity utility Eskom on Tuesday reported net profit after tax of R5,2-billion for the 15 months ended March 2005, compared with R3,4-billion for the 12 months ended December 2003. Eskom attributed the strong performance to increased demand and improved efficiencies. Costs were also well contained, it said.
Sweden’s Volvo, the world’s second biggest truck maker, on Tuesday said that its board had decided to close its Gaborone production plant in Botswana and open a new plant in Durban, South Africa. The company said in a statement that the decision to close the Gaborone plant will affect around 82 people.
Steps will be taken to boost the government’s ability to execute growth and development strategies, Trade and Industry Minister Mandisi Mpahlwa said on Monday. ”We need to focus on the ability to implement,” he told reporters in Pretoria.