The Liberty Group said on Tuesday it believes the merger process with Capital Alliance provides the ideal opportunity to restructure the two businesses to obtain maximum synergies. The group has communicated some of its thinking on the proposed post-merger structure for the combined group.
Margaret Thatcher, the former British prime minister, has made a rare public appearance for her beloved Conservative Party — at a glitzy London lap-dancing club. Thatcher (79), toting her trademark handbag, turned up on Sunday at Stringfellow’s for a Tory fund-raising event ahead of the May 5 general election.
Placard-waving women protesting against the ”Talibanisation” of Pakistan demonstrated outside the national parliament yesterday after a mob attacked female runners. The attack has spurred worries about the growing influence of Islamic extremists.
Cape Town mayor Nomaindia Mfeketo complained on Tuesday that she has been the victim of racial profiling by immigration officers at the city’s international airport. She made the claim at the launch in Cape Town of the Department of Home Affairs’ immigration branch, an upgrading of what was previously only a chief directorate.
Authorities in Kenya are seeking -million in compensation from the Indian owners of an oil tanker that spilled 140 tonnes of crude into Mombasa harbour last week. Kenya’s National Environment Management Authority (Nema) asked the owners of the MV Ratna Shalini to pay 76-million shillings (-million) for the spill that forced a frantic clean-up effort.
A crowd of taxi drivers and operators besieged the Western Cape transport ministry building on Tuesday to protest against a proclamation closing several violence-wracked taxi routes. The proclamation, in effect since midnight on Monday, was issued by the provincial transport minister after months of shootings between rival taxi associations.
The South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) has submitted its response to the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa’s proposed licence conditions, saying it looks forward to working with the authority on the matter. The submission is part of a process to have the SABC comply with Broadcasting Act amendments.
Responding to the Department of Trade and Industry’s Budget vote on Tuesday in Parliament, the Democratic Alliance warned that while the economy has grown, its overall position has slid backwards. According to a recent survey, South Africa has slipped on an index of economic freedom from 53rd position last year to 56th this year.
Indonesia’s president said on Tuesday he had been told to slaughter 1 000 sheep to prevent a repeat of the disastrous quakes that have hit his country, but he rejected the advice as superstitious nonsense. ”I have received many SMSes which say: ‘Mr President, please slaughter 1 000 sheep’,” said Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono.
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Zimbabwe’s main opposition party said it will take its seats when the country’s new Parliament is inaugurated on Tuesday, despite branding the March 31 parliamentary polls as a massive fraud. ”Our parliamentarians will be there at Parliament today,” said a Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) spokesperson.