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/ 18 September 2003
Chevrolet has returned to SA. But don’t start clearing space in the garage for a fleet of Corvettes and similar exotics yet. The cars sold as Chevrolets in this country will be sourced and imported from South Korea and Australia, and will in fact be Holden and Daewoo products. Is this a wise move? We think not.
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/ 18 September 2003
Democratic Alliance leader Tony Leon has told an audience in London that he would oppose the Electoral Laws Amendment Bill in its current form as it disenfranchised South Africans abroad. He added that in 1994 South Africa made a special effort to enable overseas citizens to vote.
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/ 18 September 2003
Minister of Finance Trevor Manuel has announced the extension, by a year, of the deadline for the evaluation of second properties in terms of the capital gains tax legislation to September 30 2004. He said that there was a shortage of evaluators in South Africa and the government had acceded to requests for an extension.
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/ 18 September 2003
The annual meetings of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund, which began in Dubai on Wednesday, would take on a new dynamic as a result of the collapse of the World Trade Organisation talks at Cancun last week, says South African Minister of Finance Trevor Manuel.
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/ 18 September 2003
After a lengthy and charged debate, Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) members have agreed not to stop their colleagues, whose organisations owe Cosatu millions of rands, from occupying national office positions within the labour movement.
<li><a class=’standardtextsmall’ href="http://www.mg.co.za/Content/l3.asp?ao=20666">Cosatu again calls for free education</a>
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/ 18 September 2003
With the arrival of Ford’s stunning new Super Cab concept, the Blue Oval has thrown down a very determined gauntlet in the struggle for market share. Add the muscular new 154 kW four litre V6 engine that’s just hove over the horizon as an option for the double cab and Super Cab models, and sharp punters will be placing their bets on a drastic reshuffling of the pecking order in terms of bakkie sales dominance.
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/ 18 September 2003
After handing billions to rich Americans through tax cuts, the Bush administration is passing the begging bowl around, asking for contributions from other countries to help to pay for the Iraq war. Meanwhile, the US trade deficit is mounting. The world’s richest country borrows more than a billion dollars a day.
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/ 18 September 2003
It was like a scene from the apartheid era’s liquor and pass raids. Government officials swooped down on Hillbrow in Johannesburg, sending many a grown man running into the night, as street vendors hastily packed up their wares and fled the scene. Most of those arrested were illegal immigrants.
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/ 18 September 2003
A remorseful Islamic teacher who planted the deadliest bomb in the Bali nightclub attacks is expected to escape the death penalty in Indonesia. Prosecutors have demanded a 20-year prison term for Ali Imron, who parked the van containing the main bomb used in last October’s terrorist attacks.
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/ 18 September 2003
Officials have announced new measures to bolster security at Argentina’s soccer stadiums, nearly a week after play in the country’s professional leagues was suspended because of fan violence. The government said it was creating a special prosecutor’s unit to investigate sports-related crimes.