South African supermarket group Shoprite believes Africa is a viable growth opportunity and will be opening four new stores in Angola and five in Ghana during the next year.
Ninety-six percent of South African organisations rate information security as important to the success of their organisation, a survey by Ernst & Young has found.
Black men born in the United States in 2001 will have a one in three chance of going to prison during their lifetime if current trends continue, according to a report by the US justice department.
Europe’s dispute with America over genetically modified food escalated yesterday after Washington asked the World Trade Organisation (WTO) to force the EU to lift its five-year-old ban on new GM food products.
The Johannesburg High Court refused an appeal on Monday for the alteration of an eight year jail sentence against Johannesburg technician Howard Bachman (41) for trying to hire a hitman to murder his two-year-old illegitimate son, as well as his former lover.
A Nigerian man pleaded guilty to running an international investment scam that defrauded investors of more than ,1-million.
Following on the success of its Car-of-the-Year Polo 1.4 TDI, Volkswagen South Africa has launched a new Polo flagship in the form of the 1.9 TDI. The 1.9TDI produces 74kW at 4 000 rpm and a maximum torque output of 240Nm.
BMW has slotted a third model into its four cylinder K1200 motorcycle range. The new machine, designated the K1200 GT, offers better comfort and improved weather protection than the RS without gaining the bulk of the LT.
Thanks to the valuable credits earned by Toyota’s Corolla export program, the company’s now in a far better position to price its imports keenly, and the newly arrived RX300 is the first Lexus badged vehicle that can justifiably be called a bargain in South Africa. At R462 695 it’s not cheap, but it’s exquisitely built and a fair bit cheaper than the German opposition it’s taking a tilt at.
South Africa joined a dramatic international hunt for an Uruguayan fishing vessel yesterday which is believed to have illegally poached millions of pounds worth of rare Patagonian toothfish in Australian waters.