The National Union Of Metalworkers (Num) Eskom Shop Steward Council, which met over the weekend to review the wage talks at electricity utility Eskom, unanimously agreed on demands for a 12% wage increase, as opposed to Eskom’s offer of 9%.
Corbis Corporation, a photography-archiving company owned by billionaire Bill Gates, filed a federal lawsuit against Amazon.com and several partners, alleging copyright infringement.
Scientists and researchers from both sides of the Atlantic converged on Cape Town on Tuesday for the start of a three-day conference looking at commonalties in the drug abuse problem in the United States and southern Africa.
After its brief correction on Monday afternoon, the South African rand resumed its trend firmer on Tuesday morning helped by exporter dollar sales. A firmer euro overnight also helped the rand, currency traders said.
Paul Bremer, the 61-year old former diplomat and counter-terrorism expert who is now the most powerful man in Iraq, looked every inch the politician on the campaign trail. Which in a sense he is.
The provisional Afghan government revealed yesterday that widespread lawlessness might force postponement of the general election due next June.
The official opposition Democratic Alliance (DA) has launched a web based campaign calling for the firing of South African Health Minister Manto Tshabalala-Msimang.
<b>Not quite the movie of the week: </b> <i>Charlie’s Angels: Full Throttle</i> suffers from sequel syndrome, writes Shaun de Waal.
Katharine Hepburn was an actress of substance whose intelligence and rootedness in true American values set her apart from other Hollywood icons, writes David Thomson.
Those who have proof of irregularities in South Africa’s controversial arms deal should bring this before Parliament’s standing committee on public accounts (Scopa), the New National Party said on Tuesday.