Johannesburg | Wednesday SOUTH African steel giant Iscor has welcomed the United States decision to exempt South Africa from three-year tariffs of up to 30% imposed on most US steel imports. The move, announced by George Bush to protect the US’s ailing steel industry, has provoked swift and angry international reaction. The European Union said […]
Cape Town | Thursday SOUTH Africa’s highly successful community water supply and sanitation programme has scooped first prize at the prestigious Water Globe Award in Linz, Austria. The prize a trophy and Euro 10 000 (about R100 000) in cash, was received by the department of water affairs and forestry on Wednesday evening at an […]
Windhoek | Thursday THE Council of Southern African Football Association (Cosafa) countries were not part of those African countries that were bribed to vote for Sepp Blatter as president of world soccer. Cosafa president Ismail Bhamjee said that as far as he was concerned, none of his member associations had taken money to help to […]
Jerusalem | Thursday THE Israeli army continued to pound the Palestinians with new air and ground attacks early on Thursday amid growing international concern that violence was spinning out of control in the Middle East and rare US criticism of Prime Minister Ariel Sharon’s policies. One Palestinian was killed and three others injured by a […]
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JANUARY’S foreign merchandise trade was likely to have been affected somewhat by the clearing of backlogs following industrial action at South Africa’s ports late last year, according to SCMB Securities. Previewing the release of South Africa’s external trade balance in Pretoria at 2pm on Thursday, SCMB Securities said that in December, imports fell by 25% […]
THE Russian equipment aboard Nasa’s Mars Odyssey space probe revealed large quantities of ice upon the red planet’s surface, Russian scientists said on Tuesday. The Hand instrument examined the Martian soil and revealed some 10-million square kilometres of ice underneath the planet’s south pole, head of Russia’s space research institute Igor Mitrofanov said as quoted […]
PEACE talks on the Democratic Republic of Congo resumed here Wednesday morning with a plenary session after rival parties resolved a dispute over representation. The first plenary session of the so-called Inter-Congolese dialogue finally opened eight days late, after rebels late Tuesday agreed to allow opposition politicians to take part in the process, said Congolese […]
Johannesburg | Tuesday A COURT application by the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (Icasa) against the legality of Telkom’s revised tariffs is to be heard in the Pretoria High Court on Tuesday. The matter was postponed on January 29 at the request of both parties. Telkom intended bringing its own application on Tuesday to […]
THE troubled Saambou bank could have a new owner by the March 20, SABC television news reported. It said three banks were currently going through the bank’s books with an interest to buy. Saambou curator John Louw wants to sell the bank in one piece. ”We have instituted a process for the disposal of the […]