Skukuza | Wednesday A DEVASTATING bush fire whipped through South Africa’s Kruger National Park overnight, killing at least 19 people, among them three park rangers, an official said on Wednesday. Firefighters were still battling the blaze in the country’s premier game reserve Wednesday morning, but officials said it had been brought under control and the […]

SOUTH African financial services firm Old Mutual Plc have announced that Eric Anstee, Director and Chief Executive of Financial Services, had resigned from the board and the company. His responsibilities had been reassigned to Jim Sutcliff, present head of London-listed Old Mutual’s life businesses who will become CEO from November 1. Anstee joined Old Mutual […]

Johannesburg | Wednesday THE salary strike by state attorneys enters its third day on Wednesday with the Justice Department claiming it could do nothing to meet their demands. Justice representative Kaiser Kganyago said the department did not determine salaries and that the decision was made by the public service bargaining council. ”They declared a dispute […]

Pretoria | Wednesday CHEMICAL warfare expert Wouter Basson told the Pretoria High Court on Tuesday about a series of deadly gadgets — such as an umbrella which fired small ball missiles containing poison – that were tested on laboratory animals. However, he did not know if they were ever used on humans. Basson admitted that […]

SOUTH Africa’s diversified motor dealership and retail group McCarthy Retail Ltd said it had obtained shareholders’ approval to raise R870-million through a rights offer. About 67% of shareholders representing total shares in issue voted in favour of the offer, the group said in a statement. The rights offer had been underwritten by a consortium of […]

London, Harare | Wednesday ZIMBABWE will be allowed to attend next month’s Commonwealth summit in Australia, despite concerns about the ”harassment” of its people, Australian Foreign Minister Alexander Downer said on Tuesday. Concluding a two-day meeting of the Commonwealth Ministerial Action Group in London, ministers voiced their concerns that the situation under President Robert Mugabe […]

Cape Town | Wednesday ALLERGIES are on the increase in affluent western societies and environmental rather than genetic factors may be responsible. This is according to allergy specialist Professor Cas Motala, who recently became the first South African to be elected an international fellow of the prestigious American Academy of Allergy and Immunology (AAAI). Last […]