THE Johannesburg Stock Exchange will begin its move to relocate to its new building in Sandton from September 23 and expects to complete this by the end of the month. Along with many other of the country’s financial houses, the JSE is moving out of the Johannesburg city centre due to the high crime rate. […]

ELLIS MNYANDU, Johannesburg | Tuesday PLANS for a national strike remained in place despite strong expectations of progress in the wage talks between the 12 public sector unions and government. Thembela Khulu, a spokeswoman for the Department of Public Service and Administration, said the state is to meet unions for further talks to try to […]

SHELL South Africa has entered into a joint venture deal with a black-controlled petroleum group Tepco to supply aviation fuel at Cape Town International Airport. This is Thebe Petroleum Corporation’s (Tepco) first foray into supplying jet fuel. Thebe Investments owns 70% of Tepco. South African Airways (SAA) said it envisaged entering into a deal through […]

VIRGIN Atlantic Airways said it will launch a second London-Cape Town service using an Airbus Industrie A340 with effect from October 29. The new service which departs Heathrow at 1700 on Sundays and arrives at 0600 the next day will also allow cargo to be cleared and delivered on the Monday. Virgin Atlantic chairman, Richard […]

THE United States has imposed trade sanctions against Swaziland after months of haggling about industrial relations concerns, say the small southern African kingdom’s two main business organisations. The Federation of Swaziland Employers and the Swaziland Chamber of Commerce and Industry warned in a joint statement that the country’s strategic industries would be the worst hit […]

A DNA-based paternity test has proved that presidential spokesman Parks Mankahlana is the father of a nine-year-old Mpumalanga boy, the child’s attorney Vusi Ngobe said. Mankahlana previously publicly denied fathering the boy with Thalitha Mthethwa during a hearing at the KaBokweni Maintenance Court near White River in July, and refused to pay child support unless […]

POLICE have arrested six people in southern Tanzania on suspicion of cannibalism after they reportedly dug up the body of a child buried last week, a newspaper and radio have reported. The suspects were found with large chunks of human flesh, two pairs of shoes made of human skin, four sets of human skins and […]

DEVASTATING fires have claimed the lives of seven people and caused damage estimated at hundreds of thousands of rand in the eastern Free State and Johannesburg. Another fire which started in the southern Free State and spread to the northern areas of the Eastern Cape was brought under control without any reported injuries or fatalities. […]

SOUTH Africa lost another bid to host a world event when Slovakia was awarded the 2004 world gold panning championships. South African bid committee member Graham Dominy phoned from Zlotorya in Poland to say Slovakia won the bid by 33 votes to 22. The committee is now pinning its hopes on the five South Africans […]