AN agreement between the SA Post Office and trade unions may clear the way for the retrenchment of between 2000 and 4000 employees. The details of the agreement were not released but SAPO said that it has identified a number of surplus workers who could not be dismissed in the past. The Post office signed […]
BOTSWANA is facing Zambia in Lusaka with an 18-man squad for the important Cosafa Castle Cup match. The squad is well-experienced, with more than half of the players having featured in previous Cosafa Cup competitions. The team includes prolific striker Diphethogo Selolwane, who scored twice against Swaziland on Sunday and also netted against South Africa […]
THE SA Telecommunications Regulatory Authority on Thursday opened the 072 and 073 telephone subscriber number ranges to Vodacom and MTN. Announcing its decision, Satra said that the new lines will alleviate a desperate need for additional cellular subscriber numbers. Initially only the 0721 and 0722 access codes will be open to Vodacom and the 0731 […]
ENGLISH Premiership side Chelsea have agreed to release Nigerian international Celestine Babayaro Thursday for a crucial Olympic qualifier at the weekend, Nigerian sports officials said. The London club have been in a tussle with the Nigerian Football Association over the release of Babayaro after he overstayed in Nigeria at the end of the African Cup […]
CONGO-BRAZZVILLE’S state-owned oil refinery (CORAF) has resumed production after a halt of almost four years due to delayed repairs, officials said on Thursday. The plant in the Central African country’s oil centre of Pointe-Noire is now refining 75 tons of crude an hour. The plant has a capacity of one million tons a year, but […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Wednesday 7.00pm STATE arms manufacturer Denel announced on Wednesday it has signed a tri-party agreement to become a strategic supply partner to BAE Systems — one of the world’s largest aerospace and defence companies — and Saab, northern Europe’s leading high-technology company. The agreement has the potential to generate more than […]
DIMENSION Data Holding (Didata) on Thursday announced that it is set to capture at least 15% of the networking market in the New England region of the United States. The deal sees Dimension Data take control of Data Comm Systems (DCS) Incorporated, a Boston-based company with an annual turnover of R200-million. This follows its acquisition […]
GOLD producer Durban Roodepoort Deep said on Thursday it is closely monitoring a cyanide spill in Papua New Guinea that involved its Australian takeover target Dome Resources. Johannesburg-based DRD owns 19,9% of Dome and is currently bidding for the remaining 80,1% it does not already own. A crate of deadly sodium cyanide pellets, suspended below […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Thursday 5.00pm. THE JSE continued its gains on Thursday, with a strong showing in the IT, financial and industrial sectors, finishing the day 0,71% or 57 points up. Dimension Data, which posted the most active shares by value on the day, had added R2,30 to its share price by midday. At […]
RAW sewerage flowing into Lake Victoria is threatening the health of 30-million people in East Africa. The British Airways Travel Clinic says travellers to the region should be extremely careful with the food and water they consume. Sewerage dumping increases the danger of cholera, typhoid and dysentery epidemics. The European Union banned the import of […]