MALBAK, the packaging group owned by Rembrandt, has annuonced that it has bought Low & Bonar, the second biggest carton converter in the UK. According to the Business Report the deal is worth 80-million. Malbak said that the acquisition is in line with its strategy of focusing on folding cartons in the UK and Europe. […]
NATIONAL water affairs and forestry minister Ronnie Kasrils will be tackled next Tuesday over the unresolved problem of squatters in the sensitive Dukuduku Forest near St Lucia. KwaZulu-Natal’s agriculture and environment MEC, Narend Singh, said on Wednesday that he would personally meet with the minister to find out why the matter had not been settled. […]
DIMENSION Data, South Africa’s biggest IT group, has bought the leading US network integration company Integrated Systems Group for $70-million. The group said the acquisition gives it instant credibility in the highly competitive New York market. The deal is effective from June and subject to certain conditions will be sealed with an immediate $35-million cash […]
THE Canterbury Crusaders on Thursday named the side that will defend their Super 12 title at this weekend’s final against the ACT Brumbies at Canberra’s Bruce Stadium. Scrumhalf Justin Marshall remains sidelined by a calf injury and he will again be replaced by newcomer Ben Hurst, who made a fine Super 12 debut during last […]
THE Post Office said on Thursday that it is setting up a pilot project that aims to sell postage stamps over the internet. It is hoped the project will be up and running by the end of the year. All the consumer will need is a computer, a printer and an internet connection to buy […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Cape Town | Thursday 1.25pm. WORLD Cup-winning halfback pair George Gregan and Stephen Larkham, along with rugby league convert Andrew Walker at fullback, hold the key to the ACT Brumbies breaking New Zealand’s hold on Super 12 title on Saturday. The Brumbies, in their first final since losing the 1997 final to the […]
MORE than 150 people were killed in the clashes that erupted between Muslims and Christians in the northern Nigerian city of Kaduna at the start of this week. The toll has risen past 150 with dozens of bodies observed in hospital morgues and on the streets in the two main riot-affected areas in the south […]
NICOLE MORDANT, Johannesburg | Thursday 1.20pm. THE country’s competition watchdog has opposed Nedcor’s hostile bid for rival Stanbic in its report to the central bank, an senior competition source said on Thursday. ”The commission has reasoned against the transaction on grounds that it could impede competition in the banking industry… One area of concern is […]
KIERAN MURRAY, Addis Ababa | Thursday 4.30pm. ETHIOPIA declared a decisive victory in its border war against Eritrea on Thursday after Eritrea’s government agreed to withdraw from the territories it occupied at the start of fighting two years ago. Ethiopia’s government said its army has routed enemy positions on the central front of the war […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Cape Town | Thursday 11.00am FORMER South African cricket coach Bob Woolmer said Ashley Mallett has been ”grossly unfair” in casting doubts over the integrity of the South African cricket team. Mallett, an ex-Australian Test off-spinner who was an adviser to the South Africans during their tour of Australia in 1997-98, said on […]