LUKE BAKER, Johannesburg | Tuesday 3.30pm. DIMENSION Data, the country’s leading IT group, is expected to win government approval for a primary London listing “imminently”, its chairman said on Tuesday.

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Cape Town | Tuessday 1.00pm. THE President of the South African Hockey Association, Claire Digby, has left for Rio de Janeiro to assist the embattled South African men’s hockey team to find a berth at the Sydney Olympics. The team’s plight will be heard on Wednesday when the International Olympic Committee meets to […]

THE main rebel group in the Democratic Republic of Congo on Sunday denied reports from a Rome-based missionary news agency that its forces took part in an alleged massacre of around 300 civilians. Misna, the news agency, “has always falsely accused the Congolese Rally for Democracy. There was no massacre,” the movement’s military leader and […]

ESKOM, the state owned electricity supplier, plans to invest more than R7 billion in projects in other African countries over the next five years. More than R4.2 billion of this would be in new projects, R1,8 billion in equity investments and R1 billion in the rehabilitation of existing projects, Public Enterprises Minister Jeff Radebe said […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Tuesday 1.00pm. A NEW survey of the hotel industry shows that hotel occupancy rates declined throughout South Africa last year, with only Mpumalanga showing a growth of 2,7%. The South African edition of the annual Arthur Andersen Hotel Industry Benchmark Survey covers 185 hotels nationwide. Hardest hit were the three-star hotels […]

ALAN FINLAY, Johannesburg | Monday 2.30pm. A BULLISH gold price was jolted slightly on Tuesday, after the Bank of England’s sale of 25 tons of the yellow metal at a price of $275,25 an ounce. Bullion was trading below the sale price by late afternoon, having shaved off the gains it made ahead of the […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, London | Tuesday 5.30pm. BRITAIN will release stocks of light weapons and ammunition to Sierra Leone’s army in response to a request by its government. British Defence Secretary Geoff Hoon told parliament on Tuesday that British officers will also lead an international team of military advisers to provide long-term training for President Ahmad […]

ALLAN SECCOMBE, Johannesburg | Tuesday 3.40pm. PUBLIC sector workers and the government on Tuesday began talks on a new wage deal which economists say could increase inflationary pressures if the unions’ demands are met. The government has offered a five percent increase, but the unions want between nine and 16%. The talks between the government […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Addis Ababa | Tuesday 2.00pm. ETHIOPIAN and Eritrean forces pounded each other on the key central front of their border war even as diplomatic efforts to stop the fighting gathered pace. Both sides said fighting erupted early on Tuesday in the morning on the central Zalambessa front, where thousands of troops are lined […]

GHANA’s Environmental Protection Agency has given 20 industrial firms 30 days to reduce pollution levels or face prosecution. The firms include food, textile and oil companies. The EPA has asked the firms to submit plans on reducing their industrial effluent because it says their waste generation and discharge is beyond the approved threshold.