THE Supreme Court of Appeal in Bloemfontein on Tuesday granted the Eikenhof three the right to have their case reopened. Siphiwe James Bholo, Sipho Samuel Gavin and Boy Titi Ndweni were convicted by Judge DJ Curlewis in the Heidelberg circuit court in 1994. They received death sentences for the murders of Mrs Zandra Mitchley, her […]

PLATINUM giant Impala Platinum (Implats) is well placed to benefit from rising platinum prices and internal cost controls, Implats CEO Steve Kearney said on Tuesday. The firm lifted platinum output 1% to 1,065-million ounces in the 12 months to June, with operating costs rising below the rate of inflation, by 4,3% to R2 471/oz. Costs […]

THE Internet Solution (IS) has sold its dial-up access division, Icon, to Vodacom World Online. The sale is effective from October 1 1999. In a statement sent to Icon subscribers IS claimed that Vodacom World Online is geared specifically for the consumer market, while IS’s key market focus has been and continues to be corporate. […]

THE long-awaited launch of electronic settlement on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange is on track for next month, the bourse said on Friday. Its president Russell Loubser announced the first leg of the Share Transactions Totally Electronic (Strate) project will go live at the end of September when two illiquid, as yet unnamed, shares will move […]

LAND Bank MD Helena Dolny has been exonerated on allegations corruption, racism and nepotism. The allegations were first made by former Land Bank board chairman Bonile Jack, in a report to the land affairs and agriculture now widely regarded as being motivated by sour grapes. Jack’s accusations were investigated by an independent commission of inquiry, […]

EMSIE FERRIERA, Johannesburg | Tuesday 8.30pm JUSTICE Minister Penuell Maduna on Tuesday emerged unbowed from an emergency meeting with President Thabo Mbeki where he was expected to be censured for a tirade against the country’s top judges. The minister on Monday launched a scathing attack on the Constitutional Court, the highest in the land, accusing […]

The Malawi army will for the first time recruit women into its ranks this year, the army commander said on Monday. Lieutenant-General Joseph Chimbayo said some 35 young women will be enlisted before the end of this year to join the 9,400-strong uniformed forces, including the police. Malawi’s military expenditure is 1.5% of the country’s […]

PETER DICKSON, East London | Wednesday 11.00m. CIVIL servants in the Eastern Cape are paying as little as R7,50 a month to rent state-owned houses. Eastern Cape legislators warned on Tuesday the state needs to charge market-related rentals for government properties to offset maintenance costs alone. The call follows the release by Bisho’s Public Works […]

ITALIAN airports operator Aeroporti di Roma (ADR) said on Friday it will consider increasing its stake in Airports Company South Africa once the group is listed. ADR’s managing director Gaetano Galia said ADR is helping ACSA develop aviation infrastructure before taking a decision on whether to buy further shares in ACSA. ”We’ll take the decision […]

FORMER President Nelson Mandela’s wife Graca Machel has declined an invitation by the cash-strapped University of Fort Hare to take up its chancellorship, forcing the postponement by more than a month of a special graduation ceremony that had been planned for next week. Machel was the only candidate selected by Fort Hare to succeed liberation […]