ZAMBIAN opposition leader Akashambata Mbikusita-Lewanika has asked South Africa to give political asylum to Barotse Patriotic Front president, Imasiku Mutangelwa. Mutangelwa fled to the Lusaka residence of South African High Commissioner last Friday night, after being summoned to police headquarters following a statement in which he expressed BPF support for separatists in Namibia’s Caprivi Strip […]
OLD Mutual Properties (OMP) has been appointed as leasing and management consultants for the retail element of a R15-billion entertainment complex outside of Cairo, the firm said in a statement on Wednesday. The project, described by Ian Watt, managing director of Old Mutual Properties, as the “Pyramids meet DisneyWorld”, is under construction about eight kilometres […]
NIGERIAN sports officials on Tuesday announced Lagos and Kano as the two Nigerian cities to host matches in next year’s African Nations Cup, to be co-hosted with Ghana. The National Stadium, Lagos, and the Sani Abacha Stadium, Kano, will be the venue for the matches played in Nigeria, with the final to be played in […]
MPUMALANGA unveiled 12 new tourism and agricultural projects worth over R132-million on State land on Wednesday as part of a new drive to lure foreign investment to the province. Mpumalanga economic affair MEC Jacob Mabena unveiled the plans at a briefing, including transforming an old army base at the world famous Bourkes Luck Potholes near […]
IN a bid to curb child labour and encourage children to remain longer at school, the government of Malawi is considering raising the minimum age of legal employment from 12 to 14. The government says is looking into the issue with the help of the International Labour Organisation. Despite the introduction of free primary education […]
A report by the justice department’s policy unit into more effective ways in which South Africa’s courts, at all levels, can operate, is expected to be handed to Justice Minister Penuell Maduna in the next few days, his spokesman, Paul Setsetse, said on Wednesday. Maduna ordered the probe after he and four other cabinet ministers […]
LISTED telecoms firm Spescom, through its empowerment arm Leseding Investments, has won a Telkom tender worth R30-million or more over two years. The firm will supply Telkom with terminal adapters for its integrated services digital network (ISDN). The company said on Wednesday that this is part of Telkom’s rollout of new ISDN lines throughout Southern […]
SOUTH Africa’s largest retail bank, Absa, said on Wednesday that it will seek shareholder approval to buy back its own shares, but stressed that it has no immediate plans to execute such a scheme. A change in South African law earlier this year allows companies to purchase their own shares, provided they have the necessary […]
THREE black pupils in a tour group from an exclusive English public school were barred from a Dundee nightclub in northern KwaZulu-Natal this week. The bouncer let in the rest of the group of 36 pupils, but told the black students: “You can’t enter because you don’t have membership cards.” None of the other scholars […]
PHILLIP NKOSI, Middleburg | Thursday 10.00am. THE month-long strike at Columbus Stainless steel company in Middelburg was called off on Wednesday in a deal with the National Union of Metalworkers of SA. Columbus said Numsa accepted a two-year agreement for a 7,3% increase across the board, plus 0,3% based on individual performance for this year. […]