A JOHANNESBURG businessman charged with theft in Zambia was released on Wednesday after almost 40 days in a Lusaka jail, following a High Court ruling that he had been wrongfully detained as an illegal immigrant. The Star reports on Thursday that Kieran James Haldenby (32) was arrested in Lusaka on July 4. He and three […]
PHILLIP NKOSI, Middelburg | Thursday 10.00am ANGLO Coal upped its wage offer by 0,5% on Wednesday in an attempt to end a five-day strike by 9000 National Union of Mineworkers members in Mpumalanga. NUM provincial chairman, Crosby Moni, said on Wednesday night that Anglo Coal increased its wage increase offer from 7,5% to 8% during […]
THE ANC will not comment on the future of its embattled Mpumalanga premier until a special team of attorneys has studied Public Protector Selby Baqwa’s damning ‘lies’ report. The report, released on Wednesday, slams Premier Ndaweni Mahlangu for telling journalists in June that it was acceptable for politicians to lie to the public in certain […]
THE criteria and procedures for registration of tertiary education institutions are to be reviewed in the next few months, Education Minister Kader Asmal said on Thursday. He is committed to the development of a public higher education system that is on a par with the best in the world, he said at a career fair […]
BANKS can now bid for for the mortgage bond business of homebuyers and homeowners using a specialised web site, it was announced Tuesday. At BondNet, consumers can call for bids for new mortgage bonds, second bonds, as well as switch their existing mortgage bonds to an institution which offers better terms and or interest rates. […]
BRONWEN ROBERTS, Johannesburg | Thursday 9.45am THE Pretoria High Court on Wednesday ordered the state to return assets seized from the mastermind of apartheid South Africa’s sinister bio-chemical warfare programme, Wouter Basson. The assets — including a company in the United States, homes in the United Kingdom and Pretoria and money in foreign bank accounts […]
THE Congress of SA Trade Unions on Tuesday welcomed plans by South Africa’s new Reserve Bank Governor Tito Mboweni to consult organised labour and business on monetary policy. Mboweni announced his plans on Tuesday in his first address to the Bank’s annual general meeting since taking office earlier this month. Cosatu said Mboweni’s pledge to […]
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THE Currie Cup log after the matches played on the weekend of August 20 to 22. Free State 12 10 2 0 504 268 47 Lions 12 10 2 0 430 239 47 Natal 12 9 3 0 404 257 46 SW Districts 12 9 3 0 450 268 45 Blue Bulls 12 7 4 […]
PRESIDENT Thabo Mbeki arrived in Keetmanshoop in Namibia on Wednesday morning for the commissioning of a multi-million rand electricity transmission project between South Africa and Namibia. He was received by his Namibian counterpart Sam Nujoma on arrival at the site of the Kokerboom 400 kilowatt substation, which will channel power between the two countries.