TRADE and investment between Mpumalanga and Britain will be boosted with the opening of a major British exhibition in Nelspruit next month. The exhibition will be opened by Nick Mclnnes, British consul-general, on July 6 at the Nelspruit civic centre. The exhibition is part of a three-year “partners in opportunity” campaign in South Africa, and […]
AFTER another storming performance for the Natal Sharks, this time at flyhalf, Andre Joubert’s class and experience could be the decisive element a stagnant Springbok backline needs. With incumbent Percy Montgomery playing well below his potential, , the “Rolls Royce of fullbacks” is fit and raring to go, and producing outstanding rugby.
SIX people died when a helicopter crashed a week ago in Angola including the Deputy Interior Minister Jeronimo Marcolino Ngongo and the deputy chief of police intelligence Baltazar Gourgel Ndombolo, the interior ministry said Wednesday. Their bodies, found on Monday in southwestern coastal province of Namibe, have been sent to Luanda. An unsuccessful search was […]
MICHAEL METELITS, Johannesburg | Wednesday 7.00pm. PRODUCER prices jumped sharply in May, rising by 6,0% on an annual basis in figures released by Statistics South Africa on Wednesday. The increase represented an increase of 1,1% over April’s figures. The figures showed imported crude oil as a major factor in driving producer prices upwards. Average prices […]
JUST days after President Thabo Mbeki announced that Swissair will acquire a 20% stake in South African Airways at a cost of $240-million, the government said moves are under way to privatise a further 20% of the national airline. Swissair last week won the bid, beating Germany’s Lufthansa with partner Singapore Airlines, American Airlines and […]
IN the wake of FirstRand’s recently completed bankng merger, Paul Harris was on Wednesday named as CEO of FirstRand Bank Ltd as FirstRand announced the appointment of the boards of FirstRand Bank Holdings and FirstRand Bank Ltd. Viv Bartlett assumes the position of deputy CEO. Effective July 1, the boards of the two companies are: […]
TUESDAY, 1.00PM: THE disappointing quality of the Northern Hemisphere rugby teams that have recently toured South Africa, New Zealand and Australia (Sanzar), has the three countries looking at new options for increasing the number of genuinely exciting fixtures on the rugby calendar. On July 15, the Sanzar countries will meet to discuss the problem and […]
The Standard Bank National Arts Festival had a proud history of turning South Africa’s division and conflict into a celebration of unity and diversity
A FINAL decision on where to construct the Epupa hydropower project is being delayed by the ongoing war in Angola which has prevented officials from Luanda attending a key meeting in Windhoek. Namibia and Angola are already at loggerheads over which site on the Kunene river to choose with the Angolans favouring a smaller dam […]
THE controversial Double Explosion soccer match between a World XI and the Premier Soccer League All Stars is off, SABC television news reported on Wednesday. The broadcaster said overseas players — the likes of Maradonna were to have played — had a change of heart because former President Nelson Mandela woill not be at the […]