THE South African Police Service is to host Interpol’s 15th African law enforcement conference in Cape Town from next Monday. The biannual conference, held for the first time in Africa, will be attended by African police chiefs and Interpol president Toshinori Kanemoto of Japan, as well as delegates from Australia, Chile, France, Germany, Japan and […]

AGREEMENTS worth R635-million in European Union funding for South Africa were signed on Tuesday. Deputy Finance Minister Gill Marcus and EU Ambassador Michael Laidler, Head of the Delegation of the European Commission in South Africa, took part in the signing ceremony at the Union Buildings in Pretoria. The agreements focus on capacity-building in the areas […]

POLITICAL parties have called for an explanation about allegations of reckless driving against the three-car convoy of Safety and Security Minister Sydney Mufamadi. Mufamadi’s convoy was stopped twice within five kilometres on the N1 Highway north of Pretoria on Monday afternoon, The Citizen reports on Wednesday. Police said traffic officials pulled off two vehicles in […]

DR WOUTER Basson, head of SA’s chemical and biological warfare programme, will be suspended from his position at the Number One Military Hospital in Pretoria, reprts the Sowetan. Following Basson’s indictment in Pretoria High Court, SANDF Chief of Staff Siphiwe Nyanda has ordered the suspension. Basson is expected to formally receive notification in the next […]

KWAZULU-NATAL’S ruling Inkatha Freedom Party on Tuesday voted in favour of removing the African National Congress’ Bheki Cele from the chairmanship of the provincial portfolio committee on safety and security. In a statement the IFP defended its decision saying: “In the interests of good governance and better relations between parliament (the legislature) and the executive, […]

SOUTH African Airways on Tuesday announced the sale of its in-flight sales business to tourism and travel services company Tourvest for R100-million plus stock. The agreement will give Tourvest the rights to the business for up to 20 years, and include the payment of an annual royalty to SAA for the duration of the contract. […]

A GROUP of protesting youths have seized oil facilities in Nigeria’s Niger delta, disrupting production in the area. It is not certain how many barrels of crude are lost to the disruption reported on Wednesday. The youths from 61 communities on Monday night stormed oil installations belonging to Anglo-dutch oil group Shell and Italy’s Agip, […]

PLATINUM futures prices fell sharply on Tuesday on the New York Mercantile Exchange amid a perception that South African production is rising and will offset a four-month delay in shipments of the metal from Russia. Platinum tumbled as the dollar strengthened against the rand. Since platinum is sold for dollars, there is an incentive to […]

STEEL and mining firm Iscor said on Wednesday that it has sold its international exploration activities to Australia’s Africawest Gold. Iscor’s gold exploration licences in Tanzania, Uganda, Kazakhstan and South Pacific will be exchanged for over 50% of the issued share capital of Africawest. In return, Iscor will receive right of first refusal on participation […]

MICHAEL METELITS, Johannesburg | Tuesday 3.00pm. THE Reserve Bank reported on Tuesday that its provisional gross gold and foreign exchange reserves to the end of last month were up marginally on the February figure. In a statement issued in Pretoria, the Bank said the provisional gross gold and foreign exchange reserves amounted to R32,9-billion at […]