Alex Dodd explores the similarities between Dark Continent and Lars von Trier’s Element of Crime.
THE National Association of Automobile Manufacturers of South Africa said on Sunday that vehicle sales for June have declined slightly, compared with the sales in the same period last year. The overall June sales stand at 24367 units sold, compared with 24657 units sold in May — a 1,2% decline. This is a 13,2% fall […]
DENIS BARNETT, Durban | Monday 1.00pm THE United States government’s Overseas Private Investment Corporation on Monday announced a $350-million fund for infrastructural development in sub-Saharan Africa. “We hope this will launch in this part of the world a tremendous infrastructure-building that will further attract foreign direct investment,” OPIC chief executive George Munoz told a press […]
AN unidentified Norwegian, employed by a South African mining group, booked into a luxury Pretoria hotel on Saturday, where he was killed in a massive bomb blast that completely gutted the room. Police say the 41-year-old man left notes for his family at his Pretoria home, hinting that the cause may have been suicide. The […]
PORTUGUESE finance minister Sousa Franco is scheduled to arrive in Maputo on Sunday for a four-day visit to discuss the country’s foreign debt and electricity tariffs charged by the Cabora Bassa Dam. Government officials said he would discuss a possible rescheduling of Mozambique’s debt to Portugal. Portugal has already rescheduled Mozambique’s debt four times to […]
SOUTH Africa and Australia on Thursday signed an agreement to avoid double taxation between the two countries, the Australian High Commission said. “The agreement prevents double taxation by allocating taxing rights between Australia and South Africa in respect of all forms of income flows between the two countries,” it said in a statement. This Is […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Canberra | Monday 2.00pm. NEW Zealand rugby officials may consider using minders to keep leading players out of trouble following a weekend nightclub incident in the Australian capital Canberra. New Zealand A team management on Monday confirmed three players — All Blacks Craig Innes, Carlos Spencer and Walter Little — were held briefly […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Glasgow | Monday 1.00pm. NAMIBIAN international Quinton Jacobs says he will keep his word to join lowly Partick Thistle, despite interest in the midfielder from Dutch giants Ajax and Belgian outfit Anderlecht. Jacobs, 20, is set for a debut in the Scottish League Cup tie against Alloa after refusing to go back on […]
THE Johannesburg Stock Exchange said that that four companies face suspension of their listings because they have not submitted financial statements within six months of their financial year ends. The companies are Karos Hotels Ltd, Marlin Corp Ltd, Marlin Holdings Ltd and Mhangura Copper Mines Ltd. The companies have until July 31 this year to […]
THE head of the military junta on Grande Comore and the leader of the separatists on the island of Anjouan pledged on Saturday to work together for peace.