POSTS, Telecommunications and Broadcasting Minister Jay Naidoo announced on Monday the four foreign groups shortlisted for a management partnership with the state-owned post office. Naidoo told Parliament South Africa has asked Canada Post, Deutsche Post, France’s La Poste and a joint venture between New Zealand Post and Britain’s Royal Mail to submit further proposals. Final […]

SOUTH Africa and Pakistan agreed on Tuesday to share science and technology information by exchanging scientists, researchers and scholars. Roger Jardine, the director general in the Department of Arts, Culture, Science and Technology, signed the agreement with Pakistani foreign affairs secretary Shamshad Ahmad in Pretoria. Jardine said on Tuesday that the two nations will jointly […]

THE South African Police Union threatened on Tuesday to create its own pension fund after government said it is to slash its contribution to the government employees’ pension fund from 17% to 15%. Sapu national negotiator, Andy Miller, demanded that the government pay out Sapu contributions to the government pension fund so that the union […]

AFRICAN trade with the United States last year counted for less than 1% of US merchandise exports worldwide — an increase of less than 0,1% from 1997. Only 1,4% of US imports — including crude oil — came from the continent, down from 1,9% in 1997. , However, the US sourced 26% of its crude […]

MPUMALANGA’S roads department is considering privatising some of the province’s roads, said provincial roads MEC Jackson Mthembu on Tuesday. In his budget speech, Mthembu said discussions have been held with national and international companies interested in private public partnerships. He said one PPP option is for a private company to construct and maintain roads, at […]

SOUTH African Druggists Ltd (SAD) said on Wednesday that it has received a proposal from Fedsure Holdings and Aspen Healthcare who are to co-operate to make an offer for SAD’s ordinary shares. SAD also said that a separate, conditional offer from Aspen and a third company, Macmed Healthcare Ltd, has lapsed. The Fedsure/Aspen bid comes […]

ABOUT 100 people were killed when two rival Kenyan tribes fought during a cattle rustling raid in the north-western Turkana district last week, a local newspaper reported on Tuesday. The Daily Nation newspaper quoted Bishop Stephen Kewasis as saying that he counted the bullet-riddled bodies of 100 people at the scene of the fighting, which […]

BOWLS South Africa, which governs the sport, has announced an investigation into an on-pitch remark that sparked a walkout of Jewish bowlers from a Central Gauteng Bowling Association (CGBA) meeting on Monday night. The CGBA reduced a two-year suspension of Neil Carroll to a six-month ban suspended for a slur against a team mate. The […]

THE Zambian government flew journalists on Tuesday to the western town of Zambezi on the border with Angola to show that Zambia is not involved in arms deals with Unita rebels. Journalists inspected an airstrip in the area. The move follows repeated Angolan government accusations that the airstrip was being used by some top Zambian […]

THE South African Revenue Services said on Tuesday that it is exploring ways to speed up the prosecution of tax dodgers. Deputy commissioner of the revenue services, Pravin Gordhan, told the National Assembly’s finance committee that it is thinking of setting up special courts to prosecute people for tax offences — or establishing special facilities […]