DANISH brewing giant Heineken has increased its stake in Nigerian Breweries to almost 37% and could be considering a full take-over, company officials said on Wednesday. A spokesman for Nigerian Breweries said the Danish concern now owns 36,34% of the Nigerian firm after purchasing the holding previously owned by Unilever. Nigerian Breweries chairman Felix Ohiwerei […]
Howard Barrell President Thabo Mbeki plumped for continuity and party loyalty over performance in the first big decision of his presidency: the choice of his Cabinet. He avoided any of the radical innovation urged on him by commentators, the business community and South Africa’s friends abroad, choosing by and large the old faces and mediocre […]
Ann Eveleth Before the 1994 elections, the African National Congress drew criticism from its opponents when it hinted that 16-year-old children should be allowed to vote. In those heady days of pre-liberation politics the youth flocked to the party’s campaign rallies and mobbed soon-to-be-president Nelson Mandela with the fervour of rock-star groupies. This year, those […]
Andy Capostagno Rugby Well, well, well. Win a Test 74-3, make seven changes and appoint a new captain. There are those who criticised Springbok coach Nick Mallet for being too conservative during his team’s assault on the record for successive Test wins. The same people may now be wondering whether an alien life form has […]
There are an astonishing number of satellite networks in existence. The following table focuses on most of the major networks offering or planning voice services in the next year. Global Star: n Operational October 1999 n 52 LEO Satellites (1 400km altitude), in eight planes. n 60 Ground stations planned. One at Hartbeesthoek in North-West. […]
Sarah Bullen A week is all the time Old Mutual policyholders have to notify the company if they are going to hold on to their free demutualisation shares, or sell them for an instant injection of cash. The decision has to be made by June 25. The three choices of those facing a windfall have […]
In some areas of Ethiopia, abducting and raping a woman is accepted as the customary way to find a wife, writes Nerma Jelacic Aberash Bekele was 14 when she was abducted by seven men in southern Ethiopia, taken to a remote hut and repeatedly beaten and raped by the gang’s leader. In rural Ethiopia this […]
THURSDAY, 11.30AM: THE government is scheduled to meet synthetic fuel producer Sasol this week, where it is expected to propose cutting its tariff protection in the synthetic fuel industry. Current low fuel prices have pushed the cost of maintaining the subsidies up to an astronomical R3-million a day. In terms of a formula agreed to […]
Howard Barrell Over a Barrel One of the more remarkable pieces of reportage on the election just past was a Sunday newspaper story early in the campaign, written without a hint of irony, about Musibudi Mangena, president of the Azanian People’s Organisation (Azapo). Mangena was saying, again without a hint of irony, that whereas other […]
Andrew Muchineripi Soccer Bafana Bafana fly to Luanda on Saturday with about as much relish as turkeys welcome December. I warned last week that the pride of our nation were tired and the evidence was there for all to see at Soccer City in midweek. Perhaps the sole consolation for a squad that will lack […]