MONDAY, 1.00PM SPOORNET, the railways division of transport parastatal Transnet, has a bought 20% stake in Interferrea, a Brazilian-owned transport consortium. The deal is the first step towards Spoornet’s goal of entering joint venture opportunities in South America, the Far East and Africa. According to Spoornet executive director Mafike Mkwanazi, Interferrea recently acquired the Brazilian […]
MONDAY, 3.30PM ARMS manufacturer Denel on Monday confirmed the resignation of MD Johan Alberts. In a statement in Pretoria, the group said: “The Minister for Public Enterprises, Ms Stella Sigcau, has accepted Mr Alberts’s request to be relieved of his responsibilities at the Denel Group.” Although the group did not give reasons for Alberts’s resignation, […]
MONDAY, 2.30PM: SOUTH African Football Association general manager Dennis Mumble said Safa is surprised at reports that Four Nations Tournament sponsor Foodcorp has withdrawn its R7-million backing of the competition. Mumble expressed his disappointment that “Awesome Sports International did not make us aware of this development”. He said Safa only learnt of the issue over […]
MONDAY, 5.00PM DEMOCRATIC Republic of the Congo President Laurent Kabila arrived in the Namibian capital Windhoek on Monday morning for a two-day official visit, during which a major Windhoek street will be named after him. Kabila, on his second official visit to an African state since he took power in May, was due to hold […]
MONDAY, 1.00PM THE Labour Court has acted decisively against labour consultants hoping to represent employees before the court of the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration by masquerading as unionists or officials of employer organisations. The Labour Relations Act prevents labour consultants from appearing in the Labout Court or CCMA, specifying that parties can only […]
MONDAY, 11.30AM: ALL Blacks coach John Hart added three new players to the 23-member squad to play against South Africa in a tri-nations match on Saturday July 19 at Ellis Park stadium in Johannesburg. Mark Cooksley, Canterbury Crusaders’ captain Todd Blackadder and Jon Preston were added to the squad. Preston was recalled to the squad […]
NO CERTIFICATES GAUTENG’s 1996 matriculants are still without certificates because issuing of the certificates was scheduled for after the supplementary examinations. Only 62 000 of the 79 000 matriculants have certificates. Gauteng education MEC Mary Metcalfe said because some candidates have been involved in irregularities, certificates are being re-checked. HEADLINE HERE THE Australian Deputy Prime […]
Ferial Haffajee GOVERNMENT has begun to reap the benefits of the new Labour Relations Act, with disputes increasingly being institutionalised. This has meant less action on the streets. Andrew Levy & Associates says strikes for the first half of the year dropped by more than a third compared with same period last year. Consultant Gavin […]
BP is using a secretive security firm to guard its oil rigs and staff in a `red zone’, report Michael Sean Gillard and Melissa Jones in Casanare, Colombia EVER since the giant British Petroleum company (BP) arrived in the Andean foothills of eastern Colombia eight years ago, its security operation there has been shrouded in […]
FRIDAY, 4.00PM THE North-West province government on Friday announced stringent austerity measures to be instituted with immediate effect in an attempt to reduce provincial and national debt and address developmental backlogs in the province. Included in the measures, announced in Mafikeng by acting premier Zacharia Pitso Tolo, is a ban on new vehicle and equipment […]