STRIKE POSTPONED A STRIKE planned by the Congress of South African Trade Unions to protest against the Basic Conditions of Employment Bill has been postponed to June 2 and replaced with lunchtime demonstrations. Cosatu acted after the Labour Appeal Court found the federation had not first discussed its objections to the Bill at meetings of […]
FRIDAY, 10.30AM RANDGOLD commercial director Brett Kebble is behind an attempt to set up SA’s first resource bank, a R1-billion venture intended to fund mining projects. Kebble is at present touting the plan to leading financiers. It is widely believed that the proposed mining bank is in anticipation of new black empowerment initiatives such as […]
FRIDAY, 10.30AM KWAZULU-NATAL-based food group Illovo Sugar has acquired 94,25% of Swaziland-based Lonrho Sugar for R13,90 a share in a R1,6-billion deal to create the biggest sugar producer in Africa. The bulk (R1,1-billion) of the deal will be financed by a new rights issue of 129,8-million Illovo shares at R8,50 each. CG Smith Foods, which […]
attention Jacquie Golding-Duffy THE new umbrella body for editors – the South African National Editors Forum (Sanef) – has quietly being taking strides towards addressing imbalances in the print, broadcasting and radio industries. Since its inception in October, four working groups have been created to tackle issues which have been identified as “needing urgent attention […]
Trout may be the favourite fish of South African anglers, but they are dangerous interlopers who wreak havoc on our ecosystems, argues Jim Cambray BETWEEN 1850 and 1950, there was a dramatic increase in the rate of animal extinctions, which coincided with European colonial expansion. Many alien plants and creatures were introduced to colonised territories, […]
Madikizela-Mandela has not delivered as leader of the ANC Women’s League in the past, and herrhetoric may presage the death of the organisation, writes Rhoda Kadalie THE re-election of Winnie Madikizela- Mandela as president of the African National Congress Women’s League is more a reflection of the weakness of the organisation than it is a […]
Kader Asmal has quietly lifted South Africa’s embargo on arms to Turkey, which has killed thousands and displaced millions of Kurds. Marion Edmunds reports SOUTH AFRICA has quietly lifted its embargo on arms sales to Turkey. Minister of Water and Forestry Affairs, Kader Asmal, who presides over regulation of government arms sales, said this week […]
ANC Jim Day AN African National Congress decision to back away from efforts to put Bushbuckridge in the Northern Province under the control of neighbouring Mpumalanga sparked the rioting that is rocking the area. The ANC decision, according to local residents, was taken at a meeting in the middle of last month attended by representatives […]
FRIDAY, 1.30PM ZIMBABWE’S industrial index registered a record one-day loss of 254 points on Thursday under selling pressure from small investors. Analysts said the pressure stemmed mainly from fears that treasury bill interest rates, which have been rising since the beginning of the week, could rise further than the 22.41% at Thursday’s daily auction session. […]
hoax Jack Mullen THERE are lots of ancient burial shrouds in existence today, but only one of them bears a body imprint. It is, of course, the shroud of Turin, which has been venerated for centuries by Christians who believe that the imprint is that of the crucified Jesus Christ. Undoubtedly one of the most […]