This is how the Virginia Regional Court apportioned fines arising from the Merriespruit slimes dam disaster: l Harmony Gold Mine: R120 000 l Former Harmony manager Dan Jordaan: R15 000 l Harmony metallurgical engineer Johan Mouton: R8 000 l Harmony plant superintendent Wayne Hatton- Jones: R8 000 l Engineering company Fraser Alexander: R150 000 l […]

economists Lynda Loxton Finance department officials this week warned against the growing temptation in some circles to deal with the inability of the economy to create enough new jobs by increasing the Budget deficit. Deputy director general Maria Ramos and special adviser Charles Stride were joined by leading economist Edward Osborne of Edey Rogers in […]

Amichand Rajbansi, the much-pilloried leader of the Minority Front, is back in the political limelight and being hailed as a saviour, writes Ann Eveleth ‘Bengal Tiger” Amichand Rajbansi played the key role in securing KwaZulu-Natal’s Constitution last week. Walking out of the parliamentary chamber in Pietermaritzburg last Friday morning, bleary-eyed after the 24-hour negotiations which […]

Secret discussions between King Mswati III and Nelson Mandela have left diplomats pondering the details of a policy they are to implement, reports Stefaans Brummer PRESIDENT Nelson Mandela is playing his cards in the Swaziland democratisation game close to his chest — so close, in fact, that Foreign Minister Alfred Nzo and South Africa’s Foreign […]

By negotiating forward cover, Eskom’s foreign loans cost it nothing, but they do cost the taxpayer, reports Simon Segal Eskom’s second samurai bond, a R550-million five-year issue, is expected to reflect an improved credit rating for Eskom and, by implication, South African borrowers in general. The loan is expected to be priced at 50 to […]

Runners hoping to win Saturday’s world cross coutry championships will have to contend with the formidable Kenyans, running as a team CROSS COUNTRY: Julian Drew IF YOU are not Kenyan and you want to win the world cross country championships, you not only need to be the best middle distance runner in the world, you […]

With regard to the matter of Mandela vs Mandela, there is a degree of angst being suffered by some of our colleagues in the press: anxious hand-wringing over the question as to whether the media had the “right” to stick its collective nose into the matrimonial affairs of the president. Press freedom is very well, […]

Those responsible for the Merriespruit slimes dam disaster have been fined … a pittance. Bronwen Jones and Justin Pearce report Harmony Gold Mine, found guilty of culpable homicide in the Merriespruit slimes dam disaster, is to pay a fine equivalent to one fifth of one percent of the mine’s post-tax profits for last year. The […]

Bullied by defence lawyers and still loyal to many of the high-ranking accused, Malan trial witness JP Opperman is going through hell on earth in court, writes Eddie Koch THERE is a courtroom axiom that says the cross-examiner who relies on intimidation instead of intellect probably lacks the factual information to expose flaws in the […]

Once ashamed of being dubbed a ‘bush college’, Fort Hare University now regards it as a compliment as it turns its back on the Ivy League model. Adrienne Carlisle visited the campus On the small campus and impressive grounds of Fort Hare University, it is difficult to envisage that the institution is facing desperate financial […]