Dual-listed South African telecommunications giant Telkom and the Communication Workers Union have signed a collective recognition agreement, in line with the commitment of both parties to foster a harmonious and constructive relationship going forward.
The JSE Securities Exchange (JSE) was off its best levels by midday on Tuesday, with players keeping a firm watch on the rand. By midday the all-share index was up 0,33%. Industrials and financials firmed 0,38% and 0,48% respectively, while the banks index was 0,27% better.
In the three years since the City of Johannesburg took the step of outsourcing its vehicle fleet, it has saved taxpayers R357-million and plans to save even more. The vehicle fleet has been outsourced to FleetAfrica, listed transport company Super Group’s fleet-management business.
The German government has provided €7,5-million (about R60-million) in funding for development in Cape Town’s poverty-stricken Khayelitsha township for social development purposes. This money is to be matched rand-for-rand by South Africa. This was announced by Cape Town mayor Nomaindia Mfeketo on Monday.
South Africa’s minister of agriculture and land affairs on Monday launched the country’s charter for the agricultural sector, which aims to eliminate racial discrimination from the entire agricultural value chain. The charter proposes making available an additional 20% of agricultural land to historically disadvantaged individuals and communities.
Two journalists and a human rights worker have been arrested and charged with human trafficking in mountainous north-eastern Cambodia while en route to investigate the plight of ethnic Montagnard people fleeing alleged persecution in Vietnam, their employers said on on Monday.
Bodies are piling up in Harare’s mortuaries, because relatives of the dead refuse to claim them. Most of these relatives cannot afford the cost of a funeral. While the city council has been giving paupers’ burials to the unclaimed bodies, it is now running out of burial space.
Two climbers marooned on a tiny ledge on a cliff face above Swellendam in the Western Cape were rescued in a daring airlift on Monday. The men, trapped on the ledge since Sunday, were physically fit when they were brought down, said rescue organiser Kevin Tromp of Wilderness Search and Rescue.
A South African delegation visiting Equatorial Guinea held talks with their counterparts in that country on Monday in an attempt to ensure a free and fair trial for eight alleged mercenaries. Foreign Affairs department spokesperson Ronnie Mamoepa they had agreed that the trial should be fair and that the men have access to lawyers.
Months after Ariel Sharon announced his dramatic plan to pull Jewish settlers out of Gaza, portraying it as a sacrifice for peace, the government is grabbing more land for West Bank settlements. Israeli peace groups and Palestinian officials say thousands of homes are under construction in the main settlements, in addition to an expansion of Jewish outposts that are illegal under Israeli law.