The South African Allied Workers’ Union (Satawu) has threatened mass action to protest against the government’s plan to restructure ports operations, saying the move will result in massive job losses.
Already off the world radar because of the war in Iraq, Africa toppled further when World Trade Organisation (WTO) negotiators missed deadlines vital for the economic growth of the continent last week.
New Africa Investments Limited (Nail) should sell off its media interests and use the proceeds, together with its stockpile of R639-million, to pay off its shareholders.
Whiling away the afternoon on the laptop nestled into a comfy sofa in the corner of a coffee shop has a certain appeal. Settling into a yellow plastic chair in McDonald’s surrounded by screaming kids to write your great novel doesn’t have quite the same magic.
All this floor-crossing has the manne at the Dorsbult quite confused. In fact we spent so much time redrawing our colour-coded diagram of the National Assembly that Oom Krisjan had no time to remark on the movements last week.
Sir Alex Ferguson’s initial allegations of a rigged draw for the Champions League quarterfinals have become far easier to interpret. He was not so much lambasting the administrators as raging against the heavens.
Nobody could have imagined that Orlando Pirates would be knocked out in the early stages of the Absa Cup, even their opponents. Silver Stars co-director Larry Brookstone says: “We were flattered just to be on the same field with Pirates. This is a wonderful achievement in the history of the club.”
After not being given much chance in this column last week, Set Afire came home smoking in the Grade 1 Horse Chestnut Stakes at Turffontein, showing what a loss David Ferraris will be to the South African trainers’ ranks when he departs to pursue his career in Hong Kong.
Zimbabwe’s opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) is split over what action to take in the final showdown with President Robert Mugabe regarding the country’s economic and political crisis, official sources said this week.
If boxing could be likened to a meal, this weekend’s featherweight world title fight between Marco Antonio Barrera and Kevin Kelley would be a cordon bleu feast.