Justin Arenstein In a clear attempt to be seen to be acting decisively, Mpumulanga Premier Mathews Phosa has appointed an independent private- sector commission of inquiry into the Motheo housing controversy. The commission, headed by Deloitte & Touche managing partner Hugh Dreyer, will use a team of experts from Deloitte & Touche and from auditing […]

THURSDAY, 10.30AM MPUMALANGA Premier Mathews Phosa has reacted swiftly to auditor-general Henri Kluever’s call for a commission of inqiry into the Motheo Rural Housing Scheme, announcing on Wednesday the appointment of a commission to be chaired by Deloitte & Touche MD Hugh Dreyer. Dreyer will assemble a team to investigate any possible misrepresentation made during […]

THURSDAY, 1.30PM THE International Monetary Fund (IMF) has put a question mark next to South Africa’s economic growth prospects in its latest World Economic Outlook report. The IMF is sticking to its May projection that SA’s gross domestic product growth will fall to 2,2% this financial year. The latest report was released at the opening […]

THURSDAY, 1.15PM: SPRINGBOKS Andre Joubert, Bary Teichmann, Henry Honniball and Mark Andrews have been included in the Natal rugby squad to face Eastern Province in the Bankfin Currie Cup match in Port Elizabeth on Sunday. Andrews and Honiball have recovered from injury and will replace John Slade and David Knox respectively. Springbok centre FA Meiring, […]

THURSDAY, 1.30PM TELKOM stands to lose more than a bilion rand in telecommunications infrastructure and equipment if doubts about its choice of wireless network technology for under-serviced areas are correct, industry experts say. Analysts estimate the telecoms parastatal could lose R1,4-billion if it chooses digital enhanced cordless telecommunications (DECT) over code division multiple access technology […]

THURSDAY, 1.15PM: US OPEN champion Ernie Els, US PGA champion Davis Love and British Open champion Justin Leonard are the three major winners among the 10 players who have accepted the invitations so far to play in the 12-man Nedbank Million Dollar golf challenge at the Gary Player Country Club course at Sun City, from […]

THURSDAY, 4.00PM The tuberculosis epidemic in South Africa is among the world’s worst, according to Health Minister Nkosazana Zuma, and unless TB sufferers are educated to take their treatment in full, the disease will not be controlled. “Everyone should know that TB can be completely cured in almost all cases by taking a complete course […]

THURSDAY, 1.15PM: NATIONAL soccer coach Clive Barker has reached a compromise with the South African Football Association (Safa) over his wage demands and has signed a R50 000-a-month contract to take Bafana Bafana through the World Cup finals in France next June. After the meeting with Safa on Wednesday, Barker said he is happy that […]

THURSDAY, 1.15PM: US Open champion and South Africa’s Ernie Els is likely to win the World Matchplay title for the fourth time next month after three of this year’s major winners did not accept invitations to play in the 12-player field in England. Masters Champion Tiger Woods of America, British Open winner Justin Leonard and […]