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/ 25 July 2007

Improved performance from Denel

Defence parastatal Denel reduced its net loss from R1,363-billion to R549,1-million for the year to the end of March — a 60% improvement. This was achieved on the back of a 17,8% growth in revenue from R2,773-billion to R3,268-billion. Gross profit for the 12 months rose to R754-million — a 675% improvement on the previous year’s profit of R131,1-million.

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/ 30 January 2007

‘Organisations still do not understand tax risk’

With a rapidly and continuously changing tax environment and a heightened focus on sound corporate governance, South African companies are facing the necessity of dealing effectively with corporate risk of a new sort: managing tax risk. This includes effective tax planning for the best benefit of the organisation to avoid lost opportunities whilst ensuring full compliance with the law.

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/ 18 January 2007

Mittal to increase capacity at Vanderbijlpark

South African steel producer, Mittal Steel South Africa, says its R578-million relining of the Vanderbijlpark Blast Furnace D to increase capacity at the plant is scheduled to start in February 2007. This forms part of the company’s R8-billion capital expenditure programme to increase its production of liquid steel.

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/ 16 January 2007

Distell interim HEPS seen up

The Distell Group advised on Tuesday that basic earnings per share (HEPS) and headline earnings per share for the six months ended December will be between 55% and 65% higher than the corresponding reporting period of the previous year. This is largely attributable to an improvement in trading income and reduced financing costs, the group said.

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/ 3 October 2006

September new vehicle sales up 5,6%

South Africa’s auto sales edged up 5,6% during September at 57 617 units — an improvement of 3 057 units — compared to 54 560 new vehicles sold during the corresponding month last year, data released on Tuesday by the National Association of Automobile Manufacturers of South Africa showed.

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/ 28 June 2006

CPIX increase in line with expectations

The increase in South Africa’s consumer price index excluding mortgage rate changes (CPIX) for metro and other areas, which is used by the South African Reserve Bank for its inflation target, was up 4,1% year-on-year in May after a 3,7% y/y increase in April, Statistics South Africa said on Wednesday.

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/ 4 May 2006

Major correction at hand in metals

There were a number of worrying signs across the metals market that suggested that a significant correction was close at hand within the current longer term bull market, technical analysts for JP Morgan wrote on Thursday. "We suggest some profits are booked on any further strength," JP Morgan added.

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/ 26 April 2006

Telkom and union reach agreement

An agreement was formally concluded between Telkom and the Communication Workers Union (CWU) earlier on Wednesday, ending the industrial dispute between the two parties with immediate effect. Members of CWU had been engaged in industrial action since April 18 and the company exercised its rights by responding with a lockout of bargaining unit CWU members.