Absa group chief executive Maria Ramos has been recognised as the Outstanding Businesswoman of the Year at the African Business Awards 2009.
If Africa is capable of delivering the 2010 World Cup, it is also capable of building schools and clinics, Absa CEO Maria Ramos said on Friday.
Global recessionary conditions are worse than had been anticipated, Absa’s CEO Maria Ramos said on Tuesday.
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/ 28 January 2009
Maria Ramos, chief executive of Transnet, said on Wednesday she sees the tough time for the global economy lasting 18 to 24 months.
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/ 24 December 2008
Finance Minister Trevor Manuel and his long-time sweetheart Maria Ramos are to tie the knot this weekend, a media report said on Wednesday.
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/ 21 November 2008
Banking group Absa announced on Friday that exiting Transnet boss Maria Ramos is to take over as CEO of the group in March next year.
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/ 21 November 2008
Maria Ramos, group chief executive of Transnet, will leave the company at the end of February 2009, the parastatal said in a statement on Friday.
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/ 28 October 2008
State-owned rail and logistics group Transnet said on Tuesday its revenue rose 12,9% to R16,8-billion for the six months ended September 30.
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/ 5 September 2008
State-owned transport group Transnet said on Friday it has lodged a formal complaint with the press ombudsman against the Sunday Times.
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/ 1 September 2008
A developer who sold 500 flats on the reclaimed bit of Granger Bay at an average price of R20-million would gross R10-billion.
Parastatal Transnet has rejected a report that it has sold off a vast area of Table Bay, including a portion of Robben Island, to foreign investors.
Maria Ramos is a small woman, but her formidable track record as both a government and business leader is, well, big. Very big.
State-owned freight transport and logistics company Transnet is ready to move away from its turnaround strategy towards a growth strategy.
A Cape High Court judge on Monday dismissed an application to force Finance Minister Trevor Manuel to hand over arms-deal documents, activist Terry Crawford-Browne said. He said Judge Daniel Dlodlo ruled in essence ”that I had waited too long in asserting my rights to discovery of the documents”.
Arms-deal activist Terry Crawford-Browne on Thursday denied that he was waging a personal vendetta against Finance Minister Trevor Manuel. Addressing the Cape High Court, where he has applied for a contempt-of-court ruling against the minister and former finance director general Maria Ramos, he said: ”The arms deal is not some Trevor/Terry saga.”
SABMiller announced on Wednesday that Transnet head Maria Ramos has joined their board as an independent non-executive director. "During her career, Ms Ramos has won a multitude of accolades, including being named as South Africa’s Businesswoman of the Year in 2001, and <i>Sunday Times</i> Business Leader of the Year 2005," said SABMiller.
Power cuts are hitting Transnet’s service, its chief executive, Maria Ramos, announced in Johannesburg on Wednesday. The power cuts are a problem, particularly as far as the company’s expansion projects are concerned, she said. ”We were affected and we are from time to time affected by the power issues — like everybody else.”
Transnet group chief executive Maria Ramos has moved up two places to become the world’s 14th most powerful woman in business this year, according to Fortune magazine’s latest rankings. Ramos was 16th on the American leading business magazine’s list last year. This year is the fourth time she has appeared on the annual list.
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/ 19 September 2007
Having for the first time in a decade halted the draining away of freight transportation from the railways to the roads, Maria Ramos, the chief executive of Transnet, is aiming to win back a large slice of the business. "Not all cargo on the roads is suitable for rail," Ramos explained in Cape Town on Wednesday, "but we are targeting the container traffic aggressively."