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/ 17 November 2005
Listed retailer Mr Price has reported a 52% rise in diluted headline earnings per share for the six months to end-September 2005 to 46,5 cents from 30,6 cents a year earlier. The company declared an interim distribution of 24,3 cents per share, up from 13,2 cents at the halfway point in 2004, reducing its distribution cover to two times earnings from 2,4 times in the year-earlier period.
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/ 17 November 2005
Kaizer Chiefs suffered another blow at Rustenburg’s Olympia Stadium when they lost 4-2 to Silver Stars in a Premier Soccer League encounter on Wednesday night. In other matches, Orlando Pirates drew 1-1 against Dynamos, Santos beat Tembisa Classic 2-0 and Mamelodi Sundowns drew 2-2 against Supersport United.
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/ 17 November 2005
Owners of certain vehicles will pay more for fuel next year when regulations to encourage the use of cleaner fuels come into effect, the South African Petroleum Industry Association said on Wednesday. Drivers of luxurious performance vehicles will pay a levy of at least 10 cents more if they choose to use 95-octane fuel, for example.
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/ 17 November 2005
A teenager who was trampled by an elephant near Mopane on Monday has been identified as William Andrew, a British student based at the Mooketsi Conservation Centre in Limpopo. The provincial department of economic development, environment and tourism said the incident occurred while the elephant was being trained.
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/ 17 November 2005
Murder convict William Nkuna is to be sentenced on Thursday for the murder of missing police constable Frances Rasuge. Nkuna was found guilty by Judge Ronald Hendricks in the Mmabatho Circuit Court in Ga-Rankuwa last month, more than a year after the constable went missing and investigations began.
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/ 16 November 2005
Lamontville Golden Arrows collected maximum points when they beat Ajax Cape Town 2-0 in a Castle Premiership encounter played at King Zwelithini Stadium on Wednesday afternoon. Also, Moroka Swallows beat Jomo Cosmos 2-0 in a fast and entertaining Premier Soccer League game played at the Dobsonville Stadium in Soweto.
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/ 16 November 2005
Teachers spend an average of 3,2 hours a day in front of classes, with the rest of their time taken up by administrative duties and assessments, according to a Human Sciences Research Council report released on Wednesday. ”An average of 16 hours per week is spent teaching — or 3,2 hours a day,” the report says.
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/ 16 November 2005
A power failure that blacked out large areas of Cape Town on Wednesday left MPs attending a National Assembly debate in the dark when Parliament’s back-up generators failed to kick in. Areas affected by the cut included the Cape Town city centre and the towns of Caledon, Hermanus, Kleinmond, Bredasdorp and Cape Agulhas.
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/ 16 November 2005
Former Bafana Bafana coach Stuart Baxter officially vacated his job a poorer man after a four-hour meeting with the South African Football Association (Safa) management committee on Wednesday at the FNB Stadium. Baxter tendered his letter of resignation to Safa CEO Raymond Hack on Tuesday afternoon.
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/ 16 November 2005
The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) is not commenting on its efforts to seize R30-million of the assets of Schabir Shaik now that he has been granted leave to appeal his corruption conviction and sentence. Meanwhile, an application for the return of items seized during raids on premises linked to Jacob Zuma is likely to be heard in court next month.
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/ 16 November 2005
A commission of inquiry should be set up to assess the state of rail transport in Gauteng, the Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) and the South African Communist Party said on Wednesday. They said such a commission should come up with proposals for overhauling the entire rail system.
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/ 16 November 2005
The government acted against the will of the people of Merafong by passing a Bill in Parliament to incorporate the Gauteng town into the North West province, the South African Communist Party said on Wednesday. ”There’s nothing democratic about what is happening in Merafong,” SACP district secretary Nkosiphendule Kolisile said..
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/ 16 November 2005
The campuses of the University of South Africa (Unisa) will undergo a R600-million revamp in the next five years, principal Barney Pityana announced on Wednesday. ”The student profile of Unisa is changing and we have seen an increase in the number of younger people choosing to study full-time by long distance,” he said.
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/ 16 November 2005
Minister of Finance Trevor Manuel’s bid to sequestrate arms-deal critic Terry Crawford-Browne was rejected by a Cape High Court judge on Wednesday. Manuel was seeking to recover almost R1-million in legal fees incurred by the state in fighting a series of court challenges by Crawford-Browne to the multibillion-rand deal.
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/ 16 November 2005
The Tshwane metro council met Olievenhoutbosch residents on Wednesday morning following the torching overnight of a councillor’s house and car by locals frustrated with government housing provision. About 500 residents of the informal settlement, outside Centurion, marched on Morudi’s house on Tuesday night.
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/ 16 November 2005
Jomo Cosmos have sent out a stern warning to their Coca-Cola Cup semifinal opponents, Orlando Pirates. ”They must be careful because we will do the same to them that happened in the SAA Supa8,” said former Bafana Bafana international Helman Mkhelele during Tuesday’s press conference.
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/ 16 November 2005
National Intelligence Agency director general Billy Masetlha was considering his options on Wednesday after receiving confirmation of his suspension from President Thabo Mbeki. In a minute signed by Mbeki on Tuesday, he confirmed that Masetlha’s suspension on October 20 by Intelligence Minister Ronnie Kasrils had been at his instruction.
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/ 16 November 2005
Don’t switch off your TV set on Wednesday night if you are a soccer fan and have even an inkling of interest in the Premier Soccer League (PSL) championship race. For the first time on South African television, three PSL games will be televised simultaneously — and they involve Orlando Pirates, Mamelodi Sundowns and Kaizer Chiefs.
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/ 16 November 2005
Health-services provider Network Healthcare Holdings (Netcare) on Wednesday reported a 34,4% rise in fully diluted headline earnings per share to 58,6 cents per share for the year ended September 30 2005, from 43,6 cents a year ago. The group declared a final capital distribution of 15 cents per share.
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/ 16 November 2005
Listed South African retailer Edgars Consolidated Stores (Edcon) has reported a 28% rise in diluted headline earnings per share to 109 cents for the six months to the end of September 2005, versus 85 cents in the year-earlier period. The company declared an interim dividend of 62 cents per share.
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/ 16 November 2005
New Telkom CEO Papi Molotsane this week addressed the media for the first time since his appointment in September.
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/ 16 November 2005
A series of tremors shook the Driefontein mine near Carletonville on Tuesday, injuring 17 mineworkers, Gold Fields confirmed. Two miners were taken to hospital — one with a broken hand and another with a broken arm — said Billy Jacobsz, spokesperson for Gold Fields.
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/ 16 November 2005
If Durban businessman Schabir Shaik wins his appeal against fraud and corruption charges this would have a major bearing on the trial of axed deputy president Jacob Zuma. This is the view of David Unterhalter, head of the law school at the University of the Witwatersrand.
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/ 15 November 2005
Wikipedians have taken to heart the Mail & Guardian Online‘s recent article ”Can you trust Wikipedia?” (November 10), which evaluated the quality of entries on this popular online encyclopedia. The M&G Online article looked at eight Wikipedia entries, including ones about sangomas, the media in South Africa and the African National Congress.
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/ 15 November 2005
The Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) on Tuesday granted businessman Schabir Shaik leave to appeal against his conviction on a charge involving ”a generally corrupt relationship” with former deputy president Jacob Zuma. Shaik had applied for leave to appeal to the SCA after the Durban High Court granted him leave to challenge, on limited grounds, one of two corruption convictions and one of fraud.
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/ 15 November 2005
Stuart Baxter has quit as coach of the South African soccer team. This was confirmed on Tuesday by chief executive of the South African Football Association Raymond Hack. ”There was no discussion really — just that Stuart handed me his resignation. One of the things he mentioned was that he was not happy with the environment he was working under,” said Hack.
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/ 15 November 2005
Suspended National Intelligence Agency director general Billy Masetlha intends asking the Pretoria High Court next week for an order to reinstate him. Masetlha would bring an urgent application seeking the setting aside of what he considers an unlawful suspension, his attorney Imraan Haffegee said on Tuesday.
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/ 15 November 2005
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Former deputy president Jacob Zuma has reiterated his denial of rape allegations or any conduct that might compromise an investigation. This follows a weekend report in the Sunday Times that Zuma allegedly raped a family friend at his Forest Town, Johannesburg, home on November 2.
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/ 15 November 2005
Two South Africans were killed and two injured in a suicide bombing in Iraq on Monday, the Department of Foreign Affairs confirmed on Tuesday. ”The department regrettably confirms the death of two South Africans and the injury of two others yesterday [Monday] in Baghdad,” spokesperson Ronnie Mamoepa said.
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/ 15 November 2005
South African rugby fans will gather around their television sets at about 6pm on Thursday to hear if the 2011 World Cup will again be held here. If South Africa gets the nod ahead of New Zealand and Japan, there will be wild celebrations around the country, as was the case with the soccer announcement.
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/ 15 November 2005
South Africa’s first dual-seat Gripen fighter has made its maiden flight. Painted in South African Air Force colours, the aircraft took off for a 70-minute flight on Friday afternoon from Saab’s flight test centre at Linköping in Sweden, a spokesperson said on Monday.
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/ 15 November 2005
Listed fund-management group Coronation Fund Managers, one of South Africa’s largest independent fund-management companies, has posted a 29% increase in its assets under management for the year to the end of September 2005, reaching R82-billion from R63,7-billion a year earlier.