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Fraud accused Arthur Brown has withdrawn his Cape High Court bid to have the prosecution against him permanently stayed and has agreed to pay costs.
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Seven countries, including Kenya, have so far confirmed participation in the Central Gauteng's International Teams Championship in South Africa, according to information obtained from the Central Gauteng Golf Union's website.
TELKOM , Africa's largest fixed- line phone company, on Friday said it expected its headline earnings per share for the six months to September to fall as much as 140%.
IT IS only six years since Johann Rupert last became CEO of Richemont. He did it again on Friday, when the luxury goods company announced that the 59-year-old executive chairman was stepping into the role. He will do so from April , replacing incumbent Norbert Platt, who has developed diabetes.
LISTED property unit trust Sycom Property Fund on Friday posted a 9,2% increase in distributions for the six months ended September, buoyed by "good" performances from both the retail and office portfolio.
FRED Phaswana pledged to spend the next six months "coming to grips with the issues" at Standard Bank after his appointment as its next chairman was announced on Friday.
CANADIAN platinum producer Eastern Platinum (Eastplats) recorded a net profit in the quarter ended September, the third successive quarter this year that the company has been in the black.
THE world's biggest jewellery manufacturer Financière Richemont on Friday said it remained cautious about the sustainability of the improving economic outlook as last month's sales decreased 10% across all regions.
SA's regulators must do more to force individuals and financial institutions to report suspicious transactions, including pyramid schemes, to the financial intelligence unit, says a forensic expert.
FIGURES for September manufacturing and mining production - up 2,6% and 1,8% - show we're emerging from the recession, but SA is taking a lot longer to do so than its trading partners in Asia and Europe.
THE market for cellphone users had reached saturation point in SA, an MTN official said last week, in the first public admission that the years of endless growth are over.
PROPERTY company Fairvest aims to create a property portfolio of "significant critical mass" through acquisition of quality, high-yielding properties as part of its short-term investment strategy.
OBSERVERS of the post-Polokwane African National Congress (ANC) sometimes claim it is steering the country into uncharted waters. Investors and diplomats are keeping a wary eye on the internal politics of the liberation movement, nervously looking out for shifts to left or right or the erosion of the doctrine of nonracialism.
FRIDAY's naming of the chairman-elect of Standard Bank , the largest bank in Africa, is interesting, not so much because of the person who will take over from Derek Cooper next year but because of the man who, given his history with the bank, won't be stepping up to the chair.
PROFIT margins are squeezed and inflation is down, limiting the ability to profit from trading stock, while industry sales are hardly growing. Despite this, the recession seems to have been a good one for food retailers, with nearly all claiming increased market share.
IF YOU were Bobby Godsell, would you go back? Public Enterprises Minister Barbara Hogan told 702: "We would like to see normality brought back to Eskom, and if that means bringing Bobby Godsell back, we would like to see that." She said she would be talking to Godsell at the weekend, but it appears he was out of the country.
I SEE that President Jacob Zuma has had to remind the ANC's partners who is boss! Good. Well I thought "good" until I read on. City Press said he had told an ANC national executive committee meeting the weekend before last that -- and here was the letdown -- "Cabinet ministers serve the ruling party only". Of course, in context that is a stand of sorts. It is aimed at Cosatu and Communist Party ...
LEGENDARY Springbok flyhalf Naas Botha yesterday urged the government to get involved in the "national anthem disaster" during Friday's Test against France in Toulouse, saying someone had to be taken to task for the shambles.
GRIQUAS flank Davon Raubenheimer has paid for his disappointing performance against Leicester by being demoted to the bench for tomorrow's clash against Saracens in London during the Springbok year- end tour, writes Zeena Isaacs.
THE Human Rights Commission (HRC) is likely to decide this week when to file an Equality Court application that could compel the four former University of the Free State (UFS) students involved in a racist incident last year to pay damages to their victims, HRC spokesman Vincent Moaga said on Friday.
The pharmacy industry has rejected the government's latest proposals for dispensing fees, saying officials have ignored input from the sector and floated a system that will put many of its members out of business.
THE Democratic Alliance (DA) last week accused President Jacob Zuma and acting prosecutions head Mokotedi Mpshe of trying to block a court application to set aside Mpshe's decision to drop corruption charges against Zuma in April.
CRAIG* would rather have joined the British army, but is still happy with having served his two-year contract in the South African National Defence Force (SANDF).
PRESIDENT Jacob Zuma has managed to hold the political centre over the past three days as leaders of the alliance led by the African National Congress (ANC) gathered behind closed doors in an attempt to develop consensus on how best to deliver on education, jobs, health, rural development and the fight against crime.
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