The Transport Department is gearing up for a series of safety campaigns ahead of the busiest period on South Africa's roads during the festive season.
This year's edition of Soccerex, arguably the biggest business convention for the global football community, has wrapped up in Johannesburg.
The US oil company "Chevron" has granted 1,5 million US dollars to the national environment management program to support actions under the strategies for the preservation of planet earth.
Finance Minister Tendai Biti on Wednesday presented his first full budget in parliament after the mid-term review he made in July this year. Biti said this was the first budget in the country's history that had utilized the internet to get contributions from people. He said over 5000 people and businesses used the Ministry of Finance website to make their submissions.
The Mozambican government's Institute for the Management of State Holdings (IGEPE) on Wednesday unveiled its Guide for Good Corporate Governance Practices in State-owned Companies.
South Africa and Cuba have reaffirmed the need to strengthen their existing relations and further expand cooperation between the two countries.
A doctor from the South Rand Hospital has been dismissed with immediate effect for professional misconduct.
The country's ports of entry are to be beefed up with additional immigration officers to ensure the free movement of people to and from the country during the festive season.
New vehicle sales for November show that the market is recovering from the recession, says the National Association of Automobile Manufacturers of South Africa (Naamsa).
Eskom's revised tariff application has been widely appreciated amid concerns about the effects on the ordinary consumer.
THE Office of the President says that President Hifikepunye Pohamba did not know about a new Mercedes Benz armoured limousine, reportedly worth over N$6 million, being ordered for him.
CONSUMER confidence has climbed to its highest level since the start of last year, showing that South Africans are becoming more upbeat about the future as the economy recovers.
THE agreement in principle by three De Beers shareholders to pursue their rights may simply be a negotiating tactic in order to get better terms from creditors, but it does create something of a poser for Anglo American. It would be surprising if the Botswana government and the Oppenheimer family decided against following their rights in the proposed 1bn issue. Both are more or less joined at the ...
PICKING holes in the governance of electricity supply, and energy policy more generally, is like shooting fish in a barrel. Whether it is the development and sequencing of key policy documents, the absence of proper stakeholder consultation, leadership failure, or the lack of clarity about intragovernmental roles and responsibilities, there are more hooks on which to hang a public debate than in a ...
STELLA Vista Technologies has not escaped the economic crisis, which was reflected in its annual results, released yesterday, showing an 18% drop in revenue.
IMPERIAL cautioned yesterday that trading conditions remained "subdued", underscoring the gloomy sentiment of its corporate peers such as Bidvest.
PETROCHEMICALS group Sasol would spend R8,4bn in an investment to double its production of hard wax in SA, the company said yesterday.
INTERNATIONAL betting group Victor Chandler is to set up shop in SA early next year after the Western Cape Gambling and Betting Board granted it a licence.
LOCAL computer maker Mustek is challenging its far larger international rival HP by lodging a complaint with the Competition Commission for pricing practices that allegedly contravene the Competitions Act.
AILING AltX-listed microlender African Dawn Capital 's auditors have qualified its half-year results and warned that liquidity pressures constituted a "material uncertainty" that "may cast doubt on the ability of the group to continue as a going concern".
ABOUT a fortnight ago, I received an e-mail from a reader asking me why I had ignored the results of Raubex Group for the half-year ended August 31 and which had been published on November 9.
DE BEERS could be recapitalised with fresh funds of up to 1bn, with its shareholders agreeing "in principle" to reinvest in the diamond company through a rights offer.
JSE-listed electrical equipment company ARB Holdings has acquired Paragon Electrical for R30m as part of its growth and development strategy to increase its footprint in Gauteng.
THE effects of lower interest rates are slowly filtering through into house prices, with the First National Bank (FNB) house price index turning positive last month for the first time in a year.
DISCOVERY Holdings is the latest South African company to venture into China and it aims to capitalise on a small, private healthcare system there.
