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Group of men open fire on police vehicle IOL A police officer killed one man and wounded another after they opened fired on his vehicle at Imbali, Pietermaritzburg, on Sunday. Police Superintendent Henry Budhram said the police officer had...
Former taxi boss killed in shooting IOL ... old taxi feud in Mpumalanga, a township near Hammarsdale, could be plunged into further turmoil following the murder of a former chairperson of the Mpumalanga Taxi...
Cops issue stern warning on IOL There are currently more than 30 suspected pyramid operations under investigation in Joburg, as people buy into the alleged get-rich-quick schemes. "People don't seem to realise that if something...
Settlement between The Mercury and Stats SA IOL Statistics South Africa and The Star, The Mercury and The Pretoria News have reached a settlement resolving the complaint lodged by Stats SA with the Press Ombudsman in relation to a report published...
Swimming South Africa Looking to Heal Swimming World Johannesburg, South Africa, SWIMMING South Africa management and its Olympic team members have agreed to work together in the interest of the sport, in a bid to provide the best planning...
Xolobeni Mine Licence Appealed All Africa Allowing mining to go ahead on the Transkei Wild Coast would devastate the environment and that would mean "permanent change" to the community's "traditional way of life and their connection with the...
Bearing Man Unveils Lofty Growth Plan All Africa Bearing Man, a distributor of engineering products, said now that it had rebranded itself and consolidated numerous divisions, it was poised to increase revenue to R5bn over the next five years.
Restoring hope to matric finishers IOL The gap between finishing matric and higher education is too high for many youths who are sitting at home watching their dreams fade. Marks Ramasike, a community leader, has...
Roland Schoeman Claims Pair of African Records Swimming World Johannesburg, South Africa, ROLAND Schoeman kept Swimming SA's statisticians busy as he smashed two African records on the second day of the four-day Telkom SA Short Course...
Construction Results Bear Up All Africa High interest rates clobbered the building industry from 1993 to 1998, when interest rates rose 67%, with prime reaching 25,50%. From 2005 to date, we've experienced a 47% rise in rates, which has...
Local Website to Launch in Brazil All Africa A LOCALLY developed website offering free classified adverts is expanding into Brazil today in a venture backed by internet entrepreneur Ronnie Apteker.
Activist Guilty of Contempt of Court All Africa Arms deal activist Terry Crawford-Browne has been found guilty of contempt of court for ignoring a high court order which stopped him from further accusing Finance Minister Trevor Manuel of being...
Sasol to Spend R558 Million to Double Wax Production All Africa Petrochemicals group Sasol has set aside R558m for its wax business as part of a project to double hard wax production at its Sasolburg facility by 2013, the group said on Friday.
S.Africa rand gains two percent to dollar Reuters South Africa's rand gained two percent against the dollar on Monday as investors returned to high risk assets after a U.S. government move that reduced a major risk to...
Guessing Game Starts on Outlook With a Stronger Cosatu-SACP Influence All Africa This week, Brait economist Colen Garrow tried a scenario planning point of view after attending a host of functions at which speakers spoke on different possibilities for South Africa's economic...
Airbus, SAA at Odds Over $727 Million Demand All Africa The aircraft manufacturer is demanding millions of dollars in predelivery payments for an order SAA claims it cancelled in 2004. As a result SAA has had to make provision for an additional $727m for...
Flash Roland Schoeman Shoots Down Short Course World Record Swimming World Johannesburg, South Africa, ROLAND Schoeman took the men's 50 free world record over the short course away from Duje Draganja at the South Africa Short Course Championships.Schoeman...
NPA official in dock for fraud IOL A senior National Prosecuting Authority official in Kimberley is facing criminal charges for allegedly making false travel and subsistence claims to the law-enforcement agency. And despite...
Gold climbs 1.8 pct on hopes of market stability Reuters Gold jumped almost 2 percent on Monday, lifted rally across the commodities spectrum on hopes that a U.S. bailout of top mortgage lenders would...
Benin join heavyweights in last qualifying round Reuters Benin overcame the formidable challenge of Angola on Sunday to join Nigeria and Cameroon in the last phase of African qualifiers for the 2010 World...
Sasol year headline earnings jump 50 pct Reuters Sasol, the world's top maker of fuel from coal, on Monday posted a 50 percent jump in full-year earnings to 38.09 rand per share on the back of higher oil prices and a...
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