BMW gives thumbs up for company's local operations Business Report | By Roy Cokayne | Submit your comment | BMW of gemany has given the future viability of its operations and investments in South Africa the thumbs up and expressed confidence about the stability of the business and political environment in the country. | Norbert Reithofer, the chief executive...
'Outrage' as BAE Systems probes end after £280m deal BBC News | Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. | BAE Chairman Dick Olver: "We need to be a transparent, modern, clean company" | Campaigners have attacked a deal struck by UK defence contractor BAE Systems to end inquiries into its affairs. | The firm is to admit two crimi...
Zimbabwean mines minister in trouble over diamond mine partners m&c | Harare - Controversy deepened Monday over the Zimbabwean government's handling of the Chiadzwa diamond field in the eastern Zimbabwe, with revelations of serious irregularities by the mines minister and the South African companies involved. | A par...
Debate on nationalising the mines in South Africa Metals Place | A storm erupted in policy circles in South Africa after Julius Malema the leader of the African National Congress Youth League (ANCYL) boldly proclaimed the need for the mining industry in South Africa to be nationalized. The demand was predicated ...
Web: German study could help local car dealerships Business Report | By Roy Cokayne | Submit your comment | A number of “shocking” business practices by vehicle dealerships has been uncovered by study of 424 dealerships in Germany. | The results of the survey can provide some pointers to beleaguered dealershi...
Banks prepare South African hospital chain IPO-sources Business Report | * Banks working on IPO of Life Healthcare | Submit your comment | Investment banks are preparing Life Healthcare, one of South Africa's biggest private-hospital operators, for a public listing later this year, people familiar with the matter...
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For a Secure Middle East Khaleej Times In my opinion a secure Middle East requires full appreciation of the past, a full understanding of the present and a vision for the future. | It is a vision of a Middle East that l...
Poor Eritreans increasingly joining gold rush The Guardian * High gold price encourages villagers to mine * Some artisanal miners use mercury to extract gold By Jeremy Clarke ASMARA, Feb 4 (Reuters) - More than a dozen foreign mining firms...
Rand slips on stronger dollar, stocks seen down Business Report | * Rand dips further, weighs on govt bonds | Submit your comment | South Africa's rand slipped further against a resurgent dollar on Thursday, while stock futures dipped, t...
No Tax Incentives for Spare Parts Imports All Africa The Minister of Trade, Ms. Hannah Tetteh, has stated that the spare parts dealers at Abossey Okai, who are mostly importers of spare parts, especially used ones cannot access tax incentives. | ...
Oteh Reads the Riot Act to Capital Market Operators All Africa Director General, Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Ms Arunma Oteh has said that the era of sharp practices is over as the commission under her leadership would not tolerate any form of impropriety or sharp practices in the country's capital m...
WB to Partner Govt to Create Jobs All Africa World Bank Group President, Mr. Robert B. Zoellick, has observed that teeming unemployed youth in any country anywhere is a threat to social stability and all measures should be explored to significantly reduce it to accepted levels. This is one of t...
20 years after Mandela's release, social divide endures Business Report | Submit your comment | Nelson Mandela's release from prison 20 years ago Thursday ushered in South Africa's democracy, but an intractable social divide has dimmed the sparkle of the nation's "rainbow miracle". | Mandela's African National Congress (ANC) steered the country from the brink of civil war to prospering democracy, in a transforma...
