Author: staff
After a destructive flood hit Nelson Mandela Bay twice in less than five months, four of the five dams supplying the metro with water have been overflowing, but water restrictions and punitive tariffs remain firmly in place – to the detriment of residents and the municipality.
The Eastern Cape Office of the Premier has been allocated R173.2 million to roll out internet connectivity to government institutions, despite concerns from the Auditor-General (AG) that connectivity remains underused by the provincial departments.
If it was not for a local man who scoured the sandy surface of the Sacramento hiking trail in Schoenmakerskop for treasure with a metal detector on Sunday morning, the skeletal remains, believed to be missing German teacher Silvia Wittal, might have gone undetected for many more years.
Chinese cars might flood our local market, but bakkies will forever do well in South Africa. We look at November’s figures for the most popular models with Hilux in the lead, and Ford exporting a whopping figure of its Ranger bakkie to global markets.
Absa said in a trading update for the year to end-December that the weaker average exchange rate of several African currencies versus the rand remain a drag on earnings with conditions in Kenya, Zambia and Mozambique being particularly challenging.
Former National Assembly speaker Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula contends that the corruption case against her is based on hearsay evidence and the version of a single witness without corroboration – all contained in a docket ostensibly registered seven months after the investigation started.
The Director of Public Prosecutions in Pretoria, advocate Sibongile Mzinyathi, is keeping his cards close to his chest when it comes to whether or not singer Kelly Khumalo might be charged in connection with the 2010 murder of her former boyfriend, soccer star Senzo Meyiwa.
Chinese cars might flood our local market, but bakkies will forever do well in South Africa. We look at November’s figures for the most popular models with Hilux in the lead, and Ford exporting a whopping figure of its Ranger bakkie to global markets.
Activity in South Africa’s construction industry lifted in the third quarter of the year, with SA’s improved economic confidence and moderation in interest rates boding well for next year, according to the latest Afrimat Construction Index.
A Western Cape High Court judge has found that attorney Zuko Nonxuba – under whose watch R188 million in medical negligence payouts to severely disabled children disappeared – had engaged in “widespread theft” and was unfit to practise as a lawyer.