# Anglo American has named the Global Diamond Consortium its preferred bidder for its De Beers diamond business. Led by former De Beers CEO Gareth Penny, the consortium will enter exclusive negotiations to finalise the transaction. He says the sale forms part of Anglo’s plan to focus on copper and iron ore. Penny says Botswana, […]
# Canadian prime minister Mark Carney says his government stands ready to intensify trade talks with the US in the coming weeks. President Donald Trump has imposed a 50-percent tariff on a wide range of goods imported from Canada, in retaliation for what he calls unequal treatment of American cars, alcohol and dairy products. Carney […]
# Mpumalanga’s MEC for Community Safety, Security and Liaison, Jackie Macie, has requested the immediate deployment of a multi-disciplinary police team. This follows after heightened tensions between the local taxi association and Umbutho concerning the operation of seven-seater vehicles and route control, have resulted in troubling clashes. Spokesperson Moeti Mmusi says two crucial engagements scheduled […]
# Kaapstad se burgemeester, Geordin Hill-Lewis, verwelkom Transnet se versoek vir vennote in die privaat sektor om ‘n belangrike veeldoelige terminaal in die Kaapstadse hawe te herontwikkel en bedryf. Privaat vennote word genooi ingevolge ‘n konsessie van 25-jaar. Dit volg op ander onlangse versoeke vir privaat sektorvoorstelle om die beweeglike grootmaat- en koue bergingsterminaal te […]
# Cape Town mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis has welcomed Transnet’s call for private sector partners to redevelop and operate a key multi-purpose terminal at the port of Cape Town. This will be done under a 25-year concession. This follows recent calls for private sector proposals to operate the liquid bulk terminal and cold storage terminal. Hill-Lewis […]
# President Donald Trump van Amerika het 50-persent-tariewe ingestel op ʼn reeks Kanadese produkte. Dit wissel van alledaagse verbruikersitems soos wyn en hokkiestokke tot nywerheidsprodukte soos sement en elektriese ware. Hy sê dis weens Kanada se diskriminerende hantering van Amerikaanse uitvoerprodukte soos voertuie, suiwel en alkohol. Die nuwe tariewe sluit energie-produkte, vis, noodsaaklike minerale en […]
# US president Donald Trump has imposed 50-percent tariff on a range of Canadian goods, ranging from everyday consumer items like wine and hockey sticks to industrial goods such as commercial cement and electrical equipment. He says this is to offset Canada’s discriminatory treatment of US exports, including cars, dairy and alcohol. The new tariffs […]
# Die Hooggeregshof in Johannesburg het ‘n finale verbeurdverklaringsbevel toegestaan aan die Nasionale Vervolgingsgesag se Batebeslagleggingseenheid vir 326-miljoen-rand se bates van die korrupsiebeskuldigde sakeman, Hangwani Morgan Maumela, en sy geaffilieerde maatskappye. Volgens forensiese ondersoeke is die Maumela-sindikaat na bewering as ‘n hoogs georganiseerde netwerk bedryf wat die verkrygingstelsels by die Tembisa-hospitaal sistematies gemanipuleer het. Hulle […]
# The Johannesburg High Court has granted the National Prosecuting Authority’s Asset Forfeiture Unit a final forfeiture order for 326-million-rand in assets held by corruption-accused businessman Hangwani Morgan Maumela and his affiliated companies. Forensic investigations revealed that the Maumela syndicate allegedly operated as a highly organised network that systematically manipulated the procurement systems at Tembisa […]
