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Fuel inquiry wants public input

... South Africa's motoring public was caught off guard when filling stations around the country suddenly ran dry as the Christmas holiday period got underway in ...

The chances of a rate hike?

... I know there have been calls for more interest rate cuts last year, and people saying that this economy is in great shape and maybe they should cut rates. ...

Cellphone banking

... of cellphone banking in the South African environment, and some guys are expecting cellphone banking to process more transactions than internet banking in the ...

PSG buys Multinet for R180m

... the financial planning and stockbroking arm of listed financial services company PSG Group, has acquired Multinet, a national short-term insurance group with ...

SA hotels thriving

... If I was to stay at a five-star hotel in Central London, or at say the Waldorf Astoria, for argument s sake, in New York, or at the Table Bay, the Mount ...

Hard cash from software

... Their first project, Mimic, was a real-time, voice-recognition programme for animation that was used by the SABC to create the children s cartoon character ...

The evolving South African consumer

... On average, the number of people in this population group sharing a household is decreasing - more and more members are able to buy houses. ...

OSS is an easier hack: Mitnick

... and wireless security. He runs Microsoft Windows XP Pro, Microsoft Windows 2003 Server, Debian, Gentoo and Solaris. Currently he's ...

Masondo recognises hard working councillors and City staff

... were made in six categories: bravery; safety ambassador; worker of the City; worker with exceptional impact; secretary of the year; and knowledge management. ...

Tiny island's attitude holds big lessons for Africa

A MONTH after Christmas, holiday resorts in Mauritius are still teeming with bronzed tourists from all over the world, whiling away time on picture postcard ...

Fear factor hurts English rugby

... nine points separate the Premiership's bottom five clubs, with National League One champions-elect Harlequins preparing to regain top-flight status after their ...

Let it all hang out

... and thorn trees. For those wanting to stay the weekend there are self-catering cottages as well as campsites. Harmony Nature farm ...

Africa priority shifts from aid to empowerment

... countries) used to talk for centuries about what we could do for Africa," said Gordon Brown, Chancellor of the Exchequer of the United Kingdom, who pushed for ...

SA business leaders upbeat

... and economists are very upbeat in their expectations for the country's general economic prospects in years to come, the Bureau for Market Research of the ...

Sales training that works

Given the fact that 45% of the business training spend in the USA is directed at sales training, this raises serious question about whether sales training ...

Transnet jobs not at stake -- Erwin

... Management is moving ahead with the exits and transfers before the negotiation process has finalised issues such as collective bargaining rights, pension rights ...

Duplo to demonstrate JDF capabilities in real-time

... card company Moonpig, Duplo will demonstrate the Symbio-driven, JDF-compatible DC-645 by slitting, cutting and creasing personalised greeting cards in real-time ...

And the worst dressed was...

... Smith arrived in a blaze of publicity for their maiden public appearance together, in enough billowing white to resemble matching wedding cakes; last year, the ...

Gold sales

... THE world's central banks were unlikely to meet the 5-year 2,500 ton quota of gold sales, according to a report by HSBC which was quoted by The Business Online ...

Baldwin to debut new systems at Ipex

... Products) added, ‘Flex and CleanLiner technology will become the cornerstones of our global design platform for all commercial web applications, allowing us ...

Gutsier Civic opens floodgates for new Hondas

... The car is also very, very quiet -- though the engine gets vocal towards the top ... 15" steel wheels with 195/65 radials and plastic "alloy look" covers, the LXi ...

Popular Evangelist, businesswoman and human rights activist dies.

By ANDnetwork Journalist. Mosinyi, 59 lost her fight against high blood pressure and sugar diabetes on Tuesday night at Princess Marina hospital in Gaborone. ...

The best time to sell a car?

... If you sell your car while it has a high resale value, you can use it as a large deposit towards your next car, thus reducing the amount you have to borrow. ...

Buying a car or buying property?

We are two professionals with fairly reasonable incomes. My wife is self-employed and we're looking to buy property for her to practice ...

Errant mayors are purged from lists

... In Cape Town, it has taken billboards at strategic road and rail locations, while electioneering also includes an SMS and 086 share-call service. ...

The Ford Ka

... Short-term insurance giant Telesales -- which also owns Auto & General, Budget Insurance and Dial Direct -- formed First for Women as a means to turn this ...

Bank crooks 'tapped into govt info'

... company, Vanguard Rigging. This week, the company said this was not the first time its fax number had come up in a scam. Lohrmann said ...

US consulate changes visa procedure

... to apply for a non-immigrant visa at a US Consulate General in South Africa must be scheduled by telephoning the new Visa Information Service call centre. ...

Satrix as an entry to the stock market

... The other thing is we trade through the stock market, so the unit trust manager has to make a price every day and buy and sell units and run a massive back ...

Scrap district municipalities and save, says DA

... It makes more sense for money to go directly to local municipalities rather than to an extra layer of salaries, office spaces, car rentals, secretaries, staff ...

No security problem on Ethio-Eritrea border: UNMEE

... Deputy chief public information officer with UNMEE Headquarters from Asmara, Musi Khumalo told in a video conference here yesterday that the military situation ...

Barloworld slumps on UK warning

... group Barloworld s share price fell about 3% yesterday in morning trading after it warned of weakened trading conditions at its UK business and negative ...

SA considered relatively unexploited

... Nedbank card business MD Sydney Gericke says 60% of his bank's credit extension on cards is from new customers. "This market is still virgin territory. ...

Big Brother watches

... Critics also say the system is too intrusive in a country which is already over-populated by video cameras - Londoners are filmed on average 300 times a day. ...

Student campaign wins CT festival

... Gamiet from Salt River, Shereen Pearson from Bergvliet and Fatima Johnson, a resident of Zonnebloem, are recent graduates of the CPUT Graphic Design department ...

Travelgate: Evidence of huge new fraud

... The benefits are either kept by the agency, or in some cases transferred as cash, car hire or hotel accommodation to the MP concerned. ...

Nigeria wants NITDA to control .ng

... creation of NIRA and the continued foreign hosting of .ngccTLD have contributed to the non-popularization of mass .ng-headed domain name registration in Nigeria ...

Botswana: Government Investigating Disappearance of Primary School ...

Government officials say they are investigating a troubling case in which a student at a rural primary school has been waiting for her examination results for ...

CCA Group harnesses power of two NexPress 2100s

Stuart Cox, production manager said, ‘At that time of year we are working 24/7 to supply leading high street retailers with a wide range of Christmas cards. ...

Pros and cons of guest houses

... Knysna is bursting with new guest houses, Plettenberg Bay s RE/MAX Prime Properties broker -owner Cheryl Anley says there are mostly self-catering options in ...

Building brands in the networked economy

... media establishment. Skype allows users to make free or cheap phone calls over the Internet using peer-to-peer software. File-sharing ...

New bill will allow homeowners to hunt for cheaper insurance

... MortgageSA, says: "The National Credit Bill has brought to the fore the likely changes to the sourcing of compulsory homeowners insurance - insurance that ...

Local IT firm to benefit from restructuring

Specialist knowledge-management and competitive-intelligence consultancy Suritec is set to increase its market share in South Africa. ...

Richemont rings up luxury sales

Swiss-based luxury goods group Richemont has reported a 16 percent rise in sales at actual exchange rates in the quarter ended December 2005 compared with the ...

CurrentTrack Management Software revolutionizes agency process ...

Job deadlines, budgets, approval processes, time reporting, purchase orders, broadcast orders...all these documents travelling in and around an advertising ...

AU court for human rights cases

An African court to hear cases of gross human rights violations on the continent is ready to start hearing cases, South African Foreign Affairs Minister ...

US courts SA's backing in Iran nuclear standoff

... In a video conference for South African journalists from his office in Vienna, Schulte appealed to SA to play a major role in isolating Iran by helping build ...

Delphax to show real-time digital book production

... which include cheque-printing, direct mail, data centres service bureaux and transactional printers -- and at potential new users in monochrome book printing. ...

Manning's future forecast

... on SA s economy has been huge -- and there sa lot more growth to come," says Tony Manning, a consultant in strategy, leadership and change management. ...

The Lord of the Rings: Tactics

... View the complete list of all PSP reviews. Turn-based gaming has never been this much fun. 'The Lord of the Rings: Tactics' is as addictive a game as 'Tetris ...

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