Latest Business News
Zimplats’s output soars with new concentrator
02 November 2009
Zimplats, reported that its production of platinum group of metals for the quarter to September was 51% higher than in the previous quarter.
Overseas decisions eclipse local data
02 November 2009
Relatively sparse local data will be eclipsed by global events, which include interest rate decisions by the Federal Reserve, the European Central Bank and the Bank of England.
Nomura moves to explain rand dip
02 November 2009
Peter Attard Montalto, emerging markets economist at Nomura International, has moved to provide additional colour to explain the rand's earlier spike.
Latest World News
NKorea presses US for nuke talks
02 November 2009
North Korea Monday has pressed the US to hold direct talks on ending their nuclear standoff, vowing to 'go its own way' if Washington refuses to do so.
UN probes Baghdad security
02 November 2009
A United Nations special envoy is to meet with senior Iraqi officials to probe security in Baghdad.
Philippines typhoon toll at 16
02 November 2009
Philippine authorities have reported two more deaths from Typhoon Mirinae, which smashed into the storm-weary nation at the weekend.
Latest Local News
‘Draft resisters were heroes’
02 November 2009
Members of the End Conscription Campaign have been hailed as 'true heroes' of the struggle against apartheid by Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe.
Knysna gets R22m for water projects
02 November 2009
Knysna Municipality has been given R22m by the national Treasury for two drought relief projects.
Game viewing advance
02 November 2009
A Garden Route game reserve has hit on an environmental first — battery-powered game drives.
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