| October 25, 2008 |
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Make lemonade, advises Ford boss Bob Kernohan BUSINESS EDITOR PUTTING a positive spin on the critically stalled domestic and international motor industry is no easy task, but Ford South Africa president and chief executive Hal Feder came close this week.... Car park gives birth to prize development Bob Kernohan BUSINESS EDITOR A FORMER car park for a fruit and vegetable shop in Mandela Bay has reaped a new harvest – a regional property award that now stands a chance of being picked as a national winner.... We shall survive, even in the crunch of credit and crime By Matthew Lester I WAS invited to give an address at Dale College prize-giving this week. This was quite a challenge as I haven‘t attended a school function since 1979. So I wasn‘t exactly up to speed with protocol.... |
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Six-month extortion nightmare cost East Cape couple a fortune Brian Hayward WEEKEND POST REPORTER haywardb@avusa.co.za AN Eastern Cape businessman‘s life was thrown into turmoil after a rendezvous with a prostitute turned into a nightmare in which he became entangled in a sordid gay sex extortion racket.... 
Final favours home side in tough battle at Shark tank Wim van der Berg in DURBAN THE Sharks are the favourites to win the Currie Cup final against the Blue Bulls in Durban on Saturday. There‘s no disputing that.... 
World-class eatery fit for a king Brian Hayward ONE would expect a good restaurant or two when visiting the picturesque wine-making town of Paarl, but finding a world-class eatery overlooking the beautiful Western Cape mountains was as much a surprise as it was a journey of culinary opulence.... 
ANC must act to stop the threats THE prospects of next year’s general election being as peaceful as those that have preceded post-1994 are becoming increasingly less likely as tensions continue to mount within the warring factions of the ANC. This should be a cause for grave concern within the ruling party yet there has been no sign that meaningful action will be taken to rebuke supporters who threaten violence or worse on political foes. This week at a meeting in Gauteng called by ANC rebel and former cabinet minister Mosiuoa Lekota, rival supporters of Jacob Zuma carried inflammatory placards and chanted “kill Lekota” while those who had come to hear what he had to say were assaulted by thugs carrying pro-Zuma placards.... 
Queen tribute rocks A PORT Elizabeth Opera House filled with music lovers keen to catch a glimpse of four lads from Down Under putting on their world-renowned tribute to rock group Queen, is testament to the fact that the band‘s music has spanned the generation gap.... |
