November
01, 2008
 
 
 

 
   

Short-changed finally get the big stick

Sipho Masondo BUSINESS CORRESPONDENT

THE vast array of charlatans who have had a field day, swindling the South African consumer for years on end, are living on borrowed time....

MTN phone users rocket 9% to 80,7 million across Africa

CELLULAR phone operator MTN has lifted its customer base by 9% to 80,7-million in the three months to September....

R3bn boost as VWSA aims to up local content

VOLKSWAGEN SA is investing R3-billion over three years to 2010 in its Uitenhage plant, Business Report said yesterday....

Getting on with the boss – the secret of success

EVERY person will at some point in life be managed by someone or report to someone, fondly (or not so fondly) known as the boss....


Maureen Clifford weeps after guilty verdict in eight-year, R155m fraud saga

Lynn Shaw WEEKEND POST REPORTER shawl@avusa.co.za

MAUREEN Clifford, the one-time free-spending darling of investment circles, cut a dejected figure yesterday as she wept softly after being found guilty of defrauding those who had at one time sung her praises....

Brazilians ‘just won‘t allow‘ another Bay United victory

Chumani Bambani WEEKEND POST REPORTER

BAY United is hungry for a second win in the Absa Premiership when they face Mamelodi Sundowns in Atteridgeville‘s Super Stadium....

Stone the crows, he clocked us!

Ivor Markman

IF YOU were one of the speeding motorists caught off-guard by the "traffic cop" and his gatsometer radar gun as you entered Bedford from the Adelaide direction over the past weekend, don‘t expect a ticket....

Name changes need more time

THE latest flurry of discussion on name changes in the Eastern Cape comes at a bad time. Eighteen months before the start of the 2010 World Cup, the Eastern Cape Geographic Names Committee has announced that the names of both Port Elizabeth and East London – as well as their respective airports – will change within the next six months. While we recognise the importance of having names that reflect the culture, history and heritage of our province, the latest rush to push the changes through before 2010 seems ill-considered and badly planned....

Music with a mission

Luyolo Mkentane

A PORT Elizabeth hip-hop outfit from the Joe Slovo informal settlement have their hearts set on preaching tolerance and life skills through their music....


 
 
 
 
 
 
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