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Financial Services

Abil reels as dividend cut disappoints investors

Abil CEO Leon Kirkinis addresses the media on the group’s results on Monday.
55 minute(s) ago

Unsecured lending bubble fears mount after ‘horrific’ results

Americas

Monster tornado devastates Oklahoma town

Damaged cars are seen in the parking lot of a Moore hospital after a tornado struck Moore, Oklahoma on Monday. Picture: REUTERS
56 minute(s) ago

At least 51 dead, including 20 children, in deadliest tornado in US in two years

Labour

ANC ‘sidelines’ Cosatu in bid to rescue ailing unions

ANC secretary-general Gwede Mantashe. Picture: PUXLEY MAKGATHO
58 minute(s) ago

ANC will engage directly with Cosatu affiliates in bid to shore up ailing workers’ movement, says ruling party secretary-general Gwede Mantashe

Markets

Jitters over unsecured loans, mine wage talks knock rand

JSE.  Picture: MICHAEL BRATT
52 minute(s) ago

JSE’s recent rally stalled, while rand extended its slide

Business

Black business to seek ruling on BEE limits

Black Business Council CEO Xolani Qubeka. Picture: SOWETAN
24 minute(s) ago

Black Business Council will test the Treasury’s prohibition of ‘set-asides’ for black-owned firms in awarding government contracts

Media & Advertising

E.tv deal ‘to give Seardel another string to its bow’

Seardel CEO Stuart Queen. Picture: FINANCIAL MAIL
14 hour(s) ago

Seardel CEO says inclusion of e.tv holding company Sabido will give institutional investors more direct access to media group’s performance of the

Land & Agriculture

State settles restitution claims to tune of R1bn, says land minister

Rural Development and Land Reform Minister Gugile Nkwinti. Picture: TREVOR SAMSON
14 hour(s) ago

Government settles 602 restitution claims in financial year to end of March, after land reform department previously failed to pay farmers

Labour

Swift end to strike at Mercedes-Benz East London plant

READY TO GO: Mercedes-Benz vehicles at East London Harbour awaiting export. Picture: DAILY DISPATCH
12 hour(s) ago

Car maker lauds Numsa for calling end to protest following talks with company’s management

Atul Gupta, centre, and Rajesh Gupta, left, at the ANC ’s elective conference in Mangaung in December last year.  Picture: SUNDAY TIMES

EDITORIAL: Ethics needed in word and in deed

Credibility is something that is earned, not inherited along with the levers of state power

Columnists

Palesa Morudu promo

Franschhoek Literary Festival is a meeting place to contemplate the history and future of the written word in SA, writes Palesa Morudu

Prodigal daughters meet in Franschhoek

Columnists

Market analysts seem to have been proven correct in forecasts that this week would be a difficult one, writes Ntsakisi Maswanganyi

Looming wage talks weigh on rand

Media & Advertising

State puts down R500m for newspaper stake

Sekunjalo Investment Holdings CEO Iqbal Survé.  Picture: TREVOR SAMSON
21 minute(s) ago

Government Employees Pension Fund will acquire 25% stake in newspaper group Independent News & Media South Africa

Companies

Sasol plans office behemoth in Sandton

An artist’s impression of Sasol’s planned new office complex in Sandton, which will be one of South Africa’s biggest to date.
19 minute(s) ago

Petrochemicals giant consolidating Gauteng offices into new building that will be among the country’s largest private, single-tenanted office developments

Industrials

Protech Khuthele says results ‘vindicate’ board’s view on Eqstra offer

Antony Page, CEO of Protech Khuthele.
12 hour(s) ago

Construction, engineering and readymix group says move to profit shows progress in its strategic turnaround programme

African Business

Mines chamber takes on Zimbabwean government on marketing of minerals

Zimbabwean Empowerment Minister Saviour Kasukuwere.  Picture: SUNDAY TIMES
12 hour(s) ago

Mining sector has balked at proposed changes to mining law, but says it is keen to engage with officials on policy formulation

Politics

Name dropping is here to stay for now, says Mantashe

ANC secretary-general Gwede Mantashe. Picture: PUXLEY MAKGATHO
14 hour(s) ago

ANC secretary-general Gwede Mantashe responds to ‘Guptagate’ report, says people will always name-drop when they want favours

Sisi Khampepe, one of only two female Constitutional Court judges.   Picture: SUNDAY TIMES.

Talented women lawyers, but few reach top

Gender diversity and impartiality is crucial for the legitimacy of the judiciary, writes Mia Swart

Retail & Consumer

Pioneer feels pinch as consumers cut spending

11 hour(s) ago

Pioneer Food Group reports 0.6% drop in headline earnings per share for six months ended March as rising utility, education and transport costs put strain on households

National

Debate persists over who ‘masterminded’ Marikana police plan

Police Maj-Gen Charl Annandale testifies before the Marikana commission of inquiry in April this year. Picture: SOWETAN/SUNDAY WORLD
11 hour(s) ago

Questions around origin of police plan to disperse striking mineworkers at Lonmin mine last year feature strongly before Marikana commission of inquiry

Industrials

Barloworld says all business units performing ahead of last year

Barloworld CEO Clive Thomson. Picture: ARNOLD PRONTO
10 hour(s) ago

Performance of automotive and logistics units and Bucyrus business lift group’s revenue

Gadgets & Gear

Is Google’s Glass cool or creepy?

SEEING THE FUTURE: Google founder Sergey Brin poses for a portrait wearing Google Glass glasses. Picture: REUTERS
16 hour(s) ago

Device has geeks all aflutter, but is unnerving everyone from law makers to casino operators worried about the potential for hitherto unimagined privacy violations

Middle East

Wave of attacks kills at least 79 in Iraq

DEVASTATION: Residents gather at the site of a bomb attack in Basra, 420km southeast of Baghdad, on Monday after two car bombs hit the predominantly Shiite city. Picture: REUTERS
13 hour(s) ago

Attacks on Monday extend one of the most sustained bouts of sectarian violence the country has seen in years

Energy

Labat Africa looks to diversify into oil with Namibia deal

10 hour(s) ago

Labat Africa aims to invest in an oil and petroleum company in Namibia, in a bid to reposition its model following a troubled history

Healthcare

Netcare CEO says Competition Commission must also probe pharmaceuticals

Dr Richard Friedland, CEO of Netcare. Picture: FINANCIAL MAIL
9 hour(s) ago

CEO Richard Friedland says he is disappointed that Competition Commission’s planned inquiry into private healthcare sector will exclude pharmaceutical sector

Politics

DA’s Mazibuko to meet British deputy prime minister

DA parliamentary leader Lindiwe Mazibuko. Picture: SOWETAN
12 hour(s) ago

High-profile trip to London by DA parliamentary leader Lindiwe Mazibuko likely to be closely followed in Parliament, particularly by ANC

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Cartoons

May 20 2013

Health

The low-down on erectile problems

There’s no getting away from the mental anguish ejaculation problems cause in men and their partners, but that’s not the same thing as mental illness. Picture: THINKSTOCK
15 hour(s) ago

Marika Sboros puts paid to myths and misconceptions on the more-common-than-thought problem of erectile dysfunction

Arts & Entertainment

SA film makers strive for glory in Cannes

SPOTLIGHT: Cast members, from left , Garrett Hedlund, Justin Timberlake, Carey Mulligan, directors Joel and Ethan Coen, cast member Oscar Isaac, and musician T-Bone Burnett at a news conference for the film Inside Llewyn Davis at the Cannes Film Festival on Sunday. Picture: REUTERS
19 hour(s) ago

Film foundation is focusing on co-production treaties at international festival, writes Nadia Neophytou

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The Third Umpire

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