The Department of Health says it is monitoring the one case of suspected swine flu that has been reported in the country. It says, as opposed to earlier media reports, there was only one suspected case of the deadly disease that was identified, and not two. “The patient in Gauteng has been cleared from the symptoms. . . . → Read More: Department is Monitoring Suspected Swine Flu Case
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The building industry was only likely to experience the benefits from South Africa’s substantially lowered interest rates in 2010, the Cement & Concrete Institute (C&CI) said on Wednesday 15 April 2009. C&CI Marketing Manager Mr John Sheath said in the organisation’s annual review that affordability had to improve and confidence levels had to be . . . → Read More: Builders only Likely to Benefit from Lower Rates in 2010 The world’s biggest diamond miner, De Beers, has begun to see “signs of improvement” in the market, and expects the trend to continue for the rest of this year. Demand for rough diamonds fell sharply in the fourth quarter of 2008, as cutters, polishers and retailers responded to the financial crisis by conserving cash . . . → Read More: Glimmers of Hope in Diamond Market World crude steel production registered a 23,5% drop year-on-year in March to 92-million tons, following a 22% decline in February and a 24% decline in January. Crude steel production for the quarter ended March was down 22,8% year-on-year to 264-million tons, the World Steel Association reported on Tuesday 21 April 2009. Production in Asia . . . → Read More: World Steel Output Down 23,5% in March A patriotic shiver went down the spines of those watching, as the country’s favourite citizen, former President Nelson Mandela, cast his vote on Wednesday 22 April in the 2009 General Elections. Voting came to a temporary halt at the Killarney Country Club in Houghton, where a special ballot box was set up for Madiba. Wearing his . . . → Read More: Madiba Casts his Vote South Africa’s Consumer Price Index (CPI), a method used by the Reserve Bank to measure inflation, dropped slightly to 8.5 percent in March, reports Statistics South Africa. This is 0.1 of a percentage point lower than the corresponding annual rate of 8.6 percent recorded in February 2009. The CPI figure was widely expected by economists. . . . → Read More: Inflation Drops Slightly to 8.5% Deur Hettie du Plessis & Kathu Gazette Korrespondent Miljoene kiesers regoor Suid-Afrika het op 22 April 2009 hul kruisie getrek om aan die Nasionale en Provinsiale verkiesing deel te neem. Baie nuwe kiesers het opgedaag, vol hoop en vertroue vir ‘n beter Suid-Afrika. Daar is 410608 stemme in die Noord-Kaap uitgebring (dit is 73,99% van . . . → Read More: VERKIESING 2009 : Só is daar gestem in Kathu & Kuruman Business Unity South Africa (BUSA) election observers have congrat-ulated the country on conducting a free and fair election saying this was a positive factor for investor and business confidence. “The BUSA observer mission, which participated in the monitoring of a large number of voting stations, has reported that overall the elections were free and . . . → Read More: BUSA Observers Declare Election Free & Fair President Kgalema Motlanthe has praised South Africans, young and old, for turning up in droves to vote in the country’s fourth General Elections. Speaking at the main Freedom Day celebrations in Durban on Monday 27 April 2009, the President said South Africans were keen to embrace the reality that only collective effort from all . . . → Read More: President Praises Voters for Massive Election Turn Out Women from the old age home in Batlharos accompanied by Councillor Victor Makoke Mayor of Ga- Segonyana Local Municipality (back row third from left) and Councillor S B Gaobusiwe Executive Mayor of John Taolo Gaetsewe District Municipality (back row third from right) and Mr Jomo Kwadi President of Desperados Motorcycle Club (front row) . . . → Read More: Motorcycle Charity Run |
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