South Sudan 'to complete shutdown' of oil production BBC News South Sudan says it will complete the shutdown of its oil production on Saturday, after attempts to resolve a dispute with Sudan failed. | The presidents of both countries held talks in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, but were not able to sign a deal. | South Sudan seceded from Sudan in July, an...
Signs of New Life as U.N. Searches for a Climate Accord The New York Times | WASHINGTON — Critics and supporters alike agree that the U.N. forum for negotiating international climate change policies is an ungainly mess, its annual gatherings marked by discord, disarray and brinkmanship. Related | Times Topic: World Economic Forum (Davos) | Each year, exhausted delega...
New SABC CEO Introduced to Staff, Unions All Africa BuaNews (Tshwane)-Communications Minister Dina Pule introduced recently appointed SABC CEO Lulama Mokhobo to staff at the public broadcaster on Wednesday. | ...
Post Office CEO Departs Amid Lease Irregularity All Africa Biz-Community (Cape Town)-South African Post Office group CEO Motshoanetsi Lefoka has left the organisation following a disciplinary hearing into the lease of new offices involving irregular and wasteful expenditure of nearly R450m. | ...
Mayor of eThekwini unhappy that irregular expenditure has risen Business Day | THE eThekwini municipality’s executive committee was frustrated that the municipality had incurred substantially more irregular expenditure in the 2010-11 financial year, mayor James Nxumalo said yesterday. | The auditor-general has given the mun...
Company chiefs defend capitalism at Davos forum Business Day | DAVOS — Some of the world’s top CEOs are admitting that capitalism is worsening inequalities, but they say it is better than any alternative. | The defensive salvos by chief executives kicked off talks at the World Economic Forum in the Swiss s...
US stocks edge up Independent online US stocks climbed slightly Monday, following a rise in European markets on hopes that Greece will reach a deal with private creditors on lowering its debt. | The Dow Jones industrial average rose 42 points to 12,764 a half-hour after the opening bell...
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Cap put on benefits ‘to manage abuse’ Independent online In just nine months Rebecca* raked up R30 000 in psychologist bills. | She had suffered depression on and off for years that led to a nervous breakdown and several suicide attempts. | She said the changes in Discovery Health’s allied health ser...
SABC chief has tough decisions to make Independent online Gender and experience seem to have put new SABC boss Lulama Mokhobo in good stead when she was appointed this week, outdoing former acting group chief executive officer Phil Molefe and another unnamed woman candidate in the race for the position. | S...
National Lotteries Board CEO Quits All Africa DA (Cape Town)-The Democratic Alliance (DA) welcomes the resignation of the CEO of the National Lotteries Board (NLB), Mr Vevek Ram. Mr Ram's letter of resignation was officially received and accepted by the NLB this morning. | ...
CEO: Kruger Park 80% functional Independent online The Kruger National Park was 80 percent functional by Thursday afternoon after heavy rains earlier in the week, SA National Parks (SANParks) said. | “A few tents were damaged, but our tourism facilities stood the test of the flood,” chief...
Forbes Coal ‘well positioned’ to maintain growth, says CEO Mining Weekly | JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) – TSX- and JSE-listed Forbes & Manhattan Coal (Forbes Coal) is “well positioned” to maintain strong growth rates, CEO Stephan Theron said on Tuesday, as the miner boosted third-quarter productio...
Patil pitches for private investment in health, edu The Siasat Daily | Jaipur, January 09: President Pratibha Patil on Monday pitched for harnessing private investments in the crucial areas of health, education and skill development at a time of "economic uncertainty" and asked the overseas Indian community to be partners in the country's development. | Addressing the valedictory session of the 10th Pravasi Bharatiy...
Tony Blair: 12 months in his diary The Daily Telegraph A huge amount of the former Prime Minister's £8m expenses is said to have gone on foreign travel by him and his team; Josie Ensor charts just how extensive his travels have been. | Tony Blair gives a speech in Long Beach, California in May | By Josie Ensor | 10:05PM GMT 14 Jan 2012 | Interactive graphic: Tony Blair's extensive foreign t...