Search Results for: South Africa

BY KEITH NUTHALL
CRIMINALS dream of a world without police and although such a concept might seem science-fiction, it is actually easy to commit offences away from the eyes of law enforcement: just hire a boat. On the high seas, there is no-one watching, which is why fishing crime is so common and difficult to detect.…

BY DEIRDRE MASON
THE USA dominates the world’s soft-drinks markets with its Coca Cola, Pepsi and affiliated brands, so can the big players in the European bottled mineral water industry achieve a similar success with brands such as Evian, Volvic and Perrier?…

KEITH NUTHALL
A FRENCH fishing company has opened the way for fellow fishermen from across the European Union to launch direct legal challenges to EU fishing regulations.

Until now, under European case law, fishing and other companies were not allowed to ask judges at the European Court of Justice to strike down irksome EU rules, where they apply equally to a number of competitors.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
AUSTRALIAN scientists have produced what they call the world’s first virtual tour of a stretch of ocean floor, an invention that could provide undersea mining prospectors with valuable geological and topographical information.

The 3D map covers 2 million sq km of the 11 million sq km of ocean over which Australia has sovereign rights, off the island continent’s south east shores.…

BY MARK ROWE
THAILAND has threatened to launch a disputes proceeding involving the United States at the World Trade Organisation if Washington goes ahead with plans to grant tariff privileges to footwear exports from South American countries. The US is to waive duties on footwear in ex-change for co-operation in suppressing drugs in the region but the Thais say their footwear industry will suffer heavily.…

BY RICHARD HURST, in Johannesburg
TROUBLED South African textile company Mooi-River Textiles, based in KwaZulu Natal, may remain open, despite concerns of imminent closure. The announcement follows a report that the company would be reopening talks with the South African Clothing and Textile Workers Union to save the business’s 140 jobs.…

BY RICHARD HURST
SOUTH African chemical company Sasol has entered into an agreement with Nigerian national Petroleum Corporation and Chevron Nigeria to develop the Nigeria-based Escravos gas to liquids plant.…

BY RICHARD HURST
SOUTH African exporters of low value items, notably coal and steel, are reported to be negotiating with the country’s National Ports Authority (NPA) for reductions in the cargo dues that have resulted from recent tariff increases. Nigel Stevens managing director of Richard’s Bay Coal terminal said that the added terminal and wharfage costs of roughly Rand 1.9 billion a year could seriously damage the coal mining industry in South Africa.…

BY RICHARD HURST, in Johannesburg
JAPANESE truck manufacturer Nissan Diesel is considering sourcing components from South Africa to benefit from the tariff reduction plans implemented by the Pretoria government to develop the national motor industry, local press reports claim.

The Japanese company has indicated that it intends using South Africa as a base from which to expand truck exports into the rest of Africa.…

BY RICHARD HURST
THE SOUTH African Department of Minerals and Energy and Shell South Africa have announced the signing of a letter of intent to develop a natural gas industry in the country’s southern Cape provinces. The two parties are to jointly evaluate the prospects of introducing natural gas from the Kudu fields in neighbouring Namibia; this assessment will include the transmission of gas, including the possible construction of a pipeline.…