Financial Mail articles from June 2006

Financial Mail archives from June 2006

Regulatory compliance HELPING COMPANIES TOE THE LINE.
June 30, 2006... (From Financial Mail) Byline: Larry Claasen Regulatory compliance HELPING COMPANIES TOE THE LINE Technology is the latest tool being employed by companies around the world to root out fraud and prevent incidents such as the collapse...

ANOTHER WEEK.
June 30, 2006... (From Financial Mail) AT HOME SABC CE Dali Mpofu names lawyer Gilbert Marcus and ex-SABC CE Zwelake Sisulu to probe allegations of a blacklist on interviewing certain political commentators. Fabcos suspends president Sam Buthelezi...

SABC'S DISRESPECT FOR ITS AUDIENCE.
June 30, 2006... (From Financial Mail) SABC'S DISRESPECT FOR ITS AUDIENCE John Reith, the founding director-general of the BBC, would insist that his radio newsreaders report for duty wearing evening dress. The legend goes that a broadcaster of Scottish...

Editor's Note.
June 30, 2006... (From Financial Mail) Byline: Barney Mthombothi This may be an exaggeration but everywhere you look, things seem to be falling apart. While honchos in the ruling party are straining every sinew to strangle each other, the streets,...

HOW TO ENSURE CLEAN WATER Mike Muller pse extend address box lines What new water affairs minister Lindiwe Hendricks can do about the sanitation mess she has inherited Mike Muller is a visiting research fellow at the Wits University Graduate School.
June 30, 2006... (From Financial Mail) Byline: Mike Muller HOW TO ENSURE CLEAN WATER What new water affairs minister Lindiwe Hendricks can do about the sanitation mess she has inherited Mike Muller is a visiting research fellow at the Wits...

ALLAN GRAY EQUITY FUND Domestic equity general.
June 30, 2006... (From Financial Mail) Byline: Stephen Cranston ALLAN GRAY EQUITY FUND Domestic equity general Investors need to be patient Unit price: 11472c Total assets R13,04bn Top ten holdings:* MTN, Remgro, Standard Bank, Impala, Harmony,...

CONAFEX Farming & fishing.
June 30, 2006... (From Financial Mail) Byline: Michael Coulson CONAFEX Farming & fishing Share trade, like HEPS, has dried up Ord price: 1506c Market cap R21,8m Div yield: 12-month high, 1506c; PE ratio: 18,5. Sector PE: 12,9 Low, R12 Six Turn-...

Banking PLASTIC WAR'S SUBTLE ESCALATION.
June 30, 2006... (From Financial Mail) Byline: Heather Formby Banking PLASTIC WAR'S SUBTLE ESCALATION Absa is growing its credit card market share faster than its competitors, according to the April DI900s, the banking statistics compiled by the...

SYNERGY DCM: computer software.
June 30, 2006... (From Financial Mail) Byline: Michael Coulson SYNERGY DCM: computer software Don't buy at this price Ord price: *49c Market cap R26,7m 12-month high, 60c; Low, 5c Year Turn- Operating Pretax Headline Dividend to over profit profit...

ZAPTRONIX AltX, ex-VCM: electronic equipment.
June 30, 2006... (From Financial Mail) Byline: Michael Coulson ZAPTRONIX AltX, ex-VCM: electronic equipment Don't chase it up Ord price: 11c Market cap R41,7m 12-month high, 52c; low, 8c #PE ratio: 28,9 Fin Turn- Operating Pretax Headline NAV period...

RICHARD BRANSON TAKES AIM AT SA BUSINESS.
June 30, 2006... (From Financial Mail) RICHARD BRANSON TAKES AIM AT SA BUSINESS Richard Branson doesn't mince his words. On Monday, at the launch of Virgin Money, a financial services company, he vowed to slay SA's banking beast, accused the big four...

WHAT SAFETY RIGHT?
June 30, 2006... (From Financial Mail) Byline: AJ Blackwood-Murray WHAT SAFETY RIGHT? Surely if (safety & security minister) Charles Nqakula was doing his job properly, we law-abiding loyal South Africans wouldn't have to whinge about the abhorrent...

Diamond: AfroCentric; Dog: JCI.
June 30, 2006... (From Financial Mail) Byline: Jamie Carr Diamond: AfroCentric Stone the crows if there isn't something interesting rumbling up from the shell of our old friend, WB Holdings. Though the name AfroCentric may make serious students of...

YOU CAN RUN BUT YOU CAN'T HIDE.
June 30, 2006... (From Financial Mail) Byline: Jamie Carr YOU CAN RUN BUT YOU CAN'T HIDE Gentle reader, I apologise if the train of thought is more Gautrain than Deutsche Bahn. Half-term has clattered into the household with all the delicacy of a...

Allan Gray Equity AN UNFLATTERING SNAPSHOT.
June 30, 2006... (From Financial Mail) Byline: Stephen Cranston Allan Gray Equity AN UNFLATTERING SNAPSHOT It is unlikely you would select Allan Gray Equity on the basis of its current rankings. In the very short term, a number of the fund's top...

Hospital Rreform NEHAWU GIVES THE AUTHORITIES STICK In a last-ditch attempt to restructure one of the country's largest hospitals, the National Education Health &and Allied Workers Union (Nehawu) has crossed swords gone come head to head with the.
June 30, 2006... (From Financial Mail) Byline: Razina Munshi Hospital reform NEHAWU GIVES THE AUTHORITIES STICK In a last-ditch attempt to restructure one of the country's largest hospitals, the National Education Health & Allied Workers Union...

LESSONS FROM CHINA.
June 30, 2006... (From Financial Mail) Byline: Malcolm Birkin LESSONS FROM CHINA The editorial, Living with a China on our doorstep (Editorials June 23), missed a great journalistic opportunity. Instead of musing upon the inscrutability of our...

BEE IS PATERNALISM AT ITS BEST.
June 30, 2006... (From Financial Mail) Byline: Anthony Bizos "Empowerment aims at redistribution, not capital creation the creation of capital requires vision, effort and time" BEE IS PATERNALISM AT ITS BEST Lionel October is worried that...

A day in the life of Virgin's boss PETER PAN ON HIS FLYING TRAPEZE.
June 30, 2006... (From Financial Mail) Byline: Heather Formby A day in the life of Virgin's boss PETER PAN ON HIS FLYING TRAPEZE I love sec.s was the first thing I saw when we entered the Cape Town aircraft hangar that housed the Electric Lightning...

Trade with China NEW PATTERN WANTED.
June 30, 2006... (From Financial Mail) Byline: Amarnath Singh Trade with China NEW PATTERN WANTED China has agreed to limit textile imports, but more needs to be done to boost the SA sector No matter how much spin China's premier, Wen Jiabao, and SA...

CENMAG DCM: industrial machinery.
June 30, 2006... (From Financial Mail) Byline: Michael Coulson CENMAG DCM: industrial machinery Leave it alone *Ord price: 8c Market cap R0,8m Year Turn- Operating Pretax Headline NAV to over profit profit earnings per share Feb 28 Rm Rm Rm per...

CBS PROPERTIES Real estate: property loan stock Could have some ground to make up Price: R8 Market cap R739m Yield: 8,0% 12-month high, 920c; PE ratio: 76,2. Sector PE: 24,9 Low, 725c Year*Rev-OperatingNAVBasicDistrib.
June 30, 2006... (From Financial Mail) Byline: Michael Coulson CBS PROPERTIES Real estate: property loan stock Could have some ground to make up Price: R8 Market cap R739m Yield: 8,0% 12-month high, 920c; PE ratio: 76,2. Sector PE: 24,9 Low, 725c...

Cinema. LOVE KILLS Separate Lies.
June 30, 2006... (From Financial Mail) Byline: Peter Wilhelm Cinema LOVE KILLS Separate Lies written and directed by Julian Fellowes Graham Greene, who knew a thing or two about adultery and English hypocrisy, once discerned a major theme in a few...

Communications security SMART BIRD HAS EAGLE EYE ON STATE.
June 30, 2006... (From Financial Mail) Byline: Peter Honey Communications security SMART BIRD HAS EAGLE EYE ON STATE Deep in the bosom of the national intelligence agency, SA's newest and most secretive parastatal is emerging from its chrysalis. ...

Career highlights SIR R'S RISE (AND OCCASIONAL FALL).
June 30, 2006... (From Financial Mail) Byline: Linda Stafford Career highlights SIR R'S RISE (AND OCCASIONAL FALL) 1968 Richard Branson's first business venture, Student magazine, is launched. 1970 Start of Virgin mail order record operation...

DID YOU HEAR?
June 30, 2006... (From Financial Mail) Feeling jittery about the market? Don't know whether to jump out of stocks or hang in there? Well you're not alone, as evidenced by this snippet from brokers Barnard Jacobs Mellet (BJM) in its daily market...

The best reader's contribution each week to Did You Hear?
June 30, 2006... (From Financial Mail) The best reader's contribution each week to Did You Hear? wins a fashionable Hugo Boss watch, valued at R1995. Prizes will be delivered by Berco Express. Two more readers can each win a weekend's accommodation for...

Khampepe report SCORPIONS STAY PUT.
June 30, 2006... (From Financial Mail) Byline: Muziwandile Makhanya (FMGN3Pages) Khampepe report SCORPIONS STAY PUT The Scorpions, police and intelligence agencies will have to work more closely together, if cabinet accepts a recommendation by Judge...

Icasa LAST MAN DOWN LAST.
June 30, 2006... (From Financial Mail) Byline: Duncan McLeod Icasa LAST MAN DOWN The skills crisis bedevilling the Independent Communications Authority of SA (Icasa) is worsening. Wojtek Skowronski, GM for engineering services at the...

DAMAGING WORDS.
June 30, 2006... (From Financial Mail) Byline: Justice Malala DAMAGING WORDS Should the dead security guards take their protest to the CCMA? Is that what the labour minister means? HHHCasalinga Rocky Ridge Golf Driving Range Muldersdrift Road...

Political debate ANC BROAD CHURCH SQUEEZED ON ALLEGIANCE TO THE MASSES.
June 30, 2006... (From Financial Mail) Byline: Carol Paton Political debate ANC BROAD CHURCH SQUEEZED ON ALLEGIANCE TO THE MASSES Ruling party and SACP both seek high ground of working class In recent weeks a flurry of political discussion papers...

HCI Media & broadcasting.
June 30, 2006... (From Financial Mail) Byline: Themba Hlengani HCI Media & broadcasting Thank you, advertisers Ord price: R39 Market cap R4,9bn Div yield: 12-month high, R45; PE ratio: 22,7. Sector PE: 6,03 Low, R24 Year Turn- Operating Pretax...

INVICTA Industrial machinery.
June 30, 2006... (From Financial Mail) Byline: Stafford Thomas INVICTA Industrial machinery Accumulate Ord price: 1827c Market cap R1,38bn Div yield: 4,4% 12-month high, 1980c; PE ratio: 10,7. Sector PE: 13,2 Low, 1305c Year Turn- Operating Pretax...

JOHNCOM Media.
June 30, 2006... (From Financial Mail) Byline: Themba Hlengani JOHNCOM Media BEE on hold, money good Ord price: R55,86 Market cap R5,7bn Div yield: 3,13% 12-month high, R64; PE ratio: 11,4. Sector PE: 12,9 Low, R36,20 Year Turn- Operating Pretax...

CHINA CRUSADE.
June 30, 2006... (From Financial Mail) Byline: Madibeng Kgwete CHINA CRUSADE Your comment on China (Editorials June 23) points to the fact that China is a manipulative trade partner that cares more about the speedy achievement of its economic goals...

Art. PORTRAITS IN PASTICHE Liekie Fouche (Skukan); Paula Louw (Everard Read); Elizabeth Riding (Association of Arts); Marietjie Schoeman (Alette Wessels); Cecil Skotnes (Goodman); winter show (Momo) This week's selection is split between Jo'burg and.
June 30, 2006... (From Financial Mail) Byline: Michael Coulson Art PORTRAITS IN PASTICHE Liekie Fouche (Skukan); Paula Louw (Everard Read); Elizabeth Riding (Association of Arts); Marietjie Schoeman (Alette Wessels); Cecil Skotnes (Goodman); winter...

Rugby. GET BACK TO BASICS SA vs France.
June 30, 2006... (From Financial Mail) Byline: David Williams Rugby GET BACK TO BASICS SA vs France Our problems started with the very first scrum Commentators on the soccer World Cup in Germany have evidently taken seriously the injunction of Basil...

WHERE'S THE PARADE?
June 30, 2006... (From Financial Mail) Byline: Jeremy Maggs WHERE'S THE PARADE? We report on the opposite page on SA's success at the Cannes Lions advertising awards. Cynics might say the industry works in cycles there are good and bad years and...

JOHNNIC HOLDINGS Real estate.
June 30, 2006... (From Financial Mail) Byline: Themba Hlengani JOHNNIC HOLDINGS Real estate Ghost town money Ord price: 970c Market cap R1,61bn Div yield: 30,93% 12-month high, 1450c; PE ratio: 17,6. Sector PE: 23,8 Low, 915c Year Turn- Operating...

SHOW DE COLOGNE.
June 30, 2006... (From Financial Mail) Byline: Jeremy Maggs SHOW DE COLOGNE Soccer World Cup advertising has been tediously repetitive and creatively thin. Perhaps because SA is not participating we haven't seen all the best global ads. There have...

Cannes awards ROAR TALENT.
June 30, 2006... (From Financial Mail) Byline: Jeremy Maggs Cannes awards ROAR TALENT FCB leads Lions charge After years of limited achievement in the wings, SA advertising agencies have pulled off their best-ever performance at the annual Cannes...

The Loeries POWER TO THE PEOPLE.
June 30, 2006... (From Financial Mail) Byline: Jeremy Maggs The Loeries POWER TO THE PEOPLE The Loeries, SA's leading awards for creative advertising and design, are finally to take account of public opinion. A new Loerie, sponsored by the SABC, will...

Skills and training CAN'T FIND GOOD HELP.
June 30, 2006... (From Financial Mail) Byline: Carol Paton Skills and training CAN'T FIND GOOD HELP Can the deputy-president's skills strategy solve the problems it needs to? The skills shortage poses the biggest threat to government's R370bn...

m CUBED General finance: asset managers.
June 30, 2006... (From Financial Mail) Byline: Michael Coulson m CUBED General finance: asset managers Speculative until dispute is settled Ord price: 36c Market cap R270m Div yield: 12-month high, 57c; PE ratio: 10,3. Sector PE: 12,8 Low, 33c Year...

BACK TO DEFENSIVE STOCKS.
June 30, 2006... (From Financial Mail) Byline: Andrew McNulty BACK TO DEFENSIVE STOCKS The risk of the virtuous cycle for the equity market turning into a vicious cycle has risen faster than most investors could have expected. Since the turning...

NASPERS Media & broadcasting.
June 30, 2006... (From Financial Mail) Byline: Themba Hlengani NASPERS Media & broadcasting More investment, more rands Ord price: R112 Market cap R35,2bn Div yield: 0,63% 12-month high, R140; PE ratio: 13,0. Sector PE: 12,9 Low, R81 Year Turn-...

Omnia. DIVERSIFICATION PAYS OFF.
June 30, 2006... (From Financial Mail) Byline: Andrew McNulty Omnia DIVERSIFICATION PAYS OFF For Omnia, sharp swings in market conditions have long been a fact of life. This company, founded in 1953, spent the first three decades of its existence as...

People. GIVER'S GIFT The FM Interview.
June 30, 2006... (From Financial Mail) Byline: Claire Bisseker People GIVER'S GIFT The FM Interview meets GreaterGood SA founder Tamzin Ractliffe When financial analyst and venture capitalist Tamzin Ractliffe grew tired of making wealthy people...

STATE POWER MISUSED.
June 30, 2006... (From Financial Mail) Byline: Nicholas Pothier STATE POWER MISUSED Your defence of the illegal actions by the SA government regarding Khalid Rashid is way below your usual standard (Editor's Note June 16). Whether Rashid is a...

Urban renewal SO WHERE TO NOW?
June 30, 2006... (From Financial Mail) Byline: Ian Fife Urban renewal SO WHERE TO NOW? Promoters' picture of Soweto as today's property hot-spot is too black and white Soweto has much to be emotional about. Its 50-year history is laden with historic...

Unit trust charges. SECRET PRACTICES.
June 30, 2006... (From Financial Mail) Byline: Stafford Thomas Unit trust charges SECRET PRACTICES Hidden costs charged by unit trust and fund managers will have to be disclosed soon If you think you know what your unit trust investment costs you,...

NEDBANK RAINMAKER Domestic equity general.
June 30, 2006... (From Financial Mail) Byline: Stephen Cranston NEDBANK RAINMAKER Domestic equity general Low financial exposure pays off Unit price: 4798c Total assets R8,56bn Top ten holdings:* Remgro, Sasol, Anglo American, BHP Billiton, Reunert,...

REAL AFRICA HOLDINGS Equity investment instruments.
June 30, 2006... (From Financial Mail) Byline: Michael Coulson REAL AFRICA HOLDINGS Equity investment instruments Fighting for its life Ord price: 595c Market cap R2,21bn Div yield: 1,7% 12-month high, 605c; PE ratio: 17,8. Sector PE: 6,0 Low, 385c...

REMGRO Investment holding.
June 30, 2006... (From Financial Mail) Byline: Andrew McNulty REMGRO Investment holding Offers attractive total returns Ord price: 13250c Market cap R59,47bn Div yield: 2,7% 12-month high, R143; PE ratio: 12,9. Sector PE: 12,1 Low, 10050c Year NAV/...

SASFIN TWENTY TEN Domestic equity general.
June 30, 2006... (From Financial Mail) Byline: Stafford Thomas SASFIN TWENTY TEN Domestic equity general Badly hit theme Unit price: 113c Total assets R14m Top ten holdings:* Reunert, Altron, Shoprite, Tiger Brands, Imperial, Mr Price, Group Five, M&...

MUGABE'S CASE.
June 30, 2006... (From Financial Mail) Byline: Tim Singiswa MUGABE'S CASE It's important that we understand how governments function before we criticise them, otherwise we end up singing a swan song not based on our own research (Editor's Note June...

WESCOAL AltX: coal distributor.
June 30, 2006... (From Financial Mail) Byline: Michael Coulson WESCOAL AltX: coal distributor Forecast had better be met this time Ord price: 70c Market cap R104m 12-month high 90c; low 50c PE ratio: 8,3 Year Turn- Operating Pretax Headline NAV to...

Soccer. WHEN THE PARTY ENDS The 2006 World Cup.
June 30, 2006... (From Financial Mail) Byline: Mark Gleeson Soccer WHEN THE PARTY ENDS The 2006 World Cup Here in Cologne, carnival usually only comes round once a year. But during this World Cup, a festival is guaranteed every night. While the...

Omnia Specialty chemicals.
June 30, 2006... (From Financial Mail) Byline: Andrew McNulty Omnia Specialty chemicals Ready for recovery Ord price: 4820c Market cap R2,18bn Div yield: 3% 12-month high, R50; PE ratio: 13,9. Sector PE: 15,5 Low, R35 Year Turn- Operating Pretax...

Wine. BETTER, LATER Oak Valley, Elgin.
June 30, 2006... (From Financial Mail) Byline: Neil Pendock Wine BETTER, LATER Oak Valley, Elgin The remarkable success story of start-up wineries continues with the news that Oak Valley Sauvignon Blanc 2005 recently won the Decanter World Wine...

UNION INPUT.
June 30, 2006... (From Financial Mail) Byline: Philippe Baka UNION INPUT Government's decision to appoint a (former) union leader as chairman of the Joint Initiative on Priority Skills Acquisition working group gives the unions the opportunity to see...

The Kebble empire PICKING UP THE PIECES.
June 30, 2006... (From Financial Mail) Byline: Michael Coulson The Kebble empire PICKING UP THE PIECES Two unrelated major transactions this week take the process well down the line As the vultures circle, it's becoming clear if anyone ever doubted...

OIL.
June 30, 2006... (From Financial Mail) OIL World oil prices rose sharply last week, with Brent crude edging back towards US$70/barrel. Prices rose after the release of data showing a smaller than expected rise in US gasoline stocks for the week ending...

Branson's SA business FLYING THE VIRGIN FLAG.
June 30, 2006... (From Financial Mail) Byline: Duncan McLeod Branson's SA business FLYING THE VIRGIN FLAG SA cellphone companies and banks are ripe for the taking, says Virgin's boss Saturday. 7pm. It's a bitterly cold Johannesburg winter's evening....

FIXED CAPITAL FORMATION.
June 30, 2006... (From Financial Mail) Byline: Sven Lunsche Fixed investment in the SA economy continues to rise sharply as the infrastructure roll-out begins to gather pace. According to the Reserve Bank's last Quarterly Bulletin, real gross fixed...

FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT.
June 30, 2006... (From Financial Mail) Byline: Sven Lunsche Foreign direct investment remained at strong levels in the first quarter of 2006, according to the Reserve Bank's latest Quarterly Bulletin. Inflows were R20bn, mostly as a result of the...

Deutsche Bank NO CONSPIRACY, JUST AN EGO CLASH.
June 30, 2006... (From Financial Mail) Byline: Heather Formby Deutsche Bank NO CONSPIRACY, JUST AN EGO CLASH Could Deutsche Bank SA executive chairman Martin Kingston's departure be a case of losing a corporate battle? Or is it, as Kingston and an...

Economic focus.
June 30, 2006... (From Financial Mail) Byline: Sven Lunsche Economic focus Amid early indications that SA's three-year growth period will slow down, there are concerns that the economy's job creation potential will also be halted. After a decade in...

Property SPREE NIPPED IN THE BUD.
June 30, 2006... (From Financial Mail) Byline: Ian Fife Property SPREE NIPPED IN THE BUD Homeowners appear to have been at the start of a spending spree when the Reserve Bank raised interest rates by 0,5% two weeks ago. Data supplied by Absa (see...

Gas market SCRAMBLE FOR HEAT WORSENS.
June 30, 2006... (From Financial Mail) Byline: Shareen Singh Gas market SCRAMBLE FOR HEAT WORSENS More gas shortages are imminent as yet another refinery is set to shut down and others battle to meet the backlogs of the past three months. SA...

Boat building BREAKTHROUGH FOR ATLANTIS.
June 30, 2006... (From Financial Mail) Byline: Sven Lunsche Boat building BREAKTHROUGH FOR ATLANTIS Exporting luxury boats to the US has made Cape Town-based Admiral Yachts one of the more successful companies in SA's emerging yacht building market....

PROFILE JENNY CRWYS-WILLIAMS Book entertainer THE UNREALITY CHECK.
June 30, 2006... (From Financial Mail) Byline: Heather Formby PROFILE JENNY CRWYS-WILLIAMS Book entertainer THE UNREALITY CHECK 1 She's been talking on the radio for 12 years, but has moved into other book-related businesses. 2 Has a book event...

Correction.
June 30, 2006... (From Financial Mail) Correction In the profile of JSE Ltd CEO Russell Loubser (People June 16), it was stated that PSG, the JSE's largest single shareholder, took a negative view of the proposed listing. This is untrue. PSG points out...

Empowerment. LEREKO SEEKS TO BROADEN ITS BASE.
June 30, 2006... (From Financial Mail) Byline: Sibonelo Radebe Empowerment LEREKO SEEKS TO BROADEN ITS BASE Two years has been enough for Lereko Investments, the black economic empowerment (BEE) firm led by politicians-turned-businessmen Valli Moosa...

Digital divide WIDENING THE WEB.
June 30, 2006... (From Financial Mail) Byline: Larry Claasen Digital divide WIDENING THE WEB MTN is testing a commercial solution to delivering Internet connectivity to the poor. Can it work? Mobile phone operator MTN is attempting to do what...

DAYLIGHT ROBBERY.
June 30, 2006... (From Financial Mail) Byline: Richard Branson DAYLIGHT ROBBERY "I knew it was bad, I just didn't know it was this bad when it came to fees and transparency" Virgin boss , on the state of banking in SA

BOOKED TO AMUSE.
June 30, 2006... (From Financial Mail) Byline: Heather Formby BOOKED TO AMUSE Jenny Crwys-Williams's house is bursting with books. They are piled up in layers on her dining room table. They crawl up the walls in her entrance hall. And they overflow...

Organisational morale.
June 30, 2006... (From Financial Mail) Byline: Thandeka Gqubule Organisational morale THE REAL RETAINER How much you pay people is not the issue it's the way you treat them Management theorists have realised that monetary rewards and incentives may...

GOLD.
June 30, 2006... (From Financial Mail) GOLD Gold was stable at the US$580/oz level last week, rising briefly above $590/oz, but ending the week largely unchanged. Investor risk-aversion amid fears of a global economic slowdown weighed on precious metals,...

Telecommunications PREDICTABLE OPPORTUNITY.
June 30, 2006... (From Financial Mail) Byline: Larry Claasen Telecommunications PREDICTABLE OPPORTUNITY SA has 11 official languages but when it comes to predictive text on a cellular phone, there is only one: English. This may change if Tegic...

Index. Top Companies 2006.
June 30, 2006... (From Financial Mail) A,B,C Absa 22,29 Adcorp Holdings 44 AECI 34,96 Afgri 36 African Bank Investments 40 African Oxygen 36 African Rainbow Minerals 36 Afrox 96 Alexander Forbes 38 Altech 22,36 Amaps 14,21 AME 14,21 Anglo American 59,63...

ADVERTISING AGENCIES AND CORPORATE CLIENTS.
June 30, 2006... (From Financial Mail) ADFX DESIGN CONCEPTS SA Giants: Thabex (304) ADVISTA ADVERTISING & MARKETING SA Giants: Sasfin (165) AFRICA EXTRA BOLD SA Giants: Brait (227) ALCORN RAYNER MARKETING SA Giants: M& F (53), Afrox (59) ANNE HEATH...

Top ten black chips. Ranked by TEC (Top empowerment companies). Name, net profit Rm, total assets Rm, market cap March 2006 Rm, equity funds Rm.
June 30, 2006... (From Financial Mail) Market cap Ranked by Net profit Total assets Mar '06 Equity funds TEC* Name Rm Rm Rm Rm 1 Sekunjalo Invest 0,8 364,3 285,9 101,7 2 Don Group -0,6 159,9 67,7 95,7 3 Sun International 694,2 7677,9 11464,7 3448,6 4...

Delistings for 2005. Company. Date. Market cap (Rm).
June 30, 2006... (From Financial Mail) Market capitalisation Company Date (Rm) United Service Technologies 3 Jan 3 004,8 Sail Group 4 Jan 122,1 CS Computer Services Holdings 17 Jan 61,4 Global Technology 31 Jan 28,7 Burlington Industries 7 Mar 2,4 Afrox...