Metrobus has suspended talks with the South African Municipal Workers' Union (Samwu) while it seeks financial support to meet the union's demands.

About 33 trainees under the United Seamen Union or Seafarers of Liberia are commending both the Commissioner of the Bureau of Maritime Affairs (BMA) Beyan Kesselley and President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf for giving Liberia's maritime program a new look and

The Minister of Roads and Highways, Mr. Joe Gidisu, says government will from the 1st June this year enforce the axle load policy to control loading at the ports of entry in accordance with the West African Economic and Monetary

The EU sponsored Mandinabab -Silite road, one of the main roads linking the Gambia to Cassamance was on Thursday 7 May 2009 opened to traffic by Hon. Lamin Bojang, the Minister of Works, Communication and Infrastructure.

Residents of Teshie, a suburb of Accra, are passionately appealing to the government to come to their aid, by constructing a proper road network in the town.

The Deputy Minister for Transport, Dzifa Aku Ativor, has expressed great worry over administrative bottlenecks and inefficiencies which are so rife at the ports.

Experts of the American oil company Anadarko remain optimistic that they will find oil in the Rovuma basin near the Mozambican border with Tanzania.

The South African electricity company Eskom is to complete the installation of a wind power system in the southern Mozambican province of Inhambane before the end of this month, according to a report in the Maputo daily "Noticias".

MTN Group has hit the 100 million subscriber mark, a feat in its bid to become world's leading telecommunications service provider in emerging markets.

The merchant ship Torm Alexandra is again afloat in Monrovia Freeport after a lengthy and complicated salvage operation in the Liberian capital.

OLD Mutual's recovery gained traction in the March quarter, and it remained well capitalised and operationally sound, particularly in the Nordic and SA businesses, where there was strong sales growth.

NEDBANK Group has forecast lower profit this year due to falling economic growth, uncertain global market conditions and unexpected swift cuts in interest rates.

DESPITE placements declining as the economy started to bite, staffing solutions company Kelly Group managed to maintain margins, it said yesterday.

Newly appointed Zesco board chairperson, Songowayo Zyambo, announced in a statement in Lusaka yesterday that Mr Sisala's contract had been terminated with immediate effect.

GLOBAL gold miner Gold Fields was set for the best safety record in its history this financial year as deaths on its mines in the 10 months to end April dropped to 13 from 47 in the 12 months to

MICHAEL Tollman, chairman of leisure and travel group Cullinan Holdings, is in no hurry to appoint a new CEO after the sudden departure of Andre Viljoen in March.

As part of its community investment initiative, First City Monument Bank Plc (FCMB) has offered scholarship to 10 orphaned and vulnerable secondary school children in Lagos State. The scholarship offer runs for three consecutive years.

BANK shares rallied in the US and Europe yesterday after shrugging off the US government's stress tests on big banks that will force them to raise tens of billions of dollars in capital.

GASES and welding group Afrox yesterday announced measures intended to save R200m by the end of this year.

AN epic battle is looming between the board of African conglomerate Lonrho and activist shareholders over the fate of LonZim, a subsidiary which was set up by Lonrho in 2007 "to invest in the recovery of Zimbabwe".