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Excellent Service - - Monday, February 22, 2010
David and I would like to say a very big THANK YOU for sorting our shipment to England. We are very impressed with the excellent service given to us and can only recommend Advance Transport to anyone who wants to ship belongings around the world!!
You were a great help to my mom in getting everything packed up in Kimberley, you guys provided excellent service to us. <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm
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Sekoto paintings to be auctioned in London
An international auction house is to hold the first overseas sale dedicated to South African art in London this week.At a sale last year at Bonhams, which claims to have sold more Gerald Sekoto paintings than any other auction house, Sekoto's Self Portrait fetched ₤123 450 (R1,7 mil). Thirteen Sekoto paintings will also be on offer this year, with estimates ranging from ₤ 1 000 to ₤ 100 000. (R13000.00 - R1.4 mil)
We recently had the honour to pack and export some of the paintings done by Gerald Sekoto.
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Battle brews over Karoo gas
A battle is brewing between local people and major energy companies looking to exploit possible sources of shale gas in the Karoo.
Minimum wage factory shutdowns head for talks
Efforts to resolve the stand-off over the payment of the minimum wage between the National Bargaining Council for the Clothing Manufacturing Industry and factory owners will begin on Monday when all the parties meet with national government representatives.
Both sides learn lessons from public sector strike
Whatever the decision of the combined public sector unions considering the government's improved pay offer, the lasting legacy of the present strike will be one of bitterness.
Former Minister of Mines dies
Former Minister of Mines Fanie Botha has died in Pretoria at the age of 88.
Kumba calls ICT rights deal fraud
Kumba Iron Ore, a unit of Anglo American, has accused the application by Imperial Crown Trading (ICT) for a partial right over its Sishen ore mine of being "fraudulent".
Huge jump in your medical costs
Claims paid by your medical scheme last year were up almost 18 percent over the amount paid in 2008, and, despite an increase in contribution income that was double the inflation rate for last year, schemes did not collect enough contributions to pay members' claims, resulting in many of them incurring operating losses in 2009, an annual check-up on the financial health of schemes shows.
How to ... use credit life assurance
It is extremely important to have life assurance to cover debt should you die, become disabled or are retrenched, but speciality consumer credit life assurance has a history of exploiting consumers. In the ninth part of our "How to" series on life assurance, we cover the important things you need to know about credit life assurance.
Renaissance liquidators lodge claims for R88m
The liquidators of Renaissance Health Medical Scheme have lodged an R80-million claim against the scheme's former administrator, principal officer and trustees and an R8-million claim against the court-appointed curator who ran the scheme before it was declared insolvent in 2008.
Schemes regulator to publish interim list of medical costs
After the recent High Court ruling against the Reference Price List, the Department of Health is looking at other ways of drawing up guideline tariffs that medical schemes can use to set the rates at which they will pay healthcare providers.
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SA's got talent, but it's not all good
The second round of the Cape Town auditions for TV's SA's Got Talent featured the unexpectedly good, the awfully bad and the downright hilarious.
Another cricketer probed in fixing row
The British newspaper whose allegations of a betting scam have rocked the world of cricket says a fourth Pakistan player is being probed over |the claims, but has refused to name him.
SA expats speak of shock at first quake
Phone lines and internet connections between South Africa and New Zealand hummed yesterday as families and friends sought to reassure each other in the aftermath of the powerful earthquake that rocked New Zealand's South Island early yesterday.
City plots nature reserve takeover
The City is looking at taking back the management of the Table Mountain National Park, including lucrative money-spinners such as Cape Point and Boulders Beach.
River odyssey could fund 'field of dreams'
FOUR adventurers have braved more than 600 kilometres of waters that are home to crocodiles and hippo to raise funds for a Hermanus school.
Sisters killed at problem intersection
Two sisters were killed when their vehicle collided with a one-ton Hyundai bakkie at the intersection of Buitengracht and Hans Strydom Drive yesterday.
Grootvlei crisis looms again as toxic waters rise
The Grootvlei mine in Springs is again on the brink of disaster, as rising underground water levels threaten to flood the mine - potentially unleashing a regional environmental crisis - and its remaining workforce - which has yet to be paid - prepare to down tools.
Nzimande: Don't fail students just because our schools do
South Africa's universities need to realise that school-leavers who possess a matric exemption, especially those who come from disadvantaged institutions, have overcome the difficulties of a flawed education system and therefore deserve respect.
News briefs - September 04, 2010
Former national police commissioner Jackie Selebi has asked his lawyers to tell "the authorities" that his corruption prosecution may have been improper, says a statement attributed to him yesterday. His application for leave to appeal against his|15-year sentence will be heard|on Monday.
Biko denies running up R32 000 bill
'It wasn't me," says Hlumelo Biko about reports in the Saturday Star last week that he was sought by an upmarket Port Elizabeth boutique hotel for refusing to pay a bill of almost R32 000 that he racked up over a three-night stay.
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