Nairobi - Kenya's minister for land on Monday threatened to repossess tracts of idle land and redistribute it to thousands of landless people.

Focus on economic foundations required

The South African Water Affairs and Forestry Department and the Mpumalanga Government have initiated a 70 million rand project to construct a water pipeline

The presidency has appointed an interdepartmental task team to investigate short-term solutions to restore the Civitas Building, which accommodates both the health and home affairs departments in Struben Street, Pretoria.

Outlook for 2004

Shareholder criticises decision to wind up

The water affairs and forestry department had approved an above-inflation tariff increase of 6,1% for the bulk raw water supplied out of the Vaal River, the ministry said yesterday.

Government and several parastatals made their biggest sales pitch yet last week when they met representatives of Canadian aluminium group Alcan in an effort to sell SA as the destination for a 2,2bn aluminium smelter at Coega in Eastern Cape.

The $2.2 billion aluminium smelter at Coega in the Eastern Cape was "just one of many options" available to Alcan

Business Unity SA signed a co-operation agreement with the Democratic Republic of Congo's Federation of Entrepreneurial Chambers during President Thabo Mbeki's recent visit to that country.