Sally Herman is an Independent Non-Executive Director of Investec Property Fund Limited.

There was time - and not long ago - when interest rate increases saw listed property share prices plummet. Notwithstanding the substantial interest rate increases over the past two years, most of the listed property stocks have not been affected to any great extent

Close to an investment crisis - that's the effect on the property sector of the Public Investment Corp 's (PIC) R2,3bn purchase of listed fund CBS.

Gaborone - Construction of Botswana's first modern gold mine was planned for August, with production starting a year later, Gallery Gold chairman David Harley said yesterday.