Updated: 8am GMT -- 2006/04/10

Business

Earn a living by cooking up a storm
To be a successful chef, you not only have to love preparing food, but also love preparing food for people By PHUMZA MACANDA Business Correspondent CHEFS are more than just cooks. They consider themselves creative artists who use different ingredi...

Cooking up a career as a chef
There are four possible roads you can take to being a chef. 1. You can go to college for a two- to-four-year course, during which you will earn your full certification and diploma to work anywhere in the country. 2. You can go to a special chef...

"Black executives must champion BEE"
By PHUMZA MACANDA Business Correspondent IF SOUTH Africa is making a lot of mistakes through empowerment, it is understandable because there is no precedent to guide how the process should be done, says WipCapital chief executive Gloria Serobe. Sh...

R500m missing from JCI Limited
Murdered Brett Kebble involved in "breathtaking" fraud ABOUT R500 million has gone missing from JCI Limited, chief executive Peter Gray said at the weekend, after the interim results of a six-month forensic investigation into the affairs of the com...

In Brief.......
South African march reserves show moderate accumulation THE South African Reserve Bank's holdings of gold and foreign assets rose to R142,35bn at the end of March from R138,49bn at the end of February, according to data released by the bank on Fri...

NEW HIGHS
PRICE PREV SALLIES89 83 INVLTD33795 33700 ATLAS1650 1636 LONMIN30000 29900 RICHMON D 3058 3041 REUNERT7368 7250 CMH 11200 11050 WESCOB42000 41400 ILLOVO1725 1715 NASPERS-N 13488 13450 ALTRON PP2625 2575 ABIL3340 3290 BUSBY890 875 ADVTEC...

Platinum loses its sparkle as bourse dips
THE JSE ended down 0,2% at 20600 with value traded at R8,77 billion on Friday. Advances led declines 202 to 190 with 94 shares unchanged out of 486 active. Mining closed off 1,8% at 23500, while industrials were up 0,6% at 17524 and financials e...

Key Numbers
Rand/dollar..............R6,1185 Gold....................$587,40/oz Oil...................$67,21/barrel Eastern Cape    South Africa    Foreign    Business    Stocks & S...

DAILY TOP 10 UP
SB BIL PX 105+1000 IB IMP PQ 125+714 NB TKG PT 104+667 ABSOLUTE 31+500 AWETHU 31+500 SB AMS PW 31+500 SB ASA PV 31+500 NB TOP PS 134+444 SB IMP PS 103+429 STRATCORP 369+333 DAILY TOP 10 DOWN NB SBK PU 19-900 ELEXIR 22-500 HERCOL 1614-467 SB ASA PU...

SHIPS
In port last night: GC55 at steelpile, Vuna Shamrock at G, Pacific Banner at repair quay Arrived yesterday: Nil Sailed yesterday: Nil Due today: Mosel Ace (06:00) from Zarate to R extension Eastern Cape    South ...