Construction at the Medupi power plant may not be completed until the latter half of 2014. Eskom held a news conference at which executive Brian Dames confirmed an expected delay of six months. Eskom and the st...
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The clucking in the agricultural sector has recently upped the ante on the issue of tariffs. Just last month The Association of Meat Importers and Exporters filed a court petition to have some light shed on wha...
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Telecommunications giant Telkom has been told to expect strike action if it does not “come to the party” during upcoming wage negotiations. In March, the previous wage deal expired and Telkom met with the t...
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Yesterday the Business Confidence Index (BCI) for June 2013 was released by the South African Chamber of Commerce and Industry, the results were discouraging, showing a drop from May’s 90.4, to June’s 90.2,...
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The 20th Southern African International Trade Exhibition (SAITEX) wrapping up today and with all the participants going home with their wares and fares, a closer look at the partnership between the exhibition a...
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Last week, at a graduation ceremony at the African Leadership Academy in Johannesburg, Planning Minister Trevor Manuel said promoting an entrepreneurial spirit among young Africans will cut youth unemployment....
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On Friday the American Presidential carrier, Air Force One, touched down in South Africa, bringing with it President Barack Obama and family, for a landmark visit. There has been the usual pomp and ceremony tha...
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The economic outlook of the country isn’t encouraging, falling gold prices, a struggling Rand and the unemployment rate climbing up from where it was at the beginning of the year. Clearly other alternatives t...
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Two weeks ago, when former president Nelson Mandela was admitted into hospital, I was surprised to be invited to participate in an online poll on whether it would still be safe for White South Africans in a pos...
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It seems the revolutionary is back with a bang and with red berets, his proudly embroidered with “Commander in chief EFF.” The nation was stunned when Julius Malema was expelled from the ANC in 2012, an outcome that was poised to end his political career and relegate him to the radical activist archives of South African political history books. Once a close ally of President Jacob Zuma and president of the Youth League, he was even described by the president as “Being w... Read more »
