South Africa Needs to Create Job Opportunities for New Graduates

As the nation celebrates youths this month, serious thought should be given to how exactly the nation is helping youths achieve their dreams. In recent years there’s been a strong push to motivate the youth to “do more” with their lives, to become an inspiration, to help build South Africa. And the youth responded, by thronging to educational institutions to become equipped with the skills to build the nation, they’ve been through three to four years of education, but... Read more »
by Nicolette Chinomona | Published 13 years ago

By Nicolette Chinomona On Tuesday, June 25th, 2013

Restaurant Industry Booming in South Africa

With the economy in the state that it is in, people are tightening their belts ad spending less and you’d expect fine dining establishments to suffer. Why is the restaurant business thriving when a lot of oth... Read more »
By Nicolette Chinomona On Monday, June 17th, 2013

Innovation in Africa has to Battle the Chief

Is innovative thinking possible in Africa? For years the African continent has been synonymous with negative factors. With our disturbing appetite for war and conflict and the rampage of HIV/AIDS, when the worl... Read more »
By Staff Writer On Wednesday, June 12th, 2013

Labour Broking Has No Impact on Unemployment Rate

South Africa is facing a high rate of unemployment. Recent reports indicate that 25.2% (4.6 million) of South Africans are unemployed. The Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) believes that the exist... Read more »
By Nicolette Chinomona On Tuesday, June 11th, 2013

Business in South Africa post “Brand Madiba”

In the past few days, the country has been on its toes, waiting anxiously to hear any news at all about the well-being of its hero. This latest hospitalization has sparked debate over whether the nation is read... Read more »
By Mvusi Ngubane On Tuesday, June 4th, 2013

Chrome Mine Strikes Undermine Zuma

Protests led by the Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (Amcu) have erupted within South Africa’s chrome sector in spite of President Jacob Zuma’s appeal for stability to be re-establi... Read more »
By Mvusi Ngubane On Monday, June 3rd, 2013

Rand Will Recover: Pravin Gordhan

Despite a dwindling economy and a weakened rand, Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan has assured those concerned about the rand’s performance that the currency, which reached a four-year low last Thursday, wi... Read more »
By Thandi On Tuesday, May 28th, 2013

Free State Government Website to be Probed

  A number of years ago one had to pay thousands in order to own a website. However, since the advent of open-source software, owning a website has become very affordable. Many individuals and businesses f... Read more »
By Mvusi Ngubane On Friday, May 24th, 2013

Zuma Finally Addresses Labour Unrest Crisis

Following almost three weeks of silence, President Jacob Zuma finally addressed the country’s labour unrest issue yesterday, urging labourers, companies and unions to act with the nation’s best interests in... Read more »
By Mvusi Ngubane On Wednesday, May 22nd, 2013

Gordhan Demands an End to Labour Unrest

Finance Minister, Pravin Gordhan, has issued a firm warning, particularly to the mining sector, that the labour instability currently looming within the country will damage the economy and deter investors. Gord... Read more »