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...
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The Financial Services Board (FSB), in agreement with the life assurance ombudsman, has directed a warning towards life assurance companies, advising them to apply caution when instating clauses that would allo...
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The South African government’s lack of leadership skills, accompanied by its failure to understand the social and political activities currently underway in the mining sector are to blame for the brewin...
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World-leading platinum group, Anglo American Platinum (Amplats) has given in to political pressure, resulting in a delay in its announcement of a restructuring plan that aims to leave 6000 miners jobless. Ampla...
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Over the past few months, consumers have suffered a strain within their finances due to the constant roller-coaster ride, of the rise and fall of petrol prices. Consumers will be relieved to know that there has...
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The BRICS summit in Durban last month stirred much positive discussion on how South Africa stands to benefit from this elite group. However, now that the excitement of the summit has died down a little, it may ...
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The H7N9 bird flu has broken out in China, which has led to the officials in the city of Shanghai ordering for a temporary closure of all the poultry markets in the city. There is also a possibility that all im...
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South Africa’s largest convention center, the Inkosi Albert Luthuli Convention Center, has added a staggering R14.5 billion to the country’s economy over the past six years, Mrs Jullie-May Ellingson...
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Owner of a successful web design and development company Jam Factory, Etienne Bruwer, says that banks and other financial institutions spend many millions on web development because they must be able to guara...
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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 mind and cautioning them not to “wreck the economy” while seeking the fulfilment of their demands. “We should demand better salaries and working conditions, but we may not wreck the economy,” Zuma stated in response to a debate held in the National House of Tra... Read more »
