- 18 Oct 2012 08:44 - Sapa
- Economic Development Minister Ebrahim Patel says Jacob Zuma's proposed freeze on salary hikes for a year would apply to the private and public sector.
- 17 Aug 2012 15:03 - Lynley Donnelly
- Opposition parties have slammed Economic Development Minister Ebrahim Patel for failing to give clarity on the implementation of a youth wage subsidy.
- 05 May 2012 00:00 - Kevin Davie
- A new book by the former head of the Competition Tribunal David Lewis argues that the decision-making ability of competition heads has been destroyed.
- 26 Apr 2012 00:00 - Lynley Donnelly
- The South African government has begun thinking of implementing a new model of funding the Industrial Development Corporation, namely cash injections.
- 09 Mar 2012 16:04 - Lynley Donnelly
- The government has roundly welcomed the ruling on the Walmart/Massmart merger and appears unlikely, at present, to take the matter to court.
- 20 Feb 2012 20:46 - Staff Reporter
- BMW will invest R2.2-bn in the economy with a new vehicle series -- indicating a "vote of confidence" from the private sector, says Ebrahim Patel.
- 17 Feb 2012 00:00 - Lynley Donnelly
- The state, economists say, can afford to double its debt levels and lift borrowing to about R1-trillion to pay its ambitious infrastructure plans.
- 17 Feb 2012 00:00 - Lynley Donnelly
- The government is taking a tough-love approach to drive its bold, integrated R1-trillion infrastructure plan and the state will crack the whip.
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- 15 Feb 2012 16:30 - Staff Reporter
- Economic Development Minister Ebrahim Patel says the country will need its entire skills base for government's R300-billion infrastructure programme.
- 03 Feb 2012 00:00 - Staff Reporter
- President Jacob Zuma is looking East for inspiration, as the ANC pushes for resource nationalism rather than a crude form of nationalisation.
- 27 Jan 2012 00:00 - Glynnis Underhill
- Why has Economic Development Minister Ebrahim Patel let off the hook by the Canyon Springs investigation into union workers' missing pension funds?
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- 24 Jan 2012 07:15 - Paul Vecchiatto
- The DA has accused Sactwu of shielding Economic Development Minister Ebrahim Patel from the fallout of R100-million worth of workers' pension funds.
- 20 Jan 2012 00:00 - Glynnis Underhill
- Officials say minister left before he was pushed as case into missing worker millions continues.
- 16 Jan 2012 08:09 - Staff Reporter
- Enoch Godongwana insists his resignation as deputy minister of economic development is not due to a probe into how R100m in union money disappeared.
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- 08 Dec 2011 08:55 - Paul Vecchiatto
- Government has made regulations effective allowing the trade and industry department to designate that only locally produced services are procured.
- 03 Dec 2011 14:30 - Glynnis Underhill
- The liquidation inquiry investigating the misappropriation of clothing workers' pension funds has made headway, leading to two arrests.
- 25 Nov 2011 16:45 - Staff Reporter
- The green jobs report says South Africa's green economy could create 460 000 jobs by 2050, which could result in an expanded productive capacity.
- 18 Nov 2011 05:38 - Lynley Donnelly
- Business, labour and government signed a green-economy accord, committing to the creation of 300 000 jobs by building a green industrial base in SA.
- 15 Nov 2011 14:21 - Nickolaus Bauer
- Trevor Manuel has unveiled the NPC's national development plan. But how does it differ from the macroeconomic path unveiled by Ebrahim Patel in 2010?
- 04 Nov 2011 00:16 - Lynley Donnelly
- Infrastructure development will be a "trigger" to the implementation of the government's new growth path.
