- 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.
- 30 Sep 2011 09:28 - Glynnis Underhill
- The liquidation inquiry into Canyon Springs, which borrowed and never repaid clothing factory worker's pension money, was mired in further controversy
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- 25 Aug 2011 10:39 - Staff Reporter
- Jobs are not being created fast enough to absorb the rising labour force, despite two consecutive quarters of job creation in SA, says Ebrahim Patel.
- 02 Aug 2011 12:50 - Staff Reporter
- Government says Walmart's takeover of Massmart poses a risk to the economy if more stringent conditions are not applied to the merger agreement.
- 25 Jul 2011 16:58 - Katharine Child
- The government remains concerned that the Walmart-Massmart merger will lead to job losses or will stifle job creation, Jimmy Manyi has said.
- 22 Jul 2011 00:00 - Teague Payne
- The Newcastle clothing industry has become a metaphor for the crucial debate about jobs in South Africa, writes Teague Payne.
- 24 Jun 2011 17:40 - Staff Reporter
- Fedusa hopes to discuss "green" jobs with Minister of Economic Development Ebrahim Patel when they meet, to follow up on government's new growth path.
- 03 Jun 2011 00:00 - The Editorial
- When President Jacob Zuma announced his Cabinet there was some curiosity about how economic policy would work.
- 13 May 2011 08:39 - Lloyd Gedye
- The state's opposition to the Walmart/Massmart merger is sending the wrong message to corporate South Africa, argue stakeholders.
- 15 Feb 2011 14:43 - Staff Reporter
- Job creation will be a priority throughout all spheres of government this year, Economic Development Minister Ebrahim Patel said on Tuesday.
- 31 Jan 2011 04:29 - Staff Reporter
- People should stop talking about Mandela as if he were dead, African National Congress treasurer general Mathews Phosa said on Sunday.
