A new scheme byt the land bank offers funds at as low as prime minus 5% for co-operative businesses.
Blame for the labour crisis in South Africa has been placed at mine bosses’ door for caving in to illegal action.
With no end in sight for the transport workers strike, observers have warned that dire economic effects would be felt as it enters its second week.
Transport workers’ wage negotiations have collapsed, leading to a vow of indefinite strike action by unions and raising concerns about fuel supply.
The economy produced a mixed bag of news in the second quarter of the year, as reflected in the Reserve Bank’s Quarterly Bulletin.
Slutwalk Johannesburg has turned into a family day, with children walking alongside adults to express outrage at the scourge of sexual violence in SA.
A unanimous ConCourt decision found that miners could seek compensation in terms of the Compensation for Occupational Injuries and Diseases Act.
In apartheid SA, a situation like that in Marikana would have gone down very differently, according to an unreconstructed commander of the riot squad.
Economists have warned that carbon pricing will damage South Africa’s economic growth and global competitiveness.
Zanu-PF member and MP Jonathan Moyo has criticised Zimbabwe’s draft constitution in an indication that a faction within the party may reject it.