Gillian Jones

Guest Author

.lazy-loader-background-element-2.lazyload{ background-image: url(https://bucket.mg.co.za/wp-media/2019/03/a847b22a-national-minimum-wage-debate-mooted-for-cosatu-conference-696x445.jpeg) }

National minimum wage a moot point at Cosatu conference

Article Gillian Jones - 16 Sep 2012

Speaking ahead of its national congress Cosatu has hinted that it will push for a national minimum wage to be legislated across all sectors.

Shadow of Marikana hangs over Cosatu congress

Article Gillian Jones - 13 Sep 2012

Analysts are predicting that events at Lonmin's mine in Marikana will heavily influence next week's Cosatu national congress.

Breytenbach: NPA wants new inquiry chair

Article Gillian Jones - 16 Aug 2012

The National Prosecuting Authority will apply to have the chairperson of Glynnis Breytenbach's disciplinary inquiry removed, its lawyer says.

Questions raised over job seekers’ grant

Article Gillian Jones - 5 Aug 2012

The ANC has no appetite for the youth wage subsidy put forward by the Treasury last year in an attempt to alleviate the high youth unemployment rate.

Lawyer argues Mdluli linked to Breytenbach’s suspension

Article Gillian Jones - 26 Jul 2012

Glynnis Breytenbach's suspension was linked to her probe into former crime intelligence boss Richard Mdluli, her disciplinary hearing has heard.

Zuma calls for citizens to build ‘the South African vision’

Article Gillian Jones - 4 Jul 2012

President Jacob Zuma has told the national cohesion summit the 2010 World Cup should be an example of what a united South Africa could be like.

Minister defends South Africa’s $2-billion IMF loan

Article Gillian Jones - 25 Jun 2012

International Relations Minister Maite Nkoane-Mashabane says South Africa's $2-billion loan to the IMF will help the country gain influence.

‘Mangaung must be a turning point’

Article Gillian Jones - 24 Jun 2012

The ANC needed to change from a resistance movement to a "transformative movement and effective governing party".

Netshitenzhe: ANC not living up to the values of the struggle

Article Gillian Jones - 20 Jun 2012

ANC NEC member Joel Netshitenzhe says the significant change in South Africa's class structure over the past 18 years has implications for the party.

ANC Youth League calls for changes in Constitution

Article Gillian Jones - 5 Jun 2012

The ANC Youth League says the Constitution must be changed to allow the expropriation of land without compensation.

Cosatu doubts effectiveness of govt e-toll bid

Article Gillian Jones - 31 May 2012

Cosatu's Zwelinzima Vavi says government's application to the Constitutional Court to scrap a court order halting e-tolling, will fail.

ANC policy papers show discontent with world bodies

Article Gillian Jones - 5 Mar 2012

The ANC discussion document on international relations says the UN, World Bank and International Monetary Fund must be reformed.

12 3 4 Page 1 of 4

Press Releases

Special Reports

Adventures, ghost tours and big skies await visitors to the Cape Winelands

special reports - 23 Sep 2020

All of the CWDM destinations are accessible within a 30- to 120-minute drive from Cape Town, creating real value for money

Special Reports

SingularityU Online Summit to contribute to SME growth in 2020

special reports - 23 Sep 2020

The global speakers lined up for this year's event will address the challenges and opportunities specifically facing small businesses

Special Reports

Policy priorities lie with urgent economic reforms

special reports - 23 Sep 2020

Professor Raymond Parsons believes that business and consumer sentiment in South Africa would both benefit from even lower borrowing costs

Special Reports

Javett Art Centre at the University of Pretoria to reopen on Heritage Day

special reports - 22 Sep 2020

The new, drive-through sculpture exhibition brings to four the number of exhibitions of iconic African and South African art

Special Reports

Request for Quotation for Benguela Current Convention Secretariat

special reports - 19 Sep 2020

A chartered aircraft for an aerial survey and counting software for cape fur seals and seabirds in Angola, Namibia and South Africa is required

Special Reports

Fifteen additional speakers for SingularityU SA Online Summit 2020

special reports - 18 Sep 2020

SingularityU hosts global line-up with an extra 15 speakers to address thought-provoking topics to help solve the world's grand challenges

Special Reports

Recycling water and waste management

special reports - 18 Sep 2020

One solution to South Africa's water shortage is to install infrastructure that will save rainwater from run-off into the stormwater system

Special Reports

Covid-19 and CVD: The heart in the time of crisis

special reports - 18 Sep 2020

The pandemic has been a time of great humility for health workers and tactics have had to be changed if they weren’t working