Government is shaking up a cocktail of unemployment, skills and incentive funding to ward off the worst of the current recession.
The global economic meltdown is taking its toll on the local economy, but the JSE has turned upwards, writes Lynley Donnelly.
Wasteful expenditure by local government undermines claims that the 15% wage increase demanded by workers could negatively affect the economy.
South Africa should not do away with inflation targeting, but there is room to reconsider the narrow target inflation band, say economists.
Can cellphones make grain cheaper for a poor consumer or mitigate the impact of a food crisis on a country? Yes, says research released on Monday.
Jacob Zuma on Sunday named Gill Marcus as head of the central bank from November in an appointment that will probably be welcomed by investors.
Not only does a state mining company already exist, it also gets special treatment from government.
Buyers are circling around pillars of South African media such as The Star, the Cape Argus, The Mercury and The Sunday Independent.
Reserve Bank Governor Tito Mboweni will be asked to serve another term, a senior Luthuli House official has told the Mail & Guardian.
Rental services run by real estate companies ahead of 2010 have taken off.