There is a broad acceptance on the need to introduce a national minimum wage, Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa said over the weekend.
The continent can build on the experience gleaned from a recently signed tripartite agreement.
International tax rules will soon change, but companies’ behaviour may change sooner.
Labour unions in wage negotiations have left the bargaining table, insisting that the state violated a recent increase agreement.
The state’s bid to claw back 0.6% under a previous agreement has thrown a spanner in the works.
The Reserve Bank plans to make its review of local banks and other authorised dealers’ foreign exchange activities public by the end of the month.
An exemption to a financial intelligence law will reduce the cost and lessen the bureaucracy involved in transferring cash across the border.
The travel sector is pushing for an urgent review of new visa regulations amid forecasts of lower tourist numbers.
Sports Minister Fikile Mbalula has again said neither the government nor the LOC paid any bribes to Fifa officials to secure hosting rights.
Drought, electricity load-shedding and public servants who are quitting are weighing down an already weak economy.