It looks as if a world where everything from hearts to cars can be made at the touch of a button may not be so far away.
The government is looking at ways to secure cheaper steel for a downstream manufacturing industry.
The events of Marikana have renewed pressure on the ANC’s leadership to secure more radical change in terms of economic policy in Mangaung.
Like many other state endeavours, the costs of Transnet’s latest fuel project have kept on soaring, writes Lynley Donnelly.
The government may be looking to implement export taxes on iron ore and steel products, it announced in a post Cabinet briefing.
A review of Transnet’s multi-product pipeline found errors by role players has overrun budget by R14-billion and delayed the project by three years.
Ballooning government wages are helping to close the income inequality gap between white and black South Africans.
Strikes and a slowdown in consumer spending are having a knock-on effect on the South African economy, writes Lynley Donnelly.
Mobile operators’ claims that reducing inter-connection fees between networks would hurt their businesses, and hike prices for consumers are false.
The resignation of Paul O’Flaherty, announced recently, had even the most ardent Eskom critics shaking their heads.