The sights, history and people of Venda – almost too amazing to put into words – lure us from the beaten track
It’s not unusual to hear Nguni or a sprinkling of isiXhosa in the western part of Zimbabwe.
Zambia has the friendliest of people, but doesn’t manage to harness tourism income.
Thaba Bosiuis the ultimate monument to the history of the Basotho and their leaders.
Trade unions in a wage dispute with Telkom on Monday accused it of making a revised offer in bad faith, after it emerged that the company had decided to renege on its revised offer due to the one-day strike. Telkom said it had made a revised offer to its employees "on condition that employees do not engage in industrial action".
Listed Cape Town-based Sekunjalo Investments on Wednesday received the <i>Financial Mail</i> Top Empowerment Companies Award, which is conducted in partnership with black economic empowerment ratings agency EmpowerDEX.
Iqbal Survé-led Sekunjalo’s overall BEE score came in at 76,44%.
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/ 14 February 2006
While calling for increased expenditure on social services such as health and education, which they argue would result in affordable or free quality service, trade unions believe that Minister of Finance Trevor Manuel’s 10th Budget will not have a serious effect on the fight against poverty.
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/ 13 February 2006
Trade unions locked in a dispute with state-owned Transnet over restructuring have postponed their strike in the Eastern Cape until Friday to give the labour structures in the province enough time to finalise logistics and other outstanding issues, it emerged on Monday.
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/ 10 February 2006
While negotiations are under way to resolve the impasse at state-held Transnet over its restructuring, three unions will on February 15 march on Parliament to submit a memorandum to Minister of Public Enterprises Alec Erwin and Maria Ramos, CEO of the state-owned entity.
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/ 8 February 2006
Extending the basic income grant (BIG) to all citizens and a halt on cutting personal and company taxes are some of the Budget 2006/07 proposals that a coalition of three civil formations has made in a bid to eradicate poverty. Financing a universal BIG to all South Africans, the coalition said, would require between R15-billion and R32-billion a year.