The clothing manufacturing industry is on a knife edge after the announcement of planned retrenchments of about 1 900 workers by two big players.
Subsistence farmers should be helped to increase yields and find profitable markets, says researcher.
Food prices, which increased by just 1% last year, have increased by a whopping 10.6% so far this year.
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/ 9 December 2011
Most South African adults (54%) are satisfied with their lifestyles.
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/ 22 November 2011
Employers’ association succeeds in tempering ‘unconstitutional’ acts of bargaining council.
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/ 18 November 2011
An innovative community approach is giving the previously unbanked business opportunities.
Consumers want their maize meal and flour to be white, even though this makes them less healthy.
<strong>Teigue Payne</strong> unpicks a major difference between clothing factories in South Africa and elsewhere.
A mammoth court battle between employers and SA’s largest bargaining council is set to have huge ramifications for labour and wage hike processes.
The recent National Planning Commission "jam" was dominated by suggestions from South Africans regarding what to do about unemployment.