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The department of trade and industry will support the local industry to protect our mutual trade and economic interests, said Rob Davies.

Davies announces Agoa breakthrough

The US and SA have resolved their differences over the Agoa trade agreement, Trade and Industry Minister Rob Davies has revealed.

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Pravin Gordhan admits Van Rooyen ‘a miscalculation’

After reflecting on the "many representations" made to him by business and banks, among others, President Zuma decided to "move on to a new scenario".

President Jacob Zuma has fired Bheki Cele as national police commissioner.

The home of critical, open debate

Chairperson of the Cape Town Press Club, Donwald Pressly, argues that press clubs are not about stifling debate.

Cricket World Cup brought R1bn to SA

The recent Cricket World Cup brought in the region of R1-billion into the South African economy, says Sports Minister Ngconde Balfour, who told Members of Parliament on Tuesday…

Sexwale: Africa needs to find its own way

Africa will have to find its own way and develop its own growth agenda, which will not be either the Indian or Chinese way of forging economic development, Mvelaphanda Holdings…

ID fights its way back

Patricia de Lille’s Independent ­Demo­crats seems to be on the comeback trail in the Western Cape. And the reason appears to be its decision to delink itself from the ANC. In…

Moves afoot to govern use of energy appliances

The Department of Minerals and Energy is working on regulations to govern "the norms and standards" of energy appliances so as to reduce the use of energy, Minerals and Energy…

Minister: Lotto announcement likely on Thursday

South African Trade and Industry Minister Mandisi Mpahlwa says he expects to make an announcement on the National Lottery on Thursday. At a media briefing at Parliament on…

Zim: ‘Humanitarian crisis is building’

The Zimbabwe opposition Movement for Democratic Change’s economics spokesperson, Eddie Cross, says that judging from his own bakery business, the country’s inflation rate now…

Underspending municipalities’ funds slashed

The National Treasury has gazetted the details of municipalities whose 2006/07 municipal infrastructure grant allocations have been stopped — because of non-compliance with the…

Underspending provinces stripped of R145m

A lack of capacity to spend their allocations from the integrated housing and human-settlement development grant has resulted in the Eastern Cape and Mpumalanga being stripped of…

Botha takes over the Leon mantle

Free Stater Sandra Botha, a former caucus chairperson of the opposition DA, has narrowly won the race for leader of the official opposition by 31 votes to 25 over former National…

Zille slams rejection of white doctors

News that three highly qualified medical doctors nominated for posts in two under-staffed public hospitals have been rejected by the Western Cape provincial health department —…

Sandra Botha to lead DA in Parliament

Sandra Botha has beaten her rival, former National Party minister Tertius Delport, for the post of leader of the opposition in the National Assembly. Finance spokesperson Ian…

ANC retains Western Cape seat, loses by-election

The African National Congress (ANC) has retained a key seat in a municipal by-election in the Theewaterskloof municipal area while it lost a seat to an independent in the Western…

Minister welcomes Sasol’s interest in reactor

Interest shown by synthetic-fuel firm Sasol in the pebble-bed modular reactor is evidence of private-sector interest in nuclear power, Public Enterprises Minister Alec Erwin…

Mbeki calls for patriotic public service

South Africa must do much more to train and create a public service that meets the highest professional standards and ”that is proud of the fact that it exists to serve the…

Zille not surprised by rejection of APRM report

The rejection of the African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) report by South Africa has come as no surprise as it is consistent with the government’s "depressing habit" of shooting…

State company could cut broadband prices sharply

MPs serving on the National Assembly public enterprises portfolio committee have been told that the establishment of a new state-owned company, Infraco, would allow for massively…

Minister dismisses changes to labour laws

The legislative framework underpinning South Africa’s labour market "is sound" and shall not be altered, South African Labour Minister Membathisi Mdladlana said on Tuesday. He…