The Mineral and Petroleum Royalty Bill is one of the final pieces of legislation meant to give effect to the Minerals and Petroleum Resources Development Act, passed last year. It provides for a quarterly charge to be imposed on holders of mineral rights for the extraction and transfer of mineral resources.
Business is effectively boycotting the reporting of employment equity, according to the Employment Equity 2002 report, which tries to capture a picture of black workplace advancement for the previous year.
Trade union and business negotiators are preparing for a tough year. Two-year wage settlements in the bellwether mining and metal sectors expire and the costs of production on gold mines often exceed the value of gold being produced.
South Africa’s ruling African National Congress (ANC) has nominated New National Party (NNP) member Freddy Adams to be one of its representatives in the National Council of Provinces (NCOP) for the Western Cape.
A 62-year-old Pretoria businessman who was diagnosed as suffering from a probable case of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (Sars) has died.
The Zimbabwean government has suspended the executive mayor of the capital Harare for alleged mismanagement and for supporting two recent national strikes.
The Anti-Privatisation Forum (APF) lashed out at the Congress of SA Trade Unions (Cosatu) on Tuesday over a decision to hold joint Workers’ Day celebrations with the Gauteng provincial government.
The Treatment Action Campaign (TAC) said in a statement on Tuesday it was suspending its civil disobedience campaign pending the outcome of a full day meeting with the SA National Aids Council.
The White House ruled out making broad economic concessions yesterday in return for a promise by North Korea to abandon its nuclear programme, sharply reducing prospects for a quick end to the crisis.
A British man arrested and tortured in Saudi Arabia is suing the Saudi royal family forabout R22,82-million in the British courts.