The three-week municipal workers' strike looks set to end after the SA Local Government Association announced on Tuesday night it had reached a tentative agreement with two trade unions.
South Africa's big mining companies are likely to know next month how they should implement a new charter that aims to give blacks a bigger stake in the white-owned industry, a key negotiator said on Tuesday.
Southern African countries will launch a scheme in November to try to end the trade in blood diamonds, funding many of the continent's conflicts, a senior regional official said on Sunday.
Southeast Asian economic ministers will meet from Thursday to finalise a framework agreement with China on how to create the world's biggest free trade area of nearly two billion people.
An array of big businesses joined forces with an unlikely ally on Wednesday to call on governments meeting at the Earth Summit to take clear action to tackle global climate change.
The difference a ''revitalised'' South African Revenue Service (Sars) had made to the country's economic landscape was remarkable, Finance Minister Trevor Manuel said on Monday.
World oil prices stayed firm on Monday, hovering just below a barrel, as brokers speculated the weekend bombing in Bali would bolster international support for US President George Bush's stance against Iraq.
South African mobile phone operator MTN Group Ltd said on Friday it expected to report higher first-half earnings, sending its share up as much as 7,9% to its strongest level in about five months.
Zimbabwe said on Friday four foreign-led groups had expressed interest in a stake in state-owned fixed and mobile phone services, despite a deepening crisis which has seen investors flee the troubled country.
South Africa's all-commodities producer price index rose by 15,4% in the year to August after increasing by 15,2% in July, Statistics South Africa figures released on Wednesday show.
Higher provisions for bad debt and squeezed margins following a run on deposits depressed earnings at South African bank BoE, which is talks on a takeover by bigger rival Nedcor, results on Monday showed
The US economy's outlook is favourable and interest rates need not be raised until the recovery gathers steam, according to a new International Monetary Fund (IMF) report notable for its criticism of the Bush administration's economic performance.
Anglo American Platinum, the world's biggest producer of the metal, signed a two-year wage agreement with eight labour unions on Tuesday, ending months of negotiations, the unions and company said.
A better-than-expected report on the US labour market on Friday indicates the economy is poised for modest growth ahead and is likely to avoid a slide back into recession.
South Africa's Trade and Industry Minister Alec Erwin urged African business to forge closer ties and to take the conscious steps to help make African unity a reality.
Thabo Mbeki says new US farm subsidies, which have been condemned by Europe and most of the Third World, contradicted their proclaimed support for developing economies.
The recent conference and elections of the National African Federated Chamber of Commerce (Nafcoc) were unconstitutional and would not be condoned, ousted president Simon Mathysen said on Tuesday.