Sub-Saharan ports also need to cut cargo waiting times so the continent’s economy can improve.
It seems there is a market for people willing to pay between R50 000 and R159 000 for a phone from luxury brand Vertu.
A new factory in Cape Town may signal China’s growing confidence in South Africa.
Botswana’s industry is sparkling compared with its neighbour’s declining sector.
It would defuse increasingly hostile labour relations and create a more equitable society.
A dynamic NGO is helping landed communities take the agribusiness industry by storm.
The United States is even worse than Greece, with a debt equivalent of 105% of GDP.
Ahrendts took home almost £17-million last year, making her the highest-paid woman in Britain.
Sacu, though divided over internal tariffs, is uniting against foreign poultry dumping.
Critics might argue that the deputy president is one of the walking dead after last year’s Mangaung conference.
The three juggernauts of private healthcare are able to dictate prices for services, and medical aids are becoming less willing to cover the costs.
South Africa’s energy plans need to take account of the pros and cons of using various types of gas.
Shareholders lose confidence in mining companies.
The top 40 mining companies faced a year marked by volatility and mixed results in 2012, with the gold mining companies being hardest hit.
The European Commission’s move may spark tit-for-tat retaliation from the world’s second largest economy.
Deficit has made South Africa vulnerable to investment flows, and that is where mining unrest comes into play.
The Jasper power plant by Google will generate sufficient energy for 30 000 homes.
The consumer will be the real winner in the washing-powder war between Omo and Ariel, writes Thalia Holmes.
Plans of a second day of action in European cities.
Unemployment has been up by 95 000 in April and, if the trend continues, an unenviable milestone will be reached by Christmas.
Trade rules, oversupply and advances in solar tech are spelling trouble for local energy industry.
Critics claim private providers could have put the cheap money lent to the Cape project to much better use.
Tax-base erosion and profit-shifting by multinational corporations pose risks for SA, the African continent and many countries around the world.
The launch of a new talk show radio station, Power FM, raises the inevitable question: is there room for another talk radio station in SA?
Asset management sounds complex and expensive, but today anyone can invest if they have the right advice.
Early childhood development programmes have been recognised as powerful tools for breaking the intergenerational cycle of poverty in South Africa.
Curbing costs and corruption is the focus of a much broader overhaul, minister says.
Tax hunter wants its cut of the offshore windfall from online sales, as net closes on global giants.
Unemployment is set to worsen globally, posing the risk of social unrest as inequality worsens.
While South Africa has effective programmes to assist with gambling addiction, reaching gamblers in townships still remains a challenge.
Experience around the world shows they don’t create jobs. South Africa must look elsewhere.
Faster progress is needed in transforming the key element of the public transport system.