The state’s opposition to the Walmart/Massmart merger is sending the wrong message to corporate South Africa, argue stakeholders.
Job creation will be a priority throughout all spheres of government this year, Economic Development Minister Ebrahim Patel said on Tuesday.
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/ 31 January 2011
People should stop talking about Mandela as if he were dead, African National Congress treasurer general Mathews Phosa said on Sunday.
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/ 17 January 2011
South Africa has the capacity to put itself at the forefront of emerging countries when it comes to adapting to climate change.
Job creation and local government elections are priorities for the year, writes <b>Mandy Rossouw</b>.
Confused about the new direction for the economy? Blame the messenger.
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/ 3 December 2010
Ebrahim Patel sang praises of the new growth path document he released, but key stakeholders are treating it as a discussion point rather than policy.
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/ 3 December 2010
The new growth path provides fair balance between what the state must do and what businesses are best equipped to do, Minister Ebrahim Patel says.
Organised business says the state’s various economic policy positions are out of sync.
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/ 26 November 2010
The president will handle contrary plans in his inimitable way.
As of this week SA has three economic policies — or is it four? And that’s just the government. The ANC and its partners account for several more.
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/ 26 November 2010
The new growth plan is dependent on the goodwill of labour, business and the state.
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/ 15 November 2010
Minister Ebrahim Patel set up a panel to advise government on the likely implications of Walmart’s bid to buy more than 50% of Massmart.
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/ 2 November 2010
Pioneer Foods was told it has to reduce the sale price of bread and flour products as part of a R1,05-billion settlement for price-fixing.
The government says it intends to create five million jobs over the next decade with a "New Growth Path" plan.
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/ 25 September 2010
The government had provided R11-billion in funds to the Department of Economic Development which had saved and created more than 20 000 jobs.
SA needed a cross-departmental approach to seize opportunities in the green economy, Minister of Economic Development Ebrahim Patel said on Tuesday.
Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan has dismissed the idea of a government development bond proposed by Economic Development Minister Ebrahim Patel.
A suggestion made by Minister Ebrahim Patel that private pension funds be used to promote development appears to have been slapped down.
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/ 27 October 2009
If you wanted to have a smart guy in charge of economic policy, you could hardly do better than Ebrahim Patel.
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/ 23 October 2009
Victory celebrations in the tripartite alliance and among left-wing ministers over this week’s Cabinet reorganisation are set to be cut short.
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/ 13 October 2009
The two ministers at the forefront of economic policy are emblems of the struggle for a dominant ideology.
President Jacob Zuma is seeking advice on whether giving the economic development ministry more policy-making powers would be illegal.
There is a need for urgency in South Africa’s response towards the recession, said Economic Development Minister Ebrahim Patel on Thursday.
Who is really calling the shots in the new administration?
Patel has been one of the strongest critics of the investor-friendly economic policies of the past decade.
Cosatu has asked ANC president Jacob Zuma to add two more of its leaders to his Cabinet to strengthen the left’s influence in government.
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/ 29 February 2008
Industrial users of electricity feel that they are bearing the brunt of electricity rationing, while more needs to be done to involve other sectors of society, an energy working group said in Cape Town on Friday. ”Busa [Business Unity South Africa] said that businesses are bearing the brunt of this and need the rest of the economy to come in,” Public Enterprises Minister Alec Erwin said.