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/ 16 February 2012
The SA Institute of Chartered Accountants has proposed that Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan introduce changes for taxpayers in his budget speech.
The DA is calling for a probe into the mineral resources department following its handling of "the mineral rights debacle involving Kumba and ICT".
The president is likely to focus on the need for South Africa to move decisively on programmes and policies that have served the country well so far.
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/ 23 January 2012
The ANC Youth League has called on government to place a moratorium on salary increases for all public representatives for the next three years.
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/ 23 January 2012
Liberty Corporate’s Willem Loots says it’s critical that government’s retirement reforms be structured in a sustainable way.
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/ 18 January 2012
An increasing number of home buyers these days are single and there are some special considerations for such buyers to take into account.
Government says Cabinet’s January lekgotla, which will form the basis of the president’s state of the nation speech, is due to begin on January 17.
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/ 12 January 2012
Eskom says the performance of the country’s power system has improved since Monday, with the parastatal saying it would continue to be on alert.
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/ 11 January 2012
Fedusa says it is worried that Ethe high risk of power outages announced by Eskom could affect households and businesses for the rest of the month.
The ANC has confirmed that a total of 46 sitting heads of state will attend its weekend centenary celebrations in Mangaung in the Free State.
Cosatu has urged the ANC to look at transformation in the JSE, which it says is more than 80% white, capitalist-owned, and increasingly foreign-owned.
South Africa will be president of the UN Security Council for the month of January, a position it will use to strengthen ties between the UN and AU.
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/ 13 December 2011
South African children are disproportionately affected by poverty, with females more likely to live in low-income households than males.
ANC Youth League spokesperson Floyd Shivambu says Julius Malema did not intend to offend Indian people in his address to Thembelihle residents.
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/ 16 September 2011
At a time when the world is facing very important economic challenges, the EU-SA summit has shown that the parties share excellent relations still.
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/ 12 September 2011
Fedusa says it is highly disappointed with government’s no show at the Nedlac meeting held to address problems caused by acid mine drainage.
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/ 6 September 2011
The rand was softer against the dollar in early morning trade as it tracked a jittery euro, and analysts say they expect the rand to keep weakening.
Prominent insurance providers need to review their approach to in-house training programmes, in order to meet key transformation goals.
Three Hatrkorp Group hotels on the Garden Route are to be sold at an auction — a sign that the hotel industry is under severe pressure.
The ANCYL will roll out mass action throughout the country for free education, youth employment and "economic freedom in our lifetime".
The ANC Youth League has highlighted the cost of healthcare in the wake of Cabinet’s approval that the NHI green paper be released for public comment.
Cosatu has said it is not in disarray after an advert in the <i>Sowetan</i> by Numsa dealt with federation leader Zwelinzima Vavi’s succession.
South Africa’s foreign direct investment inflows has dropped by 70% in 2010 when compared with 2009 and is tenth on Africa’s top 10 recipients.
The finance ministry has rubbished a report saying South Africa had granted Swaziland a R1.2-billion loan, saying a decision had yet to be made.
The Congress of South African Trade Unions has said employment and unemployment trends continue to disappoint.
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/ 15 October 2010
South Africa’s economic growth, currently below 4%, was "insufficient", the Minister of Human Settlements Tokyo Sexwale said on Friday.
Retail and investment banking confidence levels moved upwards in the third quarter of 2010, a survey released on Wednesday showed.
An analysis of the latest foreign tourist arrival statistics shows that about 400 000 tourists visited South Africa during the Soccer World Cup.
The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) does not support the wholesale or blanket nationalisation of South Africa’s mines, it said on Wednesday.
The board of South African Airways (SAA) will institute action against its former, CEO Khaya Ngqula, who left the company in March 2009.
It will take three to five years to see the economic benefits of the World Cup, a Human Sciences Research Council academic said on Tuesday.
The South African government performed "really well" during the recent global financial crisis, the International Monetary Fund said on Wednesday.