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Jon Herskovitz

Awful year for SA’s rhinos as 2011 poaching shatters record
Article
/ 30 December 2011

Awful year for SA’s rhinos as 2011 poaching shatters record

A record number of rhinos have been poached in South Africa this year as rising demand in Asia for their horns led to a massive upswell in killings.

By Jon Herskovitz
Fikile Mbalula on the political fast track
Article
/ 31 July 2011

Fikile Mbalula on the political fast track

The former head of the ANC Youth League, Fikile Mbalula, is beating a path that may lead right to the top using sport to help unite a nation.

By Jon Herskovitz
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Article
/ 24 July 2011

SA braces for massive coal strike

About 150 000 SA coal workers seeking 14% wage increases plan to walk off the job from Sunday in a strike that could hurt power supplies.

By Jon Herskovitz
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Article
/ 22 July 2011

Eskom raises wage offer to keep the home fires burning

Eskom has increased its wage offer to unions, in a bid to prevent a prolonged strike that could cut power and bring disaster to the economy.

By Olivia Kumwenda and Jon Herskovitz
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Article
/ 8 July 2011

SA economy pays high price for wage raises

Labour protests sweeping South Africa are stoking worries about inflation and dealing blows to the long-term prospects of the country’s economy.

By Jon Herskovitz
Icy rain, fuel shortages hamper relief in Japan
Article
/ 22 March 2011

Icy rain, fuel shortages hamper relief in Japan

Fuel shortages, icy rain and power failures are hampering Japan’s worst humanitarian crisis since World War II, but workers are reporting progress.

By Jon Herskovitz
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Article
/ 17 March 2011

Japan: Robot power everywhere except at nuclear plant

Japan may build robots to run marathons and preside over weddings, but it has not deployed any of the machines to help repair its crippled reactors.

By Jon Herskovitz
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/ 4 March 2011

Rare earth hunt leads to frontier Africa

Africa, Australia and Canada likely hold the key to a geopolitical battle being fought to end China’s stranglehold over obscure elements.

By Jon Herskovitz
Zuma calls for jobs, private sector help
Article
/ 10 February 2011

Zuma calls for jobs, private sector help

South African President Jacob Zuma called on the government and private sector to create jobs, setting aside billions of dollars to create work.

By Jon Herskovitz
SA labour market shake-up worries business
Article
/ 25 January 2011

SA labour market shake-up worries business

SA is proposing sweeping changes to labour law intended to increase job security for temporary workers, but economists have expressed concern.

By Jon Herskovitz
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/ 29 December 2010

SA, not just another Bric in the wall

South Africa’s ascension to the Bric group of major emerging economies was more about politics than economics.

By Jon Herskovitz
Zuma’s G20 trip may be clouded by N Korea reports
Article
/ 8 November 2010

Zuma’s G20 trip may be clouded by N Korea reports

The ANCYL has been stepping up its support for North Korea, Pyongyang’s media said, ahead of President Zuma’s visit to the G20 meeting in South Korea.

By Jon Herskovitz
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Article
/ 18 October 2010

Nigeria bomb suspect Okah talks of fight in diary

A diary entry by suspected Nigerian bombing conspirator Henry Okah talked about staging "a fight to the finish", a court heard on Monday.

By Jon Herskovitz
ANC targets media at political meeting
Article
/ 22 September 2010

ANC targets media at political meeting

The African National Congress will press on Wednesday for a new tribunal to punish unscrupulous reporting.

By Jon Herskovitz
ANC stability shakes SA’s economic future
Article
/ 15 September 2010

ANC stability shakes SA’s economic future

Some safe bets in SA’s turbulent politics are that massive unemployment will persist, poverty will remain widespread and the ANC will stay in power.

By Jon Herskovitz
ANC, Cosatu try to mend fences
Article
/ 13 September 2010

ANC, Cosatu try to mend fences

The ANC and Cosatu will on Monday try to repair their governing alliance, which has been described "dysfunctional".

By Jon Herskovitz
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Article
/ 28 August 2010

Zuma criticises strike, holds thumbs

President Jacob Zuma on Saturday accused striking state workers of abandoning the sick at hospitals and said he expected a deal to be reached soon.

By Jon Herskovitz
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Article
/ 10 August 2010

Strike may be prelude to larger industrial action

More than a million public-sector workers plan to strike on Tuesday in what could be a prelude to prolonged industrial action.

By Jon Herskovitz
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Article
/ 5 August 2010

Government raises public-sector pay offer

The government raised its pay offer to civil servants on Thursday to try to avert a strike by nearly a million public workers.

By Jon Herskovitz
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/ 25 June 2010

Strike action at Eskom ‘not on the cards at present’

Unions representing thousands of workers at power utility Eskom said on Friday they were not planning an imminent strike over wages.

By Olivia Kumwenda and Jon Herskovitz

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