The South African government’s latest three-year strategy has aimed to boost manufacturing capacity and create jobs but business is sceptical.
Luxury resort development group to explain what happened to millions of clothing workers’ pension money after it was liquidated.
In what appears to be clear case of a conflict of interest, Telkom is sponsoring presidential breakfast briefings hosted by <i>The New Age</i>.
Duduzane Zuma and the Guptas are at it again — they will benefit from a proposed Indian steel investment bolstered by government intervention.
Cosatu will bring the ANC’s lack of consultation on key state appointments into the spotlight at this week’s alliance summit.
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/ 23 February 2011
Afripalm Resources signed a memorandum of understanding with Steel Authority of India to build a steel mill in South Africa.
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/ 17 February 2011
Lazarus Zim will replace Jeff Molobela as chairperson of Telkom with immediate effect for a one-year period.
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/ 15 December 2010
Lazarus Zim has resigned as chairperson and non-executive director of Kumba Iron Ore with effect from December 14 2010.
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/ 1 December 2010
The long-awaited print launch of <em>New Age </em>will take place on December 6, the newspaper’s editor Henry Jeffreys confirmed on Tuesday.
Government has slammed Anglo American for failing to put black South Africans in top-tier management positions.
Kumba’s chief executive officer Ras Myburgh will resign from his position to begin a secondment with Eskom for two years. ”He will be assuming the important responsibility of advising the utility on its long-term coal sourcing strategy, and its implementation for all of Eskom’s power stations, ” Kumba said in a statement.
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/ 7 November 2007
South Africa plans to extend its crackdown on mine safety and may prosecute mine managers if fatal accidents are caused by negligence. ”I don’t think the mine managers are doing enough to ensure the safety of workers,” said Sandile Nogxina, director general of the Department of Minerals and Energy Affairs.
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/ 6 November 2007
The mining industry does not knowingly and willingly send people into mines to die, Chamber of Mines outgoing president Lazarus Zim said on Tuesday. Speaking at the chamber’s annual general meeting, Zim said the mining sector shares concerns about the escalating accident and fatality rate at South African mines.
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/ 4 September 2007
The world’s top platinum producer, Angloplat, launched a R35-billion black economic empowerment (BEE) deal on Tuesday to sell mines to two black-led firms and hand out shares to its mostly black workers. The deals will forge two new major players in South Africa’s platinum sector, the world’s largest, and burnish credentials of Angloplat.