When Rosebank’s Grace Hotel closed its doors last month, so did its lesser-known sister facility, the Lakes Hotel and Conference Centre in Benoni.
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/ 9 September 2011
Murray & Roberts’s two top executives pocketed millions and left the company with a nearly R2-billion loss, writes <b>Lisa Steyn</b>.
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A tendering process for green power kicked off last month that aims to allow for feeding into the national grid as early as next year.
It is generally accepted that South African banks are well capitalised in terms of the Basel III requirements, which have to be phased in from 2013.
Hot Dog Café has built strategic partnerships with development banks and popular stores.
While the financial world worries about a double-dip recession South African banks reported a decrease in bad debts.
Government finally took the wraps off its new-look green policy last week when it officially launched the Independent Power Producers (IPP) programme.
Online retail giant and Fortune 500 company Amazon is expanding its customer services and development team in Cape Town.
The NEF launched an enterprise-development fund this month aimed at enticing large corporations into contributing money in return for BEE card points.
The Grace in Rosebank will close its doors at the end of August and the Southern Sun Grayston may stop operating next year.
Franchises in townships present an ideal opportunity to create jobs and transfer skills but they often need support to succeed.
A 4 percentage point difference on a home loan can mean a big difference in payments.
Australia announced its introduction of a carbon tax last week and South Africa’s plans for an emissions tax are reasonably advanced.
The jury is still out on mining shale gas: will the economic benefits outweigh the environmental concerns?
Madame Zingara’s secret is hard work, loyalty and hiring people with criminal records, writes <b>Lisa Steyn</b>.
Although world-class cars are manufactured in SA, local consumers are paying much more for these cars than buyers in other countries.
Although they look good on paper, commentators believe they are still open to ‘interpretation’.
Government has plans to hand out a million bikes to poor children.
Device regulates electrical power and voltage safely and efficiently.
Fracking in the Karoo has opened up deep divisions despite the government’s moratorium on all prospecting, pending an investigation into its impact.
South Africa has the raw material to produce cleaner nuclear energy with fewer risks, writes <b>Lisa Steyn</b>.
The new Companies Act contains a procedure to bring struggling businesses back on track, writes <b>Lisa Steyn</b>.
Theo Botha, the shareholder activist, reveals how he became addicted to keeping big corporates on their toes.
Transnet’s track record for public and employee fatalities is once again under the spotlight.
Economists are raising alarm over losses in the private sector and growth in government jobs.
But industry players claim government is inconsistent in its censure of nonconformance.
The weirdest — and most doomed — cults.
Anyway you see it, things sure look apocalyptic. Especially to these cults. <b>Lisa Steyn</b> drinks the Kool-Aid.
An outbreak of African horse sickness has brought South Africa’s horse exports to a grinding halt, costing breeders millions.
The new CPA has been in effect for more than two weeks, yet among those in the motor industry there is uncertainty.
The state’s plan to green the economy is going to test the government’s ability to coordinate departments and agencies.
Eskom assured the country that it was determined not to implement load shedding again. But it cannot do it alone.