Now a national heritage, the winery has released a range of wines that recaptures its legacy.
Local research and development is on track in the country’s bid to host the Square Kilometre Array radio telescope.
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/ 23 December 2011
The politically linked Imperial Crown Trading 289 has a long legal battle ahead of it.
Standard Bank’s foreign shareholder, the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, has 107-million individual internet banking customers.
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/ 15 December 2011
Negotiations on the review of South Africa’s labour legislation reached an advanced stage.
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/ 9 December 2011
Though whites still dominate ownership, the picture is shifting, particularly in property.
Gauteng may have had to ask national government to sort out its troubled finances, but Johannesburg is rated the country’s most productive metro.
The Cabinet’s controversial decision to save three provinces from bankruptcy does not mean extra money for them, says treasury DG Lungisa Fuzile.
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/ 2 December 2011
Municipal electricity costs are coming under fire as the state gears up to review South Africa’s electricity pricing policy.
Sars has commenced audits and investigations of 180 high net-worth individuals with another 30 to be pursued in this current financial year.
Growing perceptions of South Africa as a ‘rogue democracy’ could have serious consequences.
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/ 18 November 2011
Business, labour and government signed a green-economy accord, committing to the creation of 300 000 jobs by building a green industrial base in SA.
As SA prepares to sign a green energy accord, solar water heater-makers in the Western Cape are shutting their doors after decades in the business.
Enemy at the gate, or Karoo’s saviour? Shell’s Jan Willem Eggink discusses the environmental risks and economic upsides of hydraulic fracturing.
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/ 4 November 2011
Infrastructure development will be a "trigger" to the implementation of the government’s new growth path.
The government has to effect a major shift in its spending if the economy is to grow meaningfully.
An excited Lindiwe Mazibuko has given hints for the party’s future as she won a hard election to lead DA parliamentary caucus.
Existing state development schemes have fallen way short of their first-half targets.
Despite an increase in revenue collection, business income tax remains weak.
Inflation figures came in higher than expected as businesses — and consumers — face a potential spate of government-controlled price increases.
Minister Sicelo Shiceka has defended himself against Public Protector Thuli Madonsela’s report, saying he will challenge it in a court of law.
Thuli Madonsela has warned against reprisals for cooperative governance staff who assisted her with a damning report on minister Sicelo Shiceka.
While Eskom nestles on a R50-billion pile of money, everyone from manufacturers to residents are reeling as rising electricity prices hit home.
The SAPS and the department of correctional services face legal claims worth billions of rands, according to their respective annual reports.
A number of SA businesses have to grow by 50% for the 2020 target of five million jobs to be met.
The rand, thanks to its volatility in recent days, has quickly become one of the worst performing global currencies.
An internal due diligence process may be at the heart of the failed empowerment deal between steel giant ArcelorMittal and the Ayigobi Consortium.
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/ 30 September 2011
The introduction of an ANC committee to continue the public consultation process undermines the legitimacy of Parliament.
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/ 23 September 2011
The Reserve Bank kept interest rates steady on Thursday, after a sharp overnight depreciation of the rand and amid darkening expectations.
The ANC’s NEC meeting was given an unscheduled presentation on the Information Bill shortly before it was unexpectedly withdraw earlier this week.
As debt troubles in Europe and the United States keep global markets jittery, foreign investors appear to be shying away from South African bonds.
Despite criticism the department of energy appears determined to go ahead with the building of two peaking power plants at a cost of R8-billion.