Power utility says it will go ahead with its plans even if the government can’t decide where the additional R20-billion will come from.
Corné and Twakkie fight for your right to blissful ignorance.
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/ 12 November 2010
Government will allocate an additional R20-billion to power utility Eskom, it was announced on Thursday.
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/ 12 November 2010
Local economists downbeat about the upcoming G20 meeting and expect developing countries to look to their own interests.
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/ 8 November 2010
New Public Enterprises Minister Malusi Gigaba has a lot to pick up, that his ousted predecessor was forced to drop.
Public enterprises minister calls for robust leadership of parastatals.
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/ 4 November 2010
The declining rankings of SA in key development and competitiveness indicators points to a massive policy failure by government, the DA said.
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/ 1 November 2010
Pravin Gordhan’s budget is moderate in fiscal and monetary policy but wants greater efficiency.
Eskom will get additional loan guarantees amounting to R350-billion, Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan confirmed.
Contractors take huge chunk of budget.
HRC commissioner says attack motivated by unfavourable ruling.
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/ 26 October 2010
South Africa’s needs pale when compared with India’s, which are astronomical.
Janet Love’s appointment to HRC is a case of cadre deployment, says Zille.
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/ 13 October 2010
ArcelorMittal says its R9-million BEE deal with Imperial Crown Traiding could be revisited.
South Africa will face rolling blackouts from 2011 until 2016 — like those seen in 2008 — if drastic action is not taken.
<b>Lynley Donnelly</b> reports on why little can be done to tame the currency.
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/ 30 September 2010
The lack of a coordinated anti-corruption strategy and a dearth of political will are some of the reasons the state is failing to battle corruption.
An organisation that launched on Thursday in Johannesburg promises to help reawaken South Africans to the values of the Constitution.
Transformation is in the spotlight, but no two sets of figures seem to agree.
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/ 10 September 2010
The chairperson of the portfolio committee on police says there is potential for financial mismanagement within the police that is being overlooked.
Public sector wage hikes of up to 57% a year prompt questions over productivity levels.
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/ 9 September 2010
The future of the Defence Amendment Bill still hangs in limbo amid allegations that Lindiwe Sisulu misled the speaker of Parliament.
SAA has issued a second summons against former chief executive Khaya Ngqula, this time for more than $3,4-million (R24,8-million).
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/ 3 September 2010
Government borrowing to pay for public sector pay rises works against the very sector fuelling it, as the
resulting strong rand undermines jobs.
The government has some tough calls to make on the long-term security of supplies.
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/ 1 September 2010
In an assertion of parliamentary power, the portfolio committee on defence and military veterans shelved deliberations on the defence amendment Bill.
Civil society organisations are willing to take the fight over the proposed Protection of Information Bill all the way to the Constitutional Court.
ArcelorMittal SA’s proposed BEE transaction with controversial company ICT has been called many things. But is it transformation?
Concern is mounting from the government and economists over the pressure the public-sector wage bill is placing on the state.
Even if Old Mutual takes £1.5-billion offshore, the HSBC takeover will bring other benefits.
ArcelorMittal has defended it’s much-criticised BEE deal to Parliament, saying that "controversy is not the same as corruption".
The government risks giving SA the same reputation as the war-torn DRC when it comes to mining investments, legal expert Peter Leon warned this week.