Commentators have weighed in on the Transnet strike’s economic hit, but strike season isn’t over yet
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The United Transport & Allied Trade Union has accepted a three-year settlement and will end its industrial action with immediate effect
The Palm Ridge court granted a postponement to allow the full contents of the docket to be made availed to Brian Molefe, Anoj Singh and their co-accused
The crisis at the state logistics company began costing the economy long before the industrial action
The industrial action is the latest in a series of economy-hitting upsets for the state logistics company
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More workers have joined the strike as unions face off with Transnet at the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration
Workers are in the throes of a cost of living crisis, which could force the government to fold on its hard line against more spending
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Transnet says it can’t afford to pay employees more
The Gupta era exposed the flaws in the country’s anti-money laundering framework and now the government is dealing with the consequences
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The Transnet fraud was granted permission to travel abroad this month to see his family
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The net will have to be cast wider if the perpetrators of State capture are to be brought to book
For Brian Molefe and Ajoj Singh, the Transnet locomotives are coming home to roost
The two Transnet executive appeared in court along with Regiments Capital directors Niven Pillay and Litha Nyhonyha
Two former Transnet executives and two Regiments Capital officials were arrested on Monday morning
Transnet’s former chief executive Siyabonga Gama will return to court in August
During a webinar on Wednesday, the group chief executive of EOH, Stephen van Coller, called private sector participation in the Zondo commission into state capture ‘disappointing’
The largest sources of state capture money were Transnet and Eskom, two of South Africa’s most fragile state-owned entities
The extradition treaty between South Africa and the United Arab Emirates does not restrict the NPA only to charges listed in the formal extradition request, but only to offences carrying a penalty not more severe than those
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At least two former senior executives of state owned entities will be arrested
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Fugitives Rajesh and Atul Gupta were arrested four months after Interpol issued a Red Notice against them. But they are just the latest.
Gama, Eric Wood, Garry Pita, Phetolo Ramosebudi and Daniel Roy appeared before the Palm Ridge magistrate’s court on charges of fraud, money laundering and contravention of Public Finance Management Act
Former Transnet chief executive Siyabonga Gama and four others have been arrested on charges of fraud, corruption and money laundering.
We are ‘dangerously close’ to fully autonomous weapons
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The Free State high court ruled that the provisional restraint order will remain in place until late October, when argument will be heard for it to be made indefinite, dismissing Oakbay’s application for a postponement
Disagreements over a basic income grant, labour law reform and how to save the economy mean consensus is still far off. But trade-offs – and political shifts – will eventually have to be made for there to be any hope of real change
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South Africa’s fate is tied to China’s, but war-related disruptions in the global energy market keep exports going
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Recommendations by the Zondo commission include investigation and possible criminal prosecution for Brian Molefe, Matshela Koko and Anoj Singh
The former president’s dismissal of Nhlahla Nene as finance minister for spurious reasons showed the veracity of the Gupta family’s claim that he would do anything for them
The document, drafted ahead of the governing party’s policy conference later this year, poses the need for broader public-private collaboration
Ships are going in and out of the harbour and and the backlog of 8 000 to 9 000 containers is expected to be cleared in the next five to six days
Companies are having to deal with operational and supply-chain disruptions that come less than nine months after the riots in July.
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Coal orders from Europe have increased in light of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, but dysfunctional local infrastructure remains a challenge
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