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Pravin Gordhan admits Van Rooyen ‘a miscalculation’

After reflecting on the "many representations" made to him by business and banks, among others, President Zuma decided to "move on to a new scenario".

Business Report’s Pressly to appeal dismissal

Business Report senior journalist Donwald Pressly will appeal his dismissal by Independent Newspapers for seeking political office with the DA.

President Jacob Zuma has fired Bheki Cele as national police commissioner.

The home of critical, open debate

Chairperson of the Cape Town Press Club, Donwald Pressly, argues that press clubs are not about stifling debate.

Clen Carlou’s predilection for piquant foods

Now part of the Hess Family Estates, Glen Carlou houses a small part of Donald Hess’s private art collection.

Sexwale: Africa needs to find its own way

Africa will have to find its own way and develop its own growth agenda, which will not be either the Indian or Chinese way of forging economic development, Mvelaphanda Holdings…

Zille: Compensate public servants for quality of work

South Africa should be compensating public servants for the quality of the work they do rather than granting an across-the-board increase — as demanded by striking trade…

Moves afoot to govern use of energy appliances

The Department of Minerals and Energy is working on regulations to govern "the norms and standards" of energy appliances so as to reduce the use of energy, Minerals and Energy…

Minister: Lotto announcement likely on Thursday

South African Trade and Industry Minister Mandisi Mpahlwa says he expects to make an announcement on the National Lottery on Thursday. At a media briefing at Parliament on…

Underspending municipalities’ funds slashed

The National Treasury has gazetted the details of municipalities whose 2006/07 municipal infrastructure grant allocations have been stopped — because of non-compliance with the…

Sandra Botha to lead DA in Parliament

Sandra Botha has beaten her rival, former National Party minister Tertius Delport, for the post of leader of the opposition in the National Assembly. Finance spokesperson Ian…

Minister welcomes Sasol’s interest in reactor

Interest shown by synthetic-fuel firm Sasol in the pebble-bed modular reactor is evidence of private-sector interest in nuclear power, Public Enterprises Minister Alec Erwin…

Rise of the disciplinary university

Academic freedom cannot be taken for granted any longer, writes <b>Jane Duncan</b>.

Zille not surprised by rejection of APRM report

The rejection of the African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) report by South Africa has come as no surprise as it is consistent with the government’s "depressing habit" of shooting…

State company could cut broadband prices sharply

MPs serving on the National Assembly public enterprises portfolio committee have been told that the establishment of a new state-owned company, Infraco, would allow for massively…

Minister dismisses changes to labour laws

The legislative framework underpinning South Africa’s labour market "is sound" and shall not be altered, South African Labour Minister Membathisi Mdladlana said on Tuesday. He…

Leon: It’s been a wonderful journey

Outgoing official opposition Democratic Alliance leader Tony Leon bid farewell in his final internet column, <i>SA Today</i>, which since its launch in February 2003 has focused…

Govt ‘has no policy’ to detain TB patients

No policy has been adopted to detain multi- or extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis (XDR-TB) patients, acting health minister Jeff Radebe said on Wednesday. He was replying to…

Cosatu on Wolfowitz: ‘Told you so’

The Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) has called for the resignation of World Bank president Paul Wolfowitz "not just because of his abuse of his office to promote,…

Economist urges flat tax rates for SA

A flat tax in which the ratio of tax to taxable income is the same at all levels of income — and which replaces various tax bands that feature in a progressive tax regime with a…

Buthelezi cautions ANC over highway name change

Mangosuthu Buthelezi has added a note of caution to the proposed name change of Durban highway in KwaZulu-Natal — currently named "Mangosuthu Highway" in his honour. eThekwini…