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SAA stomps on taxpayer
The state-owned airline has received R20-billion in bail-outs in the past five years, reports Lynley Donnelly.
DA says Erwin must justify cost of Pebble Bed reactor
Public Enterprises Minster Alec Erwin must justify why he has committed billions of taxpayers’ money to an extremely experimental technology.
DA criticises Erwin’s job-loss comments
Minister of Public Enterprises Alec Erwin should refrain from making unsubstantiated comments on the job-loss threats faced by thousands of mineworkers, the Democratic Alliance…
End Eskom’s monopoly, says DA
Eskom’s monopoly was the main cause of South Africa’s electricity problems and the solution lay in independent power producers (IPP), the DA said on Monday. While provision was…
Dark times ahead for South Africa
South Africa was set on Monday to ration electricity in a bid to stem a spiralling crisis that has dealt a severe blow to its status as the continent’s economic powerhouse. After…
Manuel: State underspends by R5,3bn
Finance Minister Trevor Manuel told Parliament on Thursday that total spending by all three spheres of government in the financial year to March was R5,3-billion rand less than…