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AIRLINERS

SAA stomps on taxpayer

The state-owned airline has received R20-billion in bail-outs in the past five years, reports Lynley Donnelly.

  • Lynley Donnelly
4 min read
ALEC ERWIN

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.

  • Staff Reporter
2 min read
ALEC ERWIN

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…

  • Staff Reporter
2 min read
CAPE TOWN

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…

  • Staff Reporter
3 min read
BHP BILLITON

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…

  • Staff Reporter
6 min read
CAPE TOWN

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…

  • Michael Hamlyn
3 min read