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The outcome of the ANC’s long-awaited KwaZulu-Natal conference was a win for the Thuma Mina crowd. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)

Intelligent building design promotes energy efficiency

WSP Group Africa wins the Business Award.

Extended producer liability at heart

PET Recyling Company wins the Business Award.

Change is a conscious decision

Old Mutual is the first long-term assurance company to achieve level 2 broad-based BEE status and has maintained this status for three years.

Skilful success

Skills, training and education are close to the top of the South African agenda.

Building businesses

Companies supporting the growth of small black businesses receive up to 15 BEE points on the generic scorecard.

Social standings

The focus on socioeconomic development shifts to the mining industry.

Telkom said on Wednesday it had terminated discussions relating to Rain’s proposal for a potential acquisition for newly issued shares in Telkom.

The power of buying black

Most of the leading companies score high in procurement scores for broad-based black economic empowerment.

Job creation was a major topic in last week’s budget, which was released the day after South Africa’s devastating unemployment statistics made headlines.

Slower growth predicted for South Africa

The Reserve Bank says South Africa is likely to see slower economic growth for the rest of 2012 but inflation is likely to remain within target.

Amplats fires 12 000 workers ahead of talks

A new round of talks between the platinum industry and unions got off to a rocky start, as Amplats announced it had fired 12 000 striking workers.

Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu with UN High Commissioner Mary Robinson.

Robinson speaks of SA’s good and bad at Mandela lecture

South Africa had to realise its opportunities before its humanity would to fully emerge, Mary Robinson said at the Annual Nelson Mandela lecture.

Eskom chief executive Brian Dames. (Oupa Nkosi)

Coal mooted as a strategic resource

Public Enterprises Minister Malusi Gigaba says the government is considering declaring coal a strategic resource.

South African women’s gripes with ‘too many rights’

South African women’s gripes with ‘too many rights’

A report has shown that some of the basic human rights enshrined in the Constitution are still contested in communities across South Africa.

Bumper maize crop: Will food price hikes slow?

A bumper maize crop this year could see food prices fall, offering welcome relief to consumers facing rising interest rates and fuel costs. With this large crop South Africans…

Energy crisis? What energy crisis?

South Africa has plenty of energy available. The problem is, we don’t have enough power. Some of the country’s biggest businesses have been queuing up to sell power to Eskom. The…

Gold, oil at new highs

Gold prices soared to new records trecently, on the back of oil’s surge, helped by geopolitical tensions and economic uncertainty. The oil price hit $100 a barrel in trading last…

Zim’s loss, SA’s gain

Zimbabwe has effectively outsourced its economy to South Africa, sending workers south of the Limpopo to mop up skilled jobs and receiving $500-million a year in return.…

Zimbabwe balks at Wade’s mediation bid

As new opposition accusations of violence emerged this week to threaten Thabo Mbeki’s mediation efforts in Zimbabwe, neither the ruling party nor the political opposition…

Rate hike for Christmas?

International oil prices galloping towards a barrel could force another petrol price increase next month and South Africans may also need to brace themselves for a further hike…

Row as finance chief quits fund

PPS Insurance found itself in a tight spot this week after its chief financial officer, Callie Masson, claimed that between R20-million and R25-million was missing from the…

Dear Danisa-

We are concerned that you, the mother of empowerment, should be embroiled in such an ugly scandal. Unfortunately, we can’t say that we’re surprised that you and Absa have decided…