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Consumers are choosing to buy sustainably sourced fish

Retailers and suppliers are heeding the call for sustainable seafood products

The Constitutional Court has ruled in favour of a former awaiting trial detainee who contracted TB while in Pollsmoor prison.

ConCourt makes landmark TB ruling

The Constitutional Court has ruled in favour of a former awaiting trial detainee who contracted TB while in Pollsmoor prison.

Striking miners gather at Harmony Gold’s Kusasalethu mine for a mass meeting to hear from Liv Shange.

Mining union rivalry: Two shot dead

Two people have been shot dead at Harmony Gold’s mine in Carletonville, seemingly thanks to rivalry between NUM and Amcu members at the mine.

Nataliya Tolstikova’s six-minute act features unusual props that weigh up to 4kg.

The great jugglenaut

Nataliya Tolstikova’s circus act has taken her round the world. Her latest home is Madame Zingara’s tent.

Material man: Riaad Moosa

Splitting asides with Riaad

The funnyman with a medical background has his professional and family life all sewn up.

Business confidence makes a suprise jump in March

State starts shopping locally

The Preferential Public Procurement Framework Act 2000 , passed in December, are a concerted effort by the government to source supplies locally.

The ANC has said at its Mangaung conference it will push for the teaching of indigenous languages in public schools to become compulsory from 2014.

Midterm budget: More money thrown at skills training

But analysts have questioned whether the colleges have the necessary capacity to deal with large intakes, writes Faeeza Ballim.

President Jacob Zuma.

Zuma launches national infrastructure plan

A call for national unity accompanied the presentation of the massive infrastructural spending the presidency will coordinate over the next few years.

Hard-core strikers not caving in

After nearly two months of wildcat strikes, mine workers are divided some are throwing in the towel, whereas others are sticking to high wage demands.

Public Enterprises Minister Malusi Gigaba confirmed that talks were being held on the merging of Telkom with state connectivity provider Broadband Infraco.

Eskom calls for swift end to strikes

Eskom has called for the speedy resolution of strikes affecting the mining of coal, in times of an already strained electricity supply.

Truck drivers doing their jobs face the risk of violence from striking colleagues.

Nation under pressure as truck strike builds

The truck drivers’ strike enters its fourth week and the transport industry has been stretched – but not yet to breaking point.

Africa ripe for hotel bonanza

International hotels are expanding at a rapid pace across sub-Saharan Africa, heralding a new era of African investment.

Land Bank gets serious about loans

A new scheme byt the land bank offers funds at as low as prime minus 5% for co-operative businesses.

Three trade unions have agreed to adjust their pay demand in an attempt to end a protracted strike by thousands of truck drivers.

Strikes rage out of control

Blame for the labour crisis in South Africa has been placed at mine bosses’ door for caving in to illegal action.

Truck drivers have hit the streets in Johannesburg to protest against wages as low as R3 000 a month.

Transport workers set to intensify strike

With no end in sight for the transport workers strike, observers have warned that dire economic effects would be felt as it enters its second week.

Transport workers’ wage negotiations have collapsed

Transport workers vow to strike after wage talks fail

Transport workers’ wage negotiations have collapsed, leading to a vow of indefinite strike action by unions and raising concerns about fuel supply.

Most economists surveyed by Bloomberg expected that Reserve Bank governor Gill Marcus would hold rates at 5.5% at the announcement.

Analysts unimpressed by economy’s mixed results

The economy produced a mixed bag of news in the second quarter of the year, as reflected in the Reserve Bank’s Quarterly Bulletin.

Slutwalk Johannesburg has turned into a family day

Slutwalk Johannesburg 2012: Consent is non-negotiable

Slutwalk Johannesburg has turned into a family day, with children walking alongside adults to express outrage at the scourge of sexual violence in SA.

Former miner Vuyisile Gibson stands in his mud hut near the town of Tsolo. Gibson underwent medical tests to see whether his poor health is due to decades of breathing dust while working in Anglo American gold mines.

Class action against gold mines goes ahead

A unanimous ConCourt decision found that miners could seek compensation in terms of the Compensation for Occupational Injuries and Diseases Act.

The world’s temperature is set to rise by at least 2°C by 2050

Economists sound warning over carbon tax

Economists have warned that carbon pricing will damage South Africa’s economic growth and global competitiveness.