Doing business and investing in South Africa’s busiest airport city is set to become easier after the Ekurhuleni Business Facilitation Network was launched in Kempton Park today. Ekurhuleni mayor Mondli Gungubele officially opened the doors of the facility, which is Read the full story
World’s leading experts on African mining, international mining analysts and government leaders will be given an opportunity to participate in this year’s Mining Indaba. The 20th annual Investing in African Mining Indaba will take place at the Cape Town International Read the full story
Teenagers wishing to apply for smart ID cards for the first time may do so at the 28 offices across the country any time of the month. Briefing the media at the Home Affairs headquarters in Arcadia, Pretoria, the department’s Read the full story
The Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment (B-BBEE) Amendment Bill has been signed into law, the Department of Trade and Industry (DTi) said. Trade and Industry Minister, Dr Rob Davies, said the signing into law of the bill by President Jacob Zuma Read the full story
The Centre for the AIDS Programme of Research in South Africa (CAPRISA) 004 Tenofovir gel trial was on Wednesday 29 January announced as the winner of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Science and Technology Pioneers Prize. The Read the full story
While government has made considerable strides since the dawn of democracy, much more still remains to be done to reduce inequality in the country, says Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe. Speaking at the Mail & Guardian 20 Years of Economic Transformation Read the full story
The Reserve Bank has hiked up the repo rate to 5.5%. “The MPC [Monetary Policy Committee] has decided to increase the repurchase rate by 50 basis points to 5.5 % per annum as of Thursday 30 January 2014,” Reserve Bank Read the full story
After months of consultations with the telecommunications industry, the Independent Communications Authority of SA (ICASA) has announced that mobile termination rates will be halved as of March this year. Speaking to journalists from the regulator’s head office in Sandton on Read the full story
The Water Research Commission (WRC) and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) have recently launched the Sanitation Research Fund for Africa (SRFA). The fund is a response to a gap identified in dedicated sources of funding and support for Read the full story
The announcement that Agang SA leader, Dr Mamphela Ramphele, has accepted an offer from the Democratic Alliance to be its Presidential Candidate has been described as a ‘game changer’ for the effect it will have on the South African political Read the full story