Underlining a commitment to intensify the fight against HIV/AIDS, the National Department of Health has jointly awarded a R10bn three in one antiretroviral (ARV) medication tender to four pharmaceutical companies. Under the tender’s terms, according to a statement from Read the full story
TopTV had raised high hopes amongst those who had hoped to see a semblance of competition in the pay television space, but failed to deliver and challenge Multichoice, the undisputed service provider. Now a group of Chinese backed Black Economic Read the full story
Of all government institutions, the last one which one would have expected to suffer from unnecessary infighting and a clash of personalities is SARS. But, on evidence of salacious news reports involving the top brass, the institution is as Read the full story
The Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (Daff) has kicked off its annual festive season marine protection awareness campaign in Paternoster on the west coast. Themed “working together to protect our marine resources”, the campaign will have activities in Read the full story
South Africa might have an abundance of expertise in different areas, but, unfortunately, the management of megaprojects is not one of them, as the bungling of the Medupi and Kusile Power Stations has demonstrated. According to a press statement from Read the full story
Hollywood film makers who regard South Africa as an ‘affordable’ shooting destination should be relieved at the recent agreement that has been reached between Department of Home Affairs and industry bodies – the Commercial Producers Association (CPA), the South Read the full story
Numsa general secretary, Irvin Jim, is misinformed about the real picture of the wage disparity between black and white workers in the metal and engineering industry. That is the opinion of the National Employers’ Association of South Africa (Neasa). Reacting Read the full story
As usual (it happens annually), experts of all stripes from different financial institutions advise consumers against the downsides of overspending their earnings during the festive season. However, from observing the masses that are populating the country’s shopping malls spending extravagantly, Read the full story
Mergers are supposed to enable organisations in the same niche market but different specialties pool their resources together and create a bigger and better entity. But former CEO of PPC, Paul Stuiver, questions whether the impending merger between his Read the full story
Liquidation is meant to ensure that, at the very least, justice is done to investor funds when poor administration or decisions lead to the collapse of a business. However, African Bank investors view their situation differently, with the Bank Amendment Read the full story
