Pretoria – Deputy Minister of Mineral Resources, Godfrey Oliphant, has urged the Mining Qualifications Authority (MQA) to continue to pursue the targets of skills and capacity building for the sector as set out in the revised Mining Charter. “The paucity Read the full story
An extraordinary group of 30 South African women entrepreneurs who have launched businesses running the gamut from construction, aviation and security to fashion, telemedicine and commercial farming are in Chicago this week to inaugurate the US-South Africa Women’s Business Forum Read the full story
Small business in South Africa and the continent will get a boost next year when Johannesburg hosts one of the world’s biggest international business congresses. Representatives from the US, Europe and the rest of the world will gather at the Read the full story
South African Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan has unveiled a R25-billion support package over the next six years to boost industrial development, assist entrepreneurs and accelerate job creation in the country. Delivering his Medium-Term Budget Policy Speech in Parliament on Tuesday, Read the full story
Cape Town – Government is to place more emphasis on funding the development of long-term infrastructure the Minister of Finance Pravin Gordhan said today. Presenting the Medium Term Budget Policy Statement in Parliament, Gordhan said public-sector investment in infrastructure – Read the full story
Pretoria – Unemployment among the educated is increasingly becoming a phenomenon, says a report released recently by the Department of Labour. According to the Job Opportunities and Unemployment in the South African Labour Market report, while the South African education Read the full story
For young entrepreneurs like Thabiso Sebata and his partners, business will never be the same again. This is after they spent the day with the Gauteng MEC for economic development, Qedani Mahlangu, and other influential business people on 21 October Read the full story
Pretoria – Women should benefit most from land reform and rural development programme as they constitute the majority of people living in rural areas, says Minister for Women, Children and People with Disabilities, Lulu Xingwana. Speaking during a debate on Read the full story
Pretoria – With South Africa working towards creating five million jobs by 2020, towns and cities around the country are cleaning up their act and generating employment opportunities at the same time. Spearheaded by the Department of Cooperative Governance and Read the full story
East London – Eastern Cape companies who are able to create additional jobs could walk away R10 000 richer as part of an ambitious plan to boost employment in the province. Launching the R50 million Eastern Cape Industrial Job Stimulus Read the full story
