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
Pretoria – The mining industry needs more skilled personnel to take the mining industry into the future, says Mineral Resources Minister Susan Shabangu. “These days we seek far and wide to put together the right team of South Africans who Read the full story
Cape Town – Trade and Industry Minister Rob Davies has highlighted that the global economic meltdown and European debt crisis was affecting SA’s manufacturing industry. The minister recently briefed journalists following his department’s presentation of its unqualified annual report to Read the full story
Pretoria – Business should report incidents of key projects being delayed as a result of red tape, Economic Development Minister Ebrahim Patel says. “Business, in particular, as well as the Gauteng provincial government has been invited to identify the key Read the full story
Pretoria – New Energy Efficiency (EE) building regulations that will come into effect in November will boost job creation, says Trade and Industry Minister Rob Davies. The EE building regulations requirements include: all new buildings must have solar water heaters, Read the full story
A Johannesburg-based publisher and businessman, Saki Mabhele, today said TransformSA, a new sassy quarterly publication covering transformation and BEE issues, would hit the shelves on Friday this week. Developed by Mabhele and his business partners, TransformSA will be available by Read the full story
Johannesburg – African countries need to find new and improved methods of cooperation at regional and continental level to ensure complementary economic and social policies that create decent work opportunities. This is according to President Jacob Zuma, who was addressing Read the full story
Pretoria – Trade conditions remained weak in September, the South African Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SACCI) said on Tuesday. “The results of the monthly Trade Conditions Survey for September 2011 indicate that overall trade conditions remained weak and have Read the full story
