Pretoria – The Science and Technology Department and mobile phone supplier, Nokia, have entered into an ambitious partnership to develop technological projects across the country. This came after the department and Nokia signed a memorandum of understanding which allows for Read the full story
Pretoria – State owned enterprises (SOEs) should assist in achieving transformation measures that will help black accountants, says Public Enterprises Minister Malusi Gigaba. “State owned companies are crucial enablers for economic activity. They must enable government to achieve its socio-economic Read the full story
Pretoria – President Jacob Zuma has stressed the importance of diversity and transformation in the country’s media industry, saying ownership should reflect the country’s demographics. He met with media owners from South Africa’s major publishing and broadcasting houses to brief Read the full story
Pretoria – Labour Minister Mildred Oliphant has expressed concern on the slow pace of transformation in South Africa’s workplace, saying drastic measures needed to be taken to speed-up change. The minister was speaking after the release the 11th Commission for Read the full story
Polokwane – President Jacob Zuma has commended the country’s progress in addressing gender imbalances and emancipation of women, saying the country has made great strides to improve the status of women since attaining democracy in 1994. “Advances have been made Read the full story
Johannesburg – President Jacob Zuma has told a Cosatu meeting underway that government was concerned about the growing unemployment in South Africa vowing his administration will work “faster” to build the type of economy that will enable South Africa Read the full story
Cape Town – The Department of Trade and Industry has helped to conclude a total of R28 billion in investments in the South African economy and aims to help facilitate R115 billion in investments in the next few years, the Read the full story
Small construction businesses must start looking at the private sector for tenders. This was just one piece of guidance on offer at the 2011 Construction Indaba. The two-day meeting, initiated by the eThekwini Municipality’s Business Support Tourism and Markets Unit, Read the full story
South Africa’s R9-billion Jobs Fund, which aims to help the government create 150 000 jobs over the next three years, is now accepting applications from companies and non-governmental organisations with innovative job-creation projects. Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan told Read the full story
South Africa’s National Empowerment Fund, an agency of the Department of Trade and Industry, has launched the Enterprise Development Fund to fund small, medium and micro black enterprises with loans ranging between R250 000 (US$37 000) and R75-million ($11-million). The difference between Read the full story
