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18 June 2013
                       
 
 
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11 Jun 2013
 
 
94 MW Western Cape wind project reaches financial close
RENEWABLE ENERGY
Global energy company GDF Suez has followed up its recent announcement that it will be proceeding with two open-cycle gas-turbines in South Africa with news that it, Investec and Kagiso Tiso...
 
 
10 May 2013
 
African firms investing in Asia: Possibilities and challenges
CONSULTANCY AFRICA INTELLIGENCE
Trade and investment relations between two of the fastest growing regions currently, namely Asia and Africa, are growing in importance. Asia, in particular, is fast becoming Africa’s largest...
 
 
06 May 2013
 
 
 
Daily podcast – May 6, 2013.
PODCAST
A report issued on Monday states that airline carrier states that South African Airways has postponed its bond issue in favour of borrowing R1.5-billion from two banks. The R1.5-billion was...
 
 
SAA borrows R1.5bn to keep running – report
AVIATION
SA Airways has postponed its bond issue in favour of borrowing R1.5-billion from two banks, it was reported on Monday. Chief financial officer Wolf Meyer told Business Day this was until the...
 
 
26 Feb 2013
 
 
 
Daily podcast – February 26, 2013.
PODCAST
Economists say that Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan has a slim margin to manoeuvre on Wednesday, when he delivers the annual budget amid slow growth and falling revenue. Even so, he needs to...
 
 
25 Feb 2013
 
Gordhan has little room to manoeuvre – analysts
BUDGET
Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan has a slim margin to manoeuvre on Wednesday when he delivers the annual budget amid slow growth and falling revenue. Nevertheless, he needs to reassure international...
 
 
22 Feb 2013
 
Proposed rand depreciation would aggravate social unrest – Analyst
ECONOMY
Should South Africa embark on a proposed currency depreciation of about R15 to R20 to the dollar to gain demand for the country’s exports, it would simply result in greater social unrest and...
 
 
 
 
Daily podcast – February 22, 2013.
PODCAST
Investec’s Annabel Bishop says Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan is unlikely to announce any major new tax hikes during his Budget address next Wednesday. However, she warns that the upcoming tax...
 
 
21 Feb 2013
 
Gordhan unlikely to raise taxes ahead of review, but future rises likely - economist
BUDGET 2013
A leading private sector economist says Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan is unlikely to announce any major new tax hikes during his Budget address next Wednesday, but has warned that the upcoming...
 
 
11 Feb 2013
 
Is the SAA bailout anti-competitive?
ADAMS & ADAMS
It was reported last week that SAA received an emergency bailout from government to cover short term fuel costs to prevent the potential grounding of its local and international flights. The loan...
 
 
07 Feb 2013
 
SA manufacturing output up 2% in Dec, below expectations
MANUFACTURING
Yearly growth in South Africa’s manufacturing production fell to 2% in December 2012 from 3.7% in the previous month and was below market expectations of 2.9%. Although subdued, seven of the ten...
 
 
11 Dec 2012
 
Third-quarter formal employment up 0.1%
LABOUR
South Africa’s formal, nonagricultural employment rose by 0.1% in the third quarter of the year, with 10 000 jobs added, taking employment in the sector to 8.44-million during the period under...
 
 
06 Dec 2012
 
SA: Statement by the Department of Basic Education, on innovative teacher training (05/12/2012)
STATEMENT
The Department of Basic Education (DBE) has entered into an innovative partnership which will enhance the recruitment of teachers into the independent school sector; this being with the Independent...
 
 
27 Nov 2012
 
Mining drags down SA’s third-quarter growth
ECONOMY
South Africa’s gross domestic product (GDP) growth slowed in the third quarter, dragged down by a sharp contraction in the mining sector. Statistics South Africa’s (Stats SA’s) latest...
 
 
02 Nov 2012
 
 
 
Daily podcast – November 2, 2012.
PODCAST
Statistics South Africa, in its latest Quarterly Labour Force Survey (or QLFS) said that South Africa’s unemployment rate rose to 25.5% in the third quarter. This is up from 24.9% in the previous...
 
 
 
                       
 
 
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