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19 May 2013

16 May 2013

SA must shift to ‘manufacturing economy’, not ‘knowledge economy’ – Merseta

Manufacturing, Engineering and Related Services Education and Training Authority (Merseta) CEO Raymond Patel on Thursday challenged government’s National Development Plan (NDP) vision of shifting...

BUSA: Statement by Raymond Parsons, Business Unity South Africa Special Policy Adviser, asserts that the success of the National Development Plan depends on increased collaboration between business and government (16/05/2013)

STATEMENT

Giving a keynote address at the Annual Conference of the Steel and Engineering Industries Federation (SEIFSA) in Midrand today on the National Development Plan (NDP), Raymond Parsons, Special...

28 Feb 2013

2013/14 budget gets broad support

BUDGET

Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan's 2013/14 Budget tabled in Parliament on Wednesday appears to have found broad favour among political parties and business. Democratic Alliance spokesman Tim Harris...

11 Feb 2013

SA needs to action its development plans – Busa

ECONOMY

South Africa needed to swiftly implement the proposals outlined in its tabled National Development Plan (NDP) to boost the country’s slow economic growth and avoid a “low-growth trap”. After...

31 Jan 2013

Business outlines economic, jobs risks of further power price shocks

ELECTRICITY PRICES

The electricity price increases being sought by Eskom would cause serious economic damage at a time when South Africa’s immediate growth outlook was already weak and could bring a number of key...

07 Dec 2012

What Cyril's election will mean

INSIGHT AFRICA

Given the African National Congress’s (ANC) hegemony as a consequence of its liberation credentials, South Africa has what is generally described as a one-party dominant political system. And...

27 Nov 2012

Nedlac chief sees 2013 as chance for SA to forge new five-year social contract

SOCIAL COMPACT

The head of the National Economic Development and Labour Council (Nedlac) believes that 2013 offers a narrow window of opportunity to re-established the credibility of the organisation and to...

29 May 2012

'Growth plan important for economy'

ECONOMY

The New Growth Path is an important instrument to promote employment and growth in the economy, the African National Congress (ANC) and Business Unity South Africa (Busa) said on Monday evening....

30 Apr 2012

E-toll decision welcomed

TOLLING

Unions and opposition parties on Saturday applauded the decision by the High Court in Pretoria to put the controversial e-toll system on hold with immediate effect. The Congress of SA Trade Unions...

01 Feb 2012

2012 Budget needs to underpin business confidence – Busa

BUDGET

With limited room left in monetary and fiscal policy, South Africa needed to focus on structural factors to promote growth and employment, and strengthen investor confidence, Business Unity of...

09 Dec 2011

Polity – News this week

News

State-owned development financier the Industrial Development Corporation (IDC) reports that it has approved funding worth R5.2-billion for 12 of the 28 preferred bidders recently identified by the...

05 Dec 2011

Business sees infrastructure as key 2012 ‘shock absorber’, but wary on delivery

ECONOMIC OUTLOOK

Actual delivery on South Africa’s R802-billion public infrastructure programme could offer an important “shock absorber” for the South African economy in the context of the...

12 Oct 2011

Joint statement by the Black Business Council and Business Unity South Africa, on the process of engagement (12/10/2011)

Statements

High level delegations from the BBC and BUSA held a preparatory meeting in Sandton yesterday to plan and initiate the agreed engagement between the two organisations on matters of mutual...

30 Sep 2011

Busa: Statement by Raymon Parsons, Business Unity South Africa deputy CEO, on the global economic crisis (30/09/2011)

Statements

“The fact that South Africa is engaged in the new Growth Path process at present is of help in defining current and future responses to the latest global economic crisis”, said...

15 Jul 2011

Busa: Statement by Business Unity South Africa, on recent developments (15/07/2011)

Statements

The following matters were considered at a scheduled BUSA Management Committee (Manco) Meeting held on Thursday, 14 July 2011, chaired by our President, Mrs. Futhi Mtoba:
- Black...

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