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23 May 2013

07 Mar 2013

SA: Alan Winde: Address by the Western Cape Minister of Finance, during the delivery of the Western Cape 2013/14 Budget Speech, Western Cape Provincial Legislature (07/03/2013)

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Welcome to everyone here today. Mr Speaker, this is the fourth time that I am standing before this house to table the budget of the Western Cape Government. In this, the last full year of our...

26 Feb 2013

GDP growth likely to remain flat in 2013

ECONOMY

South Africa was likely to maintain its soft gross domestic product (GDP) growth over the next year, despite growth seen in the manufacturing; agriculture, forestry and fishing; and finance, real...

22 Feb 2013

Tribunal approves Nestlé-Pfizer merger with conditions

WEBBER WENTZEL

The Competition Tribunal has approved the merger between Nestlé and Pfizer Nutrition subject to certain conditions. This global transaction, which will see the largest and third-largest players in...

08 Nov 2012

SA: Susan Shabangu: Address by the Minister of Mineral Resources, at the Council for Geoscience Centennial commemoration, Pretoria (08/11/2012)

SPEECH

It is a very proud moment for me today as I stand here in this auditorium to bear witness to the Council for Geoscience’s (CGS) hundred year celebration of geological excellence. Indeed, the CGS...

28 Aug 2012

SA quarterly economic growth of 3.2% buoyed by mining

ECONOMY

Increased economic activity during the second quarter of 2012 resulted in a 3.2% jump in seasonally adjusted real gross domestic product (GDP), compared with the 2.7% expansion recorded in the...

Quiet rise of African real estate investment as cities grow

WEBBER WENTZEL

Despite not attracting much of the investment spotlight over the last ten years, African real estate is becoming increasingly popular as an investment asset class as skylines grow in major cities....

21 Aug 2012

SA reflects extreme form of inequality

MAPUNGUBWE INSTITUTE

The Grant Thornton survey released last week, reflecting global disquiet on executives’ packages at large public corporations, brings out in bold relief the debate around inequality across most...

13 Jun 2012

Positive hiring expectations in most industrial sectors – survey

EMPLOYMENT OUTLOOK

The strong hiring prospects reported in nine of the ten measured industry sectors for the third quarter of 2012, augured well for job seekers, the latest Manpower Employment Outlook Survey showed....

18 Nov 2011

Cosatu: Dlamini: Address by the president, at the Nafcoc conference, Midrand (18/11/2011)

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Date: 18/11/2011

Source: The Congress of South African Trade Unions

Title: Cosatu: Dlamini: Address by the president, at the Nafcoc conference, Midrand

The...

28 Aug 2011

SACP: Statement by Malesela Maleka, South African Communist Party spokesperson, on the central committee meeting (28/08/2011)

Statements

The SACP Central Committee met in Johannesburg over the weekend of 26-28 August 2011. The CC discussed a comprehensive political report on current national and international realities. The CC...

26 Aug 2011

SA: Mbeki: Address by the former President of South Africa, to the students of Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch (26/08/2011)

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Date: 26/08/2011
Source: The Thabo Mbeki Foundation
Title: SA: Mbeki: Address by the former President of South Africa, to the students of Stellenbosch University,...

20 May 2011

News this week

UPDATE

As the sun rose on Friday morning, two days after the country’s fourth democratic local government elections, the results showed the African National Congress’ (ANC’s) support seemed stable,...

13 May 2011

SA the Brics bloc’s most transparent real estate market

PROPERTY

Multinational real estate firm Jones Lang LaSalle’s latest report ranked South Africa as having the most transparent real estate market of all the Brics (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South...

18 Apr 2011

More companies closing down – Stats SA

BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT

More companies closed down in the first quarter of 2011 compared to the first quarter last year, Statistics SA said on Monday.

06 Apr 2011

Implications of the Financial War on Libya

INSTITUTE FOR SECURITY STUDIES

In the last two months, the world has witnessed the rapid escalation of a campaign to unseat the regime led by Muammar Gaddafi in Libya. Despite several denials, it is clear that the primary...

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