Loni Prinsloo
Loni Prinsloo is a former contributing editor for Engineering News Online and Mining Weekly Online.
Additional tax revenue needed to kick-start NGP – E&Y
27th January 2011 Some tax increases to fund the kick-start of South Africa’s New Growth Path (NGP) could be included in Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan’s February... →
Power slams New Growth Path critics
27th January 2011 Economist Michael Power, who also sits on the South African government’s Economic Advisory Panel, has slammed the critics of Economic Development... →
Economists lay into SA's New Growth Path framework
26th January 2011 Government’s New Growth Path (NGP), unveiled late last year, does not speak to the issues that would boost real economic growth, Rand Merchant Bank... →
Public Works announces R210m in job-rich projects
25th January 2011 The Public Works Department on Tuesday announced that it would roll-out three new projects, which would assist its job creation drive across... →
SA school system not producing the skills needed – PMI
20th January 2011 South Africa’s national schooling system is not producing the range and kind of skills required for meaningful socio-economic development in the... →
Quarterly audits for govt to improve performance – Auditor General
19th January 2011 The Auditor-General’s (AG’s) office will start quarterly performance audits on national and provincial levels, in an effort to timeously detect red... →
FDI flows to SA slumped in 2010, despite emerging market resilience
18th January 2011 Despite foreign direct investment (FDI) flows to developing economies having risen by an estimated 10% in 2010 when compared with 2009 figures, a... →
New skills strategy puts strong emphasis on occupational-directed training
13th January 2011 The Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET) on Thursday launched the third National Skills Development Strategy (NSDS3) geared towards... →
CPI unlikely to breach target range in 2011
6th January 2011 Interest rates would likely remain unchanged in 2011, with a slight possibility of one more cut in rates at best, Investec analyst Annabel Bishop... →
Gigaba appoints team to probe Transnet pipeline cost overruns
10th December 2010 Public Enterprises Minister Malusi Gigaba said on Thursday that he would commission a specialist team to deal with concerns around the cost... →
Business confidence up in 2010, no significant improvement expected for 2011
9th December 2010 The South African Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Sacci) said on Thursday that business confidence ticked up 3% in 2010, but a lot still needed... →
DHET to take a more ‘hands on’ approach in Seta governance
7th December 2010 Higher Education and Training Minister Blade Nzimande on Tuesday said that his department would take a much more “hands-on” approach in the... →
Gigaba signals yet more taxpayer support for State firms
6th December 2010 South Africa’s newly-appointed Public Enterprises Minister Malusi Gigaba has signalled that government was likely to have to make further direct... →
SA aims to expand trade with Zambia by $250m in 2011
3rd December 2010 Bilateral trade between Africa’s largest economy, South Africa, and one of the continent’s rising economic stars, Zambia, dropped significantly in... →
IRP2010’s plans for renewable capacity ‘ambitious’ – energy economist
2nd December 2010 The large renewable capacity indicated in the balanced and low-carbon scenarios of the second Integrated Resource Plan or IRP2010, might be... →
Service delivery protests reach peak, Joburg most productive metro
2nd December 2010 Service delivery protests have reached a record, with 107 protests this year, the latest data released by Municpal IQ showed on Wednesday. →
SA and Brazil aim to expand trade by $1bn in 2011
2nd December 2010 Latin America’s largest economy, Brazil, is expected to become one of South Africa’s top-20 trading partners, said a top South African official on... →
Free housing cannot continue forever – Sexwale
29th November 2010 Free housing in South Africa cannot go on indefinitely, said Human Settlements Minister Tokyo Sexwale on Monday. →
Poverty on the rise despite growth in least-developed countries
26th November 2010 The number of people living in extreme poverty continued to grow in the world’s poorest countries, despite the 49 least-developed countries (LDCs)... →
Patel’s growth plan calls for ‘major’ BEE overhaul
23rd November 2010 Economic Development Minister Ebrahim Patel's New Growth Path document released on Tuesday is proposing a "major rethink" of South Africa's black... →
SA economic growth slows to 2,6%
23rd November 2010 South Africa's economy showed a further slowdown during its third quarter to 2,6% compared with downwards adjusted growth of 2,8% in the second... →
SA slips in ease of business rankings – World Bank survey
4th November 2010 South Africa ranks 34th out of 183 countries in the World Bank's ‘Doing Business 2011' report, which was released on Thursday, placing the country... →
Cipro sets up commission to streamline company regulation
2nd November 2010 The Companies and Intellectual Property Registration Office (Cipro) plans to establish a new commission to streamline and simplify company... →
SA should reduce carbon emissions from road transport – Cronin
26th October 2010 Removing excess road use and improving efficiencies on South Africa's roads seems to be the most viable option to reducing the transport sector's... →
Africa’s infrastructure deficit creates economic opportunity
20th October 2010 Physical infrastructure remains Africa's most significant constraint as far as economic development goes, however, the backlog also represents big... →
SA should take advantage of African growth, faces Asian competition
19th October 2010 The African continent is expected to see collective growth of around $1-trillion in gross domestic product over the next decade, increasingly... →
Sexwale says double-dip recession will be ‘detrimental’ to SA economy
15th October 2010 Human Settlements Minister Tokyo Sexwale said on Friday called for a strong partnership between government, labour, business and civil society to... →
World Cup helps SA score points abroad, reputation study shows
13th October 2010 The latest study by the Reputation Institute in South Africa has shown that as far as reputations of countries go, South Africa had moved into a... →
Infrastructure deficit deters foreign investment in Africa
1st October 2010 Economic growth in Africa is expected to reach 6% in 2011, but the continent continues to battle to attract foreign investment, a World Bank... →
Weakening the rand could scare investors – JSE
29th September 2010 Political intervention to weaken South Africa's rand could scare away foreign direct investment in the country, JSE head of equities trading Leanne... →
Nzimande calls for transformation of FET colleges
3rd September 2010 Higher Education and Training Minister Blade Nzimande on Friday called for a curriculum change in Further Education and Training (FET) colleges to... →
Strong science and technology sector ‘a necessity, not a luxury'
31st August 2010 Research and development (R&D) in the fields of science and technology should form an integral part in tackling some of South Africa's core... →
SA and India to team up for business into Africa
31st August 2010 India and South Africa would be looking to form cooperative ventures and advancing those partnership businesses into the rest of Africa, business... →
SA and India could reach $10bn trade target early
30th August 2010 Trade numbers between two of the world's most ambitious developing countries, India and South Africa, were on the rise, with bilateral trade... →
Public-sector strike costing SA economy, urgent resolution needed – Gordhan
27th August 2010 Government is seeking an urgent resolution to the crippling public sector strike, which is costing the South African economy an estimated... →
SA's energy plan expected by November, no plan to cancel Kusile
25th August 2010 The much-anticipated second Integrated Resource Plan, or IRP2010, originally planned for promulgation in September, is now expected by the end of... →
South Africa’s economic growth slows to 3,2% in Q2
25th August 2010 The 3,2% gross domestic product (GDP) growth figure for the quarter ended June, released by Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) on Tuesday, was... →
Some of SA’s policies at odds with economic growth – Sairr
19th August 2010 The South African Institute of Race Relations (Sairr) said on Tuesday that some of South Africa's current policies were at odds with greater... →
Trade between SA and India set to grow to $10bn by 2012
17th August 2010 Bilateral trade between South Africa and India, one of the fastest growing economies in the world, is set to grow to $10-billion by 2012, the... →
Farmers will soon have to apply for water licences – Sonjica
11th August 2010 Water Affairs Minister Buyelwa Sonjica said on Wednesday that the agricultural sector, as the country's biggest water consumer, had a... →
DEA looking for projects to support green-economy strategy
3rd August 2010 The Department of Environmental Affairs (DEA) is looking to identify potential projects that could contribute to ‘green growth' in South Africa,... →
