Matthew Hill
Godsell says 'near zero' chance of mine nationalisation
10th November 2011 The likelihood of South Africa’s mines being nationalised is “very close to zero”, former AngloGold Ashanti CEO Bobby Godsell said in an interview... →
Shabangu to draw on private sector to replace DG?
10th March 2011 When asked to comment this week on reports that her director general Sandile Nogxina was leaving, mineral resources minister Susan Shabangu joked... →
SA open for business – Shabangu
8th March 2011 As South African business, government and organised labour addressed the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) convention in... →
Shabangu gives details on SA's planned mining cadastre
8th March 2011 South Africa’s mining licence cadastre that Mineral Resources Minister Susan Shabangu will launch publicly on March 30 will show who owns mining... →
Nationalisation unlikely in SA mining - lawyer
6th March 2011 South Africa is unlikely to nationalise its mining sector even though the ruling African National Congress (ANC) is debating the idea, Webber... →
AfDB will consider more funding for Eskom – Kaberuka
13th September 2010 African Development Bank (AfDB) president Donald Kaberuka at the weekend said that the financial institution would consider stumping up further... →
Sonjica says no intention of quitting politics after 2009 general election
9th June 2008 Minister of Minerals and Energy Buyelwa Sonjica will not retire from politics after the general election in April next year, despite the ruling ANC... →
Zimbabwe moves to demand 25% ‘free’ stake in mines
19th November 2007 The government of the country with the world's fastest shrinking economy, Zimbabwe, on Monday published a draft version of its new mining... →
IFC, African Development Bank to subscribe to R2bn Nedbank bonds
2nd July 2007 The World Bank’s International Finance Corporation (IFC) and the African Development Bank (ADB) will each buy R1-billion worth of bonds from... →
Private sector should not be concerned with personalities in succession debate
18th May 2007 South African business should not concern itself too much with who the next President of the African National Conference, to be elected in... →
‘Additional R2,6bn a year needed to combat malaria’
15th March 2007 The world needs to spend an additional R2,6-billion a year on fighting malaria, Global Health Advocates malaria advocacy director Louis da Gama... →
SA budgets R2,7bn over three years for housing
21st February 2007 South Africa's housing budget would receive a further R2,7-billion boost, elevating the total allocation over the next three years to R32-billion,... →
Hu Jintao pledges action to reduce China-SA trade imbalance
7th February 2007 The biggest-developing country in the world, China, which also has the fastest-growing economy globally, would do nothing to harm Africa, and was... →
'SA companies abroad need human-rights code of conduct'
16th January 2007 South Africa's Department of Trade and Industry should consider drafting and implementing a human-rights code of conduct for South African... →
SA-German trade to reach €11bn this year, says ambassador
15th November 2006 The value of bilateral trade between South Africa and Germany would reach €11-billion this year, German Ambassador to South Africa Harro Adt... →
Business looking to complement State in crime fight
6th November 2006 Government and business in South Africa met in Johannesburg at the weekend, following their first meeting in August, and decided to establish a... →
School-fee test case launched by legal centre
29th September 2006 The Centre for Applied Legal Studies (CALS), based at Wits University, has approached the courts to compel a school to obey the laws protecting... →
High-occupancy test for heavy-duty motorway
22nd September 2006 The Gauteng Department of Public Transport, Roads and Works (GDPTRW) will be running a 'High-Occupancy Vehicle Lane' pilot project on the Ben... →
UN agency calls for consolidated aid fund as world gets set to scale up assistance
21st September 2006 A UN agency has proposed a scheme reminiscent of the post-second World War II US-funded Marshall Plan to lead to improve the effectiveness of... →
Cosatu demands Zuma get VP job back
21st September 2006 South Africa's powerful Cosatu labour union passed a resolution on Thursday calling on President Thabo Mbeki to reinstate his former deputy Jacob... →
Manufacturing growth will boost service sector's job potential
5th September 2006 South Africa should be looking to productive services to create sustainable employment, not to agriculture or manufacturing, University of Toronto... →
SA to use WTO suspension window, push for fresh talks
3rd August 2006 South Africa could take advantage of the extra time that the suspended Doha Development Agenda trade negotiations provided, which could resume in... →
Israeli raid into Lebanon draws record number of rocket attacks
2nd August 2006 Israeli commandos attacked the eastern Lebanon town of Baalbeck in the deepest raid into the country since fighting with Hezbollah began four weeks... →
R1bn boost for second-economy farmers
24th July 2006 The government's aims to make up to R1-billion worth of production-enhancing, short-term loans accessible to impoverished rural farmers through its... →
Africa to be integrated into all upcoming G8 talks, Pahad reveals
12th July 2006 The African agenda would, for the first time, be integrated into all G8 deliberations when leaders of the world's eight richest countries met in St... →
ANCYL, engineering body in skills-development alliance
6th July 2006 A new initiative, dubbed Engenius, which is designed to help address the acute shortage of engineering skills has been launched by the ANC Youth... →
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