[Henrie Geyser: motoring editor] New vehicle sales in South Africa improved by about 15.9% to an estimated 571 425 units in 2011 - an improvement of about 78 518 over the previous year.
10 Jan 2012 19:06
South Africa's bulk exports rose by 6,6% in 2011 to a record 141,5-million tons according to the Transnet National Ports Authority.
Business Live says the figures were still slightly lower than the 9,0% increase recorded in 2010.
10 Jan 2012 09:52
Andrew Marshall had a clear strategy when he took over as Nampak's CEO in March 2009. He was tasked with putting SA's biggest packaging company back on a growth path, a path it wandered off a decade earlier. His approach was simple: if underperforming business units can't be fixed sell them or close them down.
6 Jan 2012 07:52South African crude steel production fell 13.7% year on year in November to an estimated 550 000 metric tons, latest figures from the World Steel Association reveal.
6 Jan 2012 07:25The latest survey from workforce solution group Manpower paints a gloomy picture for job seekers in 2012. The Manpower
Employment Outlook Survey, released on 13 December 2011, shows local employers are expecting the hiring pace to slow to its least optimistic level since the survey started in the fourth quarter of 2006.
4 Jan 2012 08:12IOL reports that Durban police have sized falsely branded clothing worth about R60-million from a container that was packed with fake Nike, Adidas, Puma, Daniel Hechter, Levi and Uzzi clothes and shoes.
3 Jan 2012 13:14 
[Zenoyise Madikwa] The South African Clothing and Textile Workers Union has joined the fray in condemning the Juju label designer's decision to produce the range in China.
30 Dec 2011 08:25Pretoria fashion designer Obakeng Ramabodu of OB Fitted's Juju clothing range will hit the market soon. The range, inspired by suspended ANC Youth League leader Julius Malema, is expected to launch in early February in Johannesburg.
30 Dec 2011 08:16
[Hopewell Radebe] SA's largest fruit exporter, Capespan, has concluded its purchase of the remaining 50% shareholding in Capespan International, the group's European and UK marketing arm, from Dublin-based Total Produce for €13m (about R138m).
30 Dec 2011 08:09Shell SA said yesterday that it expected fuel availability at its Gauteng service stations to improve this week.
28 Dec 2011 14:12The Department of Home Affairs has extended operating hours at some of the country's ports of entry to make the holiday season travelling a little easier.
20 Dec 2011 11:22The Dubai based group Aramex has announced its 100% acquisition of Berco Express, one of South Africa's leading logistics and transportation companies, established in 1992 by Bernard Cox, as part of the Berco Group.
13 Dec 2011 09:41
Although the South African economy continued expanding in the third quarter, this was at a lacklustre pace, the Reserve Bank said.
9 Dec 2011 09:55
Fin24 says that airlines have been hurt by the 4,7% drop in air cargo being ferried around the world. It quotes the International Air Transport Association's (IATA) latest figures that show passenger travel had increased by 3,6%.
6 Dec 2011 13:03
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