What's happening with SA port tariffs?

The deadline of 31 May for public comment on the new five-year plan for restructuring SA's port tariffs from 2014 is looming fast with just a week to go. 24 May 2013 10:25

Manufacturers need global integration

During the latter years of apartheid, SA built more tanks than any other country on earth. Factories around the country churned out tens of thousands. 24 May 2013 09:59

Cape Town spends R180m on Volvos

The City of Cape Town has awarded the tender worth R180m to provide buses for extended MyCiTi bus routes to Volvo SA, a city official, Brett Herron said on Wednesday (22 May). 23 May 2013 09:35

Cars sales - dealers' confidence falls

[Alexander Parker] Vehicle dealers' confidence dipped in the second quarter‚ WesBank's quarterly vehicle sales confidence indicator showed on Wednesday (22 May). 23 May 2013 09:01

Steel production down by 15.1%

[Helmo Preuss] South African steel production fell by 15.1% year-on-year (y/y) in April to an estimated 570‚000 tons after dropping by 16.6% y/y in February to 515‚000 tons‚ according to World Steel Association data. 22 May 2013 09:14

Illegal strike resolved at MBSA

Striking workers at the Mercedes-Benz plant in East London are expected to return to work on Tuesday (21 May), the company said in a statement. 21 May 2013 09:40

Hydrogen fuel cells to be made in SA

Government is aiming to drive up demand for platinum by developing hydrogen fuel cell technology, Science and Technology Minister Derek Hanekom said on Thursday (16 May). 17 May 2013 10:51

Changes to SA's immigration policy

[Wyndham Hartley] Home Affairs Minister Naledi Pandor has promised sweeping changes to South Africa's immigration regime to make it easier for foreign businesses and investors to come to the country and to improve competitiveness in the global skills market. 13 May 2013 11:26

Skills burden haunts CEOs

[Evan Pickworth] Mining‚ energy‚ engineering and construction companies have reported the most chronic shortages of skilled employees worldwide‚ while 89% of South Africa's chief executives plan to make changes to their strategies for managing talent over the next 12 months‚ a new report shows. 10 May 2013 09:16

Sasol heads for the Competition Tribunal

Sasol will appear before the Competition Tribunal from Monday (13 May) on allegations that the company charged excessive prices for materials used in the production of plastics. 10 May 2013 08:55

Production falls - Easter holidays blamed

Manufacturing production fell 2.2% year-on-year (y/y) in March after a slightly revised 2.8% (2.9%) year-on-year decline in February‚ data released by Statistics SA on Thursday (9 May) showed. 10 May 2013 08:41

Car manufacturing - Nigeria seeks guidance

[Alexander Parker] Nigeria is looking to South Africa's advanced motor sector for expertise and technical assistance as it seeks to create a new-car market in the continent's second-biggest economy. 9 May 2013 07:58

Jobs lost, jobs found - what's true?

[Paul Vecchiatto] Economic Development Minister Ebrahim Patel says it is government's economic policy to create jobs and that the country has experienced a net gain of 199‚000 jobs over the past year. This follows Statistics SA's announcement that 100,000 more people where unemployed in the first quarter of this year. 8 May 2013 09:58

100,000 people lost their jobs this year

The Quarterly Labour Force Survey, released by Statistics SA (Stats SA) on Monday (6 May) showed that 100,000 people lost their jobs in the first quarter of this year. The number of unemployed people now stands at 4.6m, equivalent to 25.2% of the working population. 7 May 2013 10:13