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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
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
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
Top Gear challenges schools to build an F1 car
The Top Gear Festival endeavours to give back to the community in South Africa and has launched a number of initiatives to help students get into motoring and engineering. In 2013, a new partnership with F1 in Schools promises to build upon the success of last year's work. 13 May 2013 10:12
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
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How to contribute to Bizcommunity, from op-ed pieces to news
[Issued by Bizcommunity.com] Bizcommunity.com has now expanded its operations into 16 new sectors and will soon venture into another 17, providing a whole new range of target audiences for advertisers. The most critical aspect of this is the quality of content and this is a formal invitation to you to become a recognised contributor on Bizcommunity. 3 Oct 2011 14:57
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
Wild Coast toll fees to be scrapped
The SA National Roads Agency Limited (Sanral) has scrapped plans to construct a toll road on the N2 Wild Coast Highway, it said on Tuesday (14 May). 15 May 2013 08:58
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
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
New KTM 1190 Adventure range launched
At the end of 2012, KTM announced that they were stopping the production of the highly successful and cult-status KTM 990 Adventure after a decade of production. 19 Mar 2013 05:45
Automechanika Johannesburg showing pleasing growth
Messe Frankfurt, the German-based international exhibition and trade fair organiser and owner of the Automechanika brand name, is very pleased with the growth being shown in the Johannesburg edition of this trade fair for the automotive aftermarket. 10 May 2013 14:59
R9bn jobs fund will 'buy' 150,000 jobs
[Linda Ensor] Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan expressed confidence on Thursday (2 May) that the R9bn jobs fund would achieve its target of creating 150‚000 jobs by 2015. 3 May 2013 09:27

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