There are some people who might be forgiven for having a sense of schadenfreude at the news that while Telkom is appealing against the fine it got for uncompetitive behaviour, the Competition Commission is also appealing -
for a heftier fine. For years South Africans from all walks of life have bemoaned Telkom's high charges. Organisations need to know that when people reckon they are being ripped off, there can be consequences.
Good news for Denel is that a
new agreement strengthens Denel Aerostructures' role in A400M manufacturing. It's hoped that the development will contribute significantly to the financial turnaround of the South African company and confirm its position as a top-tier supplier on the world's most advanced military airlifter.
There's more to climate change than just higher food prices... Robbie Louw writes that recent research, conducted in Cambridge, Massachusetts,
links the social unrest that plagued the world during 2008/9 and 2011 to high world food prices. The research linked 28 events of social unrest in 22 countries, in which more than 12,000 people died, to the food price index exceeding a critical level.
In the wake of the Woolies saga, the government has plans to strengthen the
employment equity law.
Finally, from a man who himself epitomises French flair and panache, our tame motoring editor, Henrie Geyser reckons that the new Renault Fluence literally
oozes French flair.
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Denel and Airbus Military have finalised a new agreement with revised terms for manufacturing aircraft components on the A400M, in a development that will contribute significantly to the financial turnaround of the South African company and confirms its position as a top-tier supplier on the world's most advanced military airlifter. 
DuPont Pioneer‚ one of the world's leading agricultural businesses‚ and Pannar Seed (Pty) Limited‚ a South African-based seed company with operations throughout Africa and other parts of the world‚ on Friday received affirmation of South Africa's approval to implement their agreement for Pioneer to purchase a majority share of Pannar. 
According to allAfrica.com, Mineral Resources Minister Susan Shabangu said the government will stop the exploration of shale gas in South Africa's Karoo region if it is found that hydraulic fracturing or "fracking" poses any risk to the water table or to the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) telescope project. She pointed out that the findings of the government's investigation of the environmental and social effects of "fracking" in the Karoo Basin laid down conditions that could lead to the exploration process being halted. 
Trade conditions remained lacklustre in August, the South African Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Sacci) said on Wednesday. 
Real gross domestic expenditure accelerated to 4.7% in the second quarter from 4.3% in the first quarter of 2012, said the Reserve Bank. 
The Department of Labour intends introducing proposals to strengthen companies' compliance with the Employment Equity Act, said Minister of Labour Mildred Oliphant. 
Minister of Women, Children and People with Disabilities, Lulu Xingwana, has urged all CEOs to become ambassadors of women empowerment and gender equality in their respective companies and industries. 
South Africa's BRICS membership remains crucial for the country's economic development and that of the continent, International Relations and Cooperation Minister Maite Nkoana-Mashabane said today. She defended South Africa's decision to join the economic bloc in 2010. 
South African police who clashed with striking workers at Lonmin's Marikana platinum mine said the military could be roped in to help quell the mining unrest if the situation degenerates. 
The latest illustrated bumper double issue of Amandla! magazine not only focuses on the Marikana massacre itself but examines the nature and impact of the mining industry. It exposes how new politically connected elites, not least those linked to President Zuma, are using their political clout to take advantage of South Africa's mineral led industrialisation strategy to secure mining licenses, often as junior partners to the big producers. 
