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 | PRETORIA: Public Enterprises Minister Lynne Brown says the next 12 months will be a milestone in the country's massive build programme. Read more >>
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 | Samantha Brener On 10 July 2014, President Jacob Zuma made the proclamation which officially brought into force the Infrastructure Development Act, No 23 of 2014. Read more >>
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 | FORTALEZA: Russian President Vladimir Putin and South African President Jacob Zuma have held talks on broader bilateral cooperation that could be given a new impulse after the South African elections. Read more >>
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 | PRETORIA: The Department of Justice and Correctional Services will continue with its efforts to ensure transformation of the justice system by addressing race and gender imbalances. Read more >>
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 | Charlotte Mathews The slow pace with which renewable energy projects have been rolled out across Africa may prove to be an advantage in a few years. Read more >>
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 | David Furlonger Are foreign automotive investors on the point of losing patience with strike-prone SA? Or will militant trade unionists be proved right in their gamble that multinational motor companies are too deeply embedded in SA to walk away? Read more >>
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 | The National Association of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers (NAPM) has proposed a zero Value Added Tax (VAT) rating on medicines in its submission to the Davis Tax Committee... Read more >>
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 | Paul Vecchiatto Telecommunications and Postal Services Minister Siyabonga Cwele wants to see more competition in the fixed-line telecommunications market and wants Telkom's competitors to have access to its infrastructure Read more >>
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 | The provincial Education Department says it needs R137-million to fill 502 teacher vacancies for subjects such as maths, accounting, agriculture and physical science for for schools where Afrikaans is still the medium of instruction. Read more >>
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 | The government has been spending R60m a year on 108 vacant buildings and R12m on 12 buildings occupied by non-government tenants. Read more >>
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 | Linda Ensor Transport Minister Dipuo Peters announced a further extension of the e-toll payment period for Gauteng motorists. Read more >>
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 | Sid Peimer Clem Sunter points out a number of red flags that will lead us to a ruinous state. The flags include nationalisation, gagging the media and land grabs. Read more >>
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 | SABCWATCH: Following the confirmation of Hlaudi Motsoeneng as the SABC's COO, and claims that board chair Zandile Tshabalala lied about her qualifications, and anger over the SABC's moves on Afrikaans programming, pressure is mounting on all sides... Read more >>
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 | Food companies and restaurants will no longer be able to advertise unhealthy food to children if proposed legislation is passed. Read more >>
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 | Communications Minister Faith Muthambi has defended the permanent appointment of Hlaudi Motsoeneng as the SABC's chief operations officer. Read more >>
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 | Gavin Davis MP, DA Shadow Minister of Communications has called on the Communications Minister Faith Muthabi to remove the SABC's COO Hlaudi Motsoeneng from office as he's bad news for the SABC and bad news for SA. Read more >>
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 | Fortinet, the high-performance network security company, has issued a warning to taxpayers to be aware of the increase in cyber-fraud during the tax filing season. Read more >>
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 | FORTALEZA: The emerging market bloc of BRICS on Tuesday, 15 July, announced plans that will see the envisaged Development Bank being based in Shanghai, China. Plans are also in progress for a Contingent Reserve Arrangement (CRA). Read more >>
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 | Kazeka Kuse In a world where common sense is not so common anymore, our public protector's statements always make sense. Read more >>
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 | South African President Jacob Zuma promised to help ramp up investment in the country's maritime industries as part of an ambitious plan to boost economic growth and cut unemployment. Read more >>
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 | Amanda Visser Proposals by the Treasury to scrap the value added tax (VAT) concession of a zero rating on goods and services bought by farmers for production purposes will raise input costs 14%. Read more >>
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 | Ntsakisi Maswanganyi The government should look at scrapping some of the tax incentives for small businesses in favour of rebates rewarding businesses that are more tax-compliant. Read more >>
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 | The Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Senzeni Zokwana delivered his first budget speech for 2014/2015 on Wednesday. Read more >>
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 | PRETORIA: Public Works Minister Thembelani "Thulas" Nxesi has singled out the creation of six million work opportunities for poor and unemployed people as one of his five key priority areas in the next five years. Read more >>
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 | Trustees and staff of the Nelson Mandela Foundation thank all who supported the first Mandela Day since Mandela's passing. Read more >>
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