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Administration
Sports federations sign transformaton agreements
South African sports federations will soon sign a national agreement on transformation according to Sport and Recreation Minister Fikile Mbalula. read more>>
State blamed for slow beneficiation of minerals
Business lays the blame for a lack of industrialisation squarely on government, saying SA's manufacturing is at a tipping point because of government's inability to reduce input costs and its reluctance to stand up to trade unions. read more>>
Domestic workers to be covered by compensation act
South Africa's domestic workers will soon be covered by the Compensation for Occupational Injuries and Diseases Act (Coida), Labour Minister Mildred Oliphant said. read more>>
SAPS commemorates fallen comrades
"My heart broke when I heard the news that he had passed on. But everything happens according to God's timing." These are the words of Alpheus Ngoepe, who lost his son, police Constable Harry Ngoepe, while he was on duty on 18 November last year. read more>>
Zuma says sport can help reduce drug use and delinquency
Sport has the ability to bridge the cultural divide and is an instrument for peace and social cohesion, President Jacob Zuma said over the weekend. read more>>
Minimum wage has serious implications for business
Business organisations urged caution about the implementation of a national minimum wage, which they warned could result in widespread job losses as employers try to cut operational costs. read more>>
Nene assures South Africans their pensions are safe
Finance Minister Nhlanhla Nene has called on South Africans to refrain from cashing in their provident fund savings when they resign or change jobs, adding that rumours that their retirement savings are under threat were "false". read more>>
Attract youth to academia says Zuma
With an ageing lecturing workforce at higher education institutions, President Jacob Zuma says there is a need to make academia more exciting for South Africa's youth. read more>>
Scrap metal 'unaffordable' in SA

Mark Allix

The scrap metals industry has a complex and often adversarial relationship with the foundries industry and many countries impose duties to prevent exports of scrap metals, while also heavily subsiding their metals industries, despite World Trade Organisation rules. read more>>
Neotel wants to extend fibre, wireless throughout SA
Fixed line operator Neotel, which is involved in the provision of broadband services to the Western Cape, aims to spend up to R500m in the coming year to boost fibre and wireless infrastructure across SA. read more>>
Committee to probe allegations against tax official
A Committee of Investigation has been set up to look into complaints of impropriety against Johann van Loggerenberg, a senior official at the South African Revenue Service (Sars). read more>>
Mooi River municipality disbanded, councillors fired

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Mooi Mpofana municipality in Mooi River has been dissolved and its seven councillors fired, Nomusa Dube-Ncube the MEC for Co-operative Governance and Traditional Affairs (Cogta) told media on Wednesday (3 September). read more>>
Sefa gives R800m to 40,000 small businesses
The Small Enterprise Finance Agency (Sefa) has funded over 40,000 small and medium enterprises over the past year, says the organisation's Chief Executive, Thakhani Makhuva. read more>>
Technology to improve service delivery
The Department of Telecommunications and Postal Services says government will use technology more effectively to improve service delivery in the country. read more>>
Basic services helping the poor says Stats SA
Basic services offered to the people of South Africa have had an impact on poverty, says Statistics South Africa (Stats SA). read more>>
eThekwini wins international award for sanitation
eThekwini Water and Sanitation (EWS) has won the 2014 Stockholm Industry Water Award from the Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI) as the "Most innovative and progressive water utility in Africa". read more>>
Summit was really all about land ceilings, says Grobler
"From the outset, it was clear that the Minister wanted the summit to give the go ahead for the implementation of land ceilings in order to give effect to the Green Paper proposal of private ownership with limited extent," said ASUF's Chairperson, Japie Grobler. read more>>
New Hyundai plant will benefit SA economy
The South African economy is set to benefit from the new Hyundai plant which has opened in Benoni, Ekurhuleni. read more>>
Let's stop throwing stones in the well

Anton Ressel

There is a song called 'Traffic in the Sky' by laid-back musician Jack Johnson that contains a lyric that has always stuck with me... read more>>
Outa seeks answers to road costs
The Opposition to Urban Tolling Alliance (Outa) has called for a commission of inquiry to determine how the cost of the Gauteng Freeway Improvement Project tripled to R20bn in six years. read more>>
SADC sends observer team to Lesotho
The Southern African Development Community (SADC) will send a facilitator to the Kingdom of Lesotho to work with that country's coalition government, as well as an observer team following reports of a "coup". read more>>
Law Enforcement
Cele wants stock theft to have same priority as cash heists
Stock theft should be given the same level of priority and attention as cash heists in the fight against crime, says Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Deputy Minister General Bheki Cele. read more>>
Politics
Will broadcasting history repeat itself?

Ed Herbst

Thinking of the Snuki Zikalala example: If Cyril Ramaphosa succeeds President Jacob Zuma, can he, given his apparently sincere convictions about media and broadcast freedom, retain Hlaudi Motsoeneng at the SABC? read more>>
Jobs offered
People Management Practitioner - Monitoring and Evaluation - Cape Town
Western Cape Government currently seeks to appoint a suitably qualified and experienced people management practitioner: monitoring and evaluation (Ref. DOTP 102/2014). Applications close: 22 September 2014 Read more >>

People Management Practitioner - Cape Town
Western Cape Government currently seeks to appoint a suitably qualified and experienced people management practitioner: research and product development (Ref. DOTP 103/2014). Applications close: 22 September 2014 Read more >>

People Management Practitioner - People Planning - Cape Town
Western Cape Government currently seeks to appoint a suitably qualified and experienced people management practitioner: people planning (Ref. DOTP 105/2014). Applications close: 22 September 2014 Read more >>



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