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SABC board vacancy: Wanted: independent, suitably qualified candidates
The Portfolio Committee on Communications will soon be interviewing nominees to fill a number of board positions for the SABC, MDDA and ICASA Council... read more>>



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Business invited to enter annual awards
The Department of Trade and Industry (dti) is inviting South African businesses to submit their entries for the 3rd Annual South African Premier Business Awards... read more>>
Administration
Productivity in mining - Attaining sustainable profitability beyond headcount reduction

Craig Hook

Productivity is a hot topic in South Africa with economists frequently advising that productivity has not grown as well as it should have in the last few years. One sector in which productivity is always in the spotlight is the mining industry... read more>>
Racism investigated at Mpumalanga school
The Mpumalanga Department of Education has opened an investigation into claims of racist conduct at Reynopark High School in Emalahleni Local Municipality... read more>>
SONA was uninspiring - Frost & Sullivan
Given the fact that South Africa is currently in an energy crisis, the points made by President Jacob Zuma during the 2015 State of the Nation Address (SONA) were uninspiring, and stated the obvious... read more>>
Road show on new labour laws kicks off
The Department of Labour and the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA) will today kick off with their road show to educate the public about amended labour laws... read more>>
Electrification programme explained
The Presidency has announced targets and funding for municipalities which would benefit from the electrification programme announced by President Jacob Zuma during SONA last week... read more>>
Coega Development Corporation invests R9m in new lay-down area
The Coega Development Corporation (CDC) has announced the investment of R9m in the establishment of a new lay-down area, located on the boundary between the Port of Ngqura and the Coega Industrial Development Zone (IDZ)... read more>>
Time to circle the wagons to defend 'our biltong': prof

Helley Seid

Rooibos has made it, as have honeybush tea and Karoo lamb. And according to Professor Melville Saayman, biltong should be the next South African product to be granted trademark protection... read more>>
Mainstream completes financial close for three wind farms
In October 2013 a consortium led by Mainstream Renewable Power was awarded the contracts for the three wind farms by the Department of Energy in South Africa under the third round of its Renewable Energy Procurement Programme... read more>>
Threat to gag Sunday Times over hidden Swiss billions

Rob Rose and Tina Weavind

Banking giant HSBC has threatened the Sunday Times for exposing the wealthy South Africans who stashed R23bn in secretive Swiss bank accounts, demanding all this data be 'destroyed'... read more>>
Government launches high-tech mobile app
Communications Deputy Minister Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams has unveiled a mobile app aimed at putting a wealth of information and services at the fingertips of techno-savvy South Africans... read more>>
State aid must be subjected to checks and balances

Ziyanda Buthelezi and Yongama Njisane

Historically, economic policy in South Africa has been shaped by the dependence on extractive industries like the mining of minerals such as gold... read more>>
Obama's Power Africa initiative joins African Utility Week as country partner
The African Utility Week conference and expo will be held from 12-14 May 2015 at the Cape Town International Conference Centre... read more>>
Mango's IT recruitment and skills development drive
Government
De Lille represents 'model school' for disadvantaged learners
Mayor of Cape Town Patricia de Lille has agreed to represent Christel House South Africa (CHSA) in upholding the school's mission to redefine the role of education in South Africa... read more>>
Law Enforcement
Man bust for abalone worth R1m
PRETORIA: A man was arrested for possession of perlemoen (abalone) worth about R1m in Somerset West, on Monday, 16 February... read more>>
Committee of Inquiry to investigate trade in rhino horn
The Minister of Environmental Affairs, Edna Molewa, has announced the introduction of a Committee of Inquiry tasked with investigating the feasibility of trade in rhino horn... read more>>
Campus protest after 66 lecturers dismissed
A large police contingent was deployed to the Eastcape Midlands College (EMC) Charles Goodyear campus yesterday to contain more than 100 angry students, lecturers and union members following management's decision to dismiss 66 lecturers... read more>>
International
Police raid internet cafe in major Copenhagen operation after attacks: media
COPENHAGEN, DENMARK: Armed Danish police on Sunday raided an Internet cafe in a major operation in Copenhagen near the spot where officers killed the suspected gunman behind fatal shootings... read more>>
British MPs call for internet ban on anti-Semitism
LONDON, UK: British lawmakers have called for people who post racist and anti-Semitic comments online to be banned from social media sites following an upsurge in abuse... read more>>
Vietnam forces anti-graft news website offline
HANOI, VIETNAM: The website of an outspoken Vietnamese newspaper has had its licence revoked after publishing articles that 'abuse freedom and democratic rights', authorities said this week.... read more>>
Change of internet regulator must happen before US 2016 polls
SINGAPORE: Plans to transfer control of Internet overseer ICANN from US hands to a globally representative body could be jeopardised... read more>>
Newsweek Twitter feed hijacked by pro-IS hacker
WASHINGTON, US: Newsweek's Twitter feed was briefly hijacked on Tuesday by hackers who displayed messages supporting the Islamic State group... read more>>
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Africa
DR Congo's small firms bear the brunt of mobile services block
KINSHASA, DRC: Sales are down and business is slow - small entrepreneurs in the Democratic Republic of Congo are bearing the brunt of an official clampdown on mobile Internet services and text messages... read more>>
More Africa
New events to diarise
Fossil Fuel Foundation: Electricity Conference
RCA Conference Organisers - 25 Mar 2015, Johannesburg

Upcoming events
Short course in corporate and ethics governance
Continuing Education at the University of Pretoria - 23 Feb 2015, Pretoria

The advanced HR master class 2015 elite
Arenaria Training projects - 23 Feb 2015 to 27 Feb 2015, Rosebank, Johannnesburg

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