According to a report released by the Bench Marks Foundation, Swedish multinational enterprises with ties to the platinum industry in South Africa, do not adhere to international standards. Read more >>
Ubifrance, the French international business development agency, has confirmed that it will host 16 exhibiting companies on the French pavilion at the West African Mining and Power Expo (WAMPEX) - the first time in the show's 20-year history. Read more >>
South African executives remain a pretty gloomy bunch‚ with Grant Thornton's latest report on business leadership trends showing that general humour and modesty are considered by senior management to be the least important to good leadership. Read more >>
Labour Minister Mildred Oliphant says despite the fact that South Africa has come a long way in the past 20 years of democracy, more needs to be done to change attitudes to end discrimination in the workplace. Read more >>
Investment company Brimstone is taking a majority stake in a black economic empowerment (BEE) consortium that will acquire between 8% and 8.5% in ship‚ rail and port operator Grindrod. Read more >>
Crushtek Mining recently took delivery of a Sandvik UD211 heavy-duty integrated crushing and screening unit for use in its Zambian operation. The product is in effect a complete mobile crushing plant - a combination of grizzly feeder, jaw crusher, cone crusher and triple deck screen contained in a single, compact trailer. Read more >>
South Africa's workplaces are still heavily racially skewed 20 years after the fall of apartheid, with only one fifth of top executive positions held by blacks, said a report published this week. Read more >>
South Africa's employed people are most likely to stay in their jobs, according to a report released by Statistics South Africa on Wednesday (9 April). Read more >>
