Well, this is our last newsletter for 2011, but we will be back with our first newsletter for 2012 on 10 January. In the meantime we will continue to update the site, but at a lower rate since a great many of you, being far cleverer than us, will be relaxing on holiday or at home with friends and family, and work will be the last thing on your mind.
So, from the Bizcommunity team, our best wishes to all of you - our readers, subscribers, contributors and your friends and families - we hope you have a wonderful and restful festive season and we'll see you back in 2012.
Drive safely, drive defensively, and be safe.
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As the world continues to reel from the effects of the European debt crisis and global financial market turmoil, much interest is set to fall on the salary increases and bonuses being awarded to top-level executives in coming months. While executive pay packages across the world have been the source of sharp criticism in recent years, a leading executive head-hunter says extravagance is likely to be tempered this time around. 
While Business Unity South Africa (Busa) wants the private sector to form partnerships with government to boost economic growth, the Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu), according to Mail & Guardian, says that these partnerships will be of little benefit and urged the government to boost job creation by investing in infrastructure development. 
Members of the public and government officials lodged fewer complaints during the 2009/2010 financial year, says the Public Service Commission (PSC). 
